speed-dating event required blindfoldsĪt the ‘Dating Blind’ speed-dating experience in Los Angeles, there are only two rules: Blindfolds are required and you can’t ask your date about age or appearance. Lifestyle ‘Love Is Blind’ in real life? What happened when an L.A. And the times when nice guys are featured, they’re typically used to show the flaws in a female character, says Joi Carr, a professor of English and film who’s also the director of film studies at Pepperdine University. I think that’s what people are really liking.”įrom Sandy and Danny’s relationship in “ Grease” (1978) to Devi’s pursuit of Paxton in Netflix’s teenage romantic comedy “ Never Have I Ever” and Portia’s initial rejection of Albie in the second season of “ The White Lotus,” the trope of the good girl falling for the emotionally unavailable bad boy in movies and TV shows has been used in Hollywood for decades. “He was curious and these are just qualities that people are starting to be more appreciative of rather than the ‘bad boy.’ Rather than the person who causes chaos and discomfort. “I think that he was just displaying a lot of calmness and he was very open and very understanding of everybody,” says Sherman Oaks-based therapist Gayane Aramyan. The series ends with the fake judge telling him, “We’ve decided that you, Ronald Gladden, are a hero” and awarding him $100,000. Most important, though, as the person in charge of overseeing the jury, Gladden championed a just verdict in the trial despite pushback. And Gladden refused to take $2,000 from another juror after beating him at a Korean gambling game despite the man’s insistence. Instead of ostracizing Todd, a socially awkward juror played by David Brown, who wore what he called “chair pants” in the courtroom, Gladden showed him the movie “ A Bug’s Life” to help him accept his eccentricities.

Over the course of eight episodes, Gladden won viewers’ hearts when he showed patience and kindness to James Marsden - playing a satirized version of himself - who pulled a paparazzi stunt that caused the jurors to be sequestered for weeks without their phones. He also has signed with Artists First.įor those who’ve watched “Jury Duty” - a series that follows Gladden as he unknowingly participates on a fake jury and is thrown into increasingly absurd scenarios - there’s a general consensus that he’s genuinely a nice guy. “Jury Duty’s” Ronald Gladden appears in a commercial for Ryan Reynolds, who knows how to capitalize on a moment. Entertainment & Arts Beloved juror Ronald Gladden appears in a Ryan Reynolds ad and signs with Artists First

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