There’s a James Marsden for everyone. Over the course of his career in film and TV, the 51-year-old actor has led the X-Men, belted an iconic riff in Hairspray, fought his way through a killer-robot theme park in Westworld,

The following piece contains spoilers about the latest episode of Paradise, titled “The Day.” The series had to go back to the start before Paradise could reach the end of its acclaimed first season.

"Morality seems much clearer when you are not a decision-maker," Brown told IndieWire while breaking down the show's pivotal, penultimate episode.

Paradise brought viewers back in time to “The Day” that the world as Xavier ( Sterling K. Brown ), Cal ( James Marsden ), and the rest of humanity knew it, ended.

Sterling K. Brown, the star of Hulu’s postapocalyptic drama “Paradise,” talks about that explosive “Day One” episode, and what’s next for this season.

This article contains major spoilers from Episode 7 of Hulu's "Paradise," titled "The Day.” Sterling K. Brown has been preparing “Paradise” co-star James Marsden for an Emmy nod for his performance on the Dan Fogelman-created drama since they began filming the penultimate episode of Season 1.

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"The stakes don't get any higher at this point," says the actor of his secret service agent heading into the season finale, which will reveal who killed James Marsden's president.

Sterling K. Brown says ‘Paradise’ season finale will reveal who killed the president and more Sterling K. Brown does not crumble under pressure. “And I’m not saying that because I’m awesome,” he tells TODAY.