As the sixth season of The Walking Dead wrapped up in early spring, one of the show’s character actors, 34-year-old Ross Marquand (Aaron), showed off his lighter side in a video series for Condé Nast’s The Scene, titled “Impressions of super famous people being super mundane.” Mr. Marquand—who once played Paul Newman on an episode of Mad Men—has that uncanny mimic’s knack not just for nailing the way famous celebrities sound, but, as evidenced in the small absurdities of banal activities—“Michael Caine tries to open a jar for someone,” “Harrison Ford loses a sneeze,” “Al Pacino misses a straw with his mouth,” etc.—how they fill the space around their words.
The two-hour special, airing live from New Orleans on March 20, will tell the "2000-year-old story of the last hours of Jesus Christ’s life on earth" through the majesty of song.