Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector Talk Marriage, History, and ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 4
Vanity Fair: It really feels like season three is when the show broke containment, reaching beyond its original audience of theater-loving, history-loving people. What do you think it was about this most recent season that struck a chord with a larger audience? Morgan Spector: To be honest, you have to commit to shows these days in order to find an audience. There is so much stuff that people say to themselves, I’ll get to that eventually. And by the time they get to it, it’s gone. It’s been canceled because they didn’t get to it, or if it’s a movie, it’s not in the theater anymore and their box office wasn’t good enough ’cause you didn’t go. For studios and networks, they really have to give things some breathing space to find an audience. So that’s one thing. But also, I think season three was exciting. Season three, narratively, had a lot going on. Yes, you’re getting your snide remarks, and yes, you’re getting micro-moments that resonate in a way that they wouldn’t necessarily in …
