Few shows on television feel as immediate and reflective of our cultural anxieties as Apple TV+’s The Morning Show. Since its debut in 2019, the series has dramatized scandals, power struggles and behind-the-scenes battles at a fictional news network, often paralleling real-world headlines. Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, both stars and executive producers, sat down with global press to tease what is coming, while actors Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass and Nestor Carbonell gave the Latin Times interviews about their characters and how they see season 4, which dropped the first episodes on September 17th.
The conversations were equal parts playful banter, honest reflection, and tantalizing hints about storylines that will once again blur the line between art and reality.
“It feels like our writers have a crystal ball”
Aniston opened up about how uncanny the show’s timing has been. “It’s the only show I’ve ever been on that’s this current. Sometimes it feels like our writers have a crystal ball,” she said, pointing to how the first season was forced to incorporate the #MeToo movement mid-production. Later arcs, she added, seemed to foreshadow billionaires buying media empires and even rockets, scenarios that seemed far-fetched when written but became headlines soon after.
Witherspoon agreed, noting that Season 4 continues that tradition. “We’re talking about what people are talking about at their dinner tables: AI, deepfakes, and billionaires buying networks. The show is always one step ahead,” she said.
For Cotillard, who is the freshman in the series playing media executive Celine Dumond, the “heroism” of writers can set the stage for what’s to come and create a story that still feels “as current” when the episodes come out.
Alex and Bradley: friendship on the edge
At the heart of the series is still the volatile but enduring relationship between Alex Levy, played by Aniston, and Bradley Jackson, played by Witherspoon. The actresses revealed that the new season begins with the pair at odds.
“We start off kind of at odds,” Witherspoon admitted, laughing that Aniston’s character has her reasons for keeping Bradley at a distance. “I do have a reason,” Aniston teased. “Because I don’t think you understand the full picture of why I’m hesitant to have you back in my apartment.”
Despite the friction, Aniston emphasized that the bond between Alex and Bradley is unshakable. “We always come back. It’s a friendship. It’s a love story between friends, ultimately,” she said.
That push and pull has been the emotional core of the series since Season 1, and Season 4 seems poised to test their loyalty further while reminding viewers why their chemistry is so compelling. But it’s not the only way the series explores relationships and friendships on this season. The responsibilities of women once they achieve power take centerstage on season 4 of “The Morning Show.”
“We see how corruption has no gender,” says Aniston, while Cotillard talked about how “the exploration of people in power always shows the messiness.”
Jon Hamm, Cudrup, Duplass, and Carbonell navigate the fallouts of the events of season 3 in their lives and careers. “Chip is happier and it is nice to play him this way,” said Duplass, while Cupdrup finds his character of Cory in a “not so fun place.”
“He is not the master of the world, and it is hard. The process of playing this man leaving his long adolescence has been incredible,” he added.
Carbonell found himself exploring a new side of his character of Yanko. “He achieved his dream and now has to explore how he sees loyalty and his future,” the Latino actor explained.
Jeremy Irons joins as Alex’s father
Perhaps the biggest surprise of season is to see Jeremy Irons has joined the cast as Alex’s father. For Aniston, acting opposite the Oscar winner was both intimidating and illuminating.
“I was so nervous to meet him, and he turned out to be like a big kid, playful and lovely,” she said. “Having him on the show lets us peel back and understand why Alex is the way she is, why her relationships don’t work, why she’s such a workaholic, why she’s ultimately so lonely.”
Witherspoon promised that the father-daughter storyline will resonate with audiences in unexpected ways. “It’s sad, tragic, but also very funny. Anyone out there with an aging parent will find it relatable,” she said.
Cudrup’s Cory finds himself in a challenging situation with his aging mother as well, which the actor sees “as part of this deep change.”
Bradley’s reckoning after January 6
For Bradley, the fallout from Season 3 looms large. At the end of that season, the journalist chose to protect her brother, who participated in the January 6 Capitol attack, by destroying evidence. Eventually, she turned herself in to the FBI.
“In this season, you just don’t know where she is,” Witherspoon said. “She’s not at the network anymore. And it’s the first time you’ve seen her feeling a little cowardly, a little quiet, and vulnerable. She’s been stepped on.”
Aniston agreed, noting that fans should not expect the fiery, bulldozing Bradley they first met. Instead, audiences will see a woman grappling with consequences and doubt, a shift that adds depth to her character’s arc.
Journalism, truth and algorithms
The conversation also veered into commentary on the state of journalism. Both actresses lamented the difficulty of distinguishing truth in an era dominated by algorithms. “If you spend three seconds on a clip, then you start getting fed that exact same information,” Aniston warned. Witherspoon added that the rise of individual journalists as trusted voices is fascinating but fraught. “Can that independent voice be corrupted by greed or the ability to buy their company?” asked.
Crudup and Duplass agree that at times, the reality pre-Trump that season 4 seems “vintage” at a time. However, for them, it makes it the more exciting for the already confirmed season 5. “It would be incredible to see Alex, Chip, and Cory taking on the news of these last few months.”
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