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Josh Gad on Jewish Representation in ‘Marshall’

Today on Jewcy: The actor talks about his character, a real-life lawyer who learns to embrace his Otherness.

by
Alexandra Pucciarelli
October 10, 2017

While Josh Gad is perhaps best known for voicing Olaf, the lovable/grating (your mileage may vary) snowman in Frozen, he’s most often cast as somewhat annoying, nerdy types. His big break was for originating the role of the weirdly nebbish Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon (seriously, why do so many Jews play the geeky Mormon character in that show?). He’s a physical “type,” to be sure— but there’s an unfortunate overlap between a short, round Jewish man with curly hair and bumbling characters onscreen. His next role, however, is a step away from that— and he’s excited about it.

Alexandra Pucciarelli is an editorial intern at Tablet.