Mrs. Maisel: Milo Ventimiglia’s ‘Handsome Man’ Returning in Final Season for ‘More Extensive’ Encore
Milo Ventimiglia‘s “Handsome Man” will become a decidedly more fleshed-out man in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s final season.
Exec producers Amy Sherman Palladino and Daniel Palladino confirm to TVLine exclusively that Ventimiglia — who appeared briefly in Season 4 as a passing lust interest for Rachel Brosnahan’s titular character — is returning in Season 5 for a far meatier stint.
“We will see a nice, more extensive Part 2 to ‘Milo and Rachel,'” Daniel Palladino declares. Asked if this means Ventimiglia’s character will get an actual name this time around, the EP confirms, “Yes, we’ll find out his name.”
In Season 4’s seventh episode, Midge encounters Ventimiglia’s “Handsome Man” while walking in Central Park. There’s an immediate flirtation which is followed soon thereafter by a “spontaneous” hook-up which is itself interrupted by an intruder who just so happens to be — twist — the dude’s wife.
Back in February, Ventimiglia told TVLine that he relished the opportunity to reunite with his ex-Gilmore Girls bosses Amy and Dan.
“Once Gilmore wrapped, we never stopped talking,” he shared. “I’ve kept them close to my world and they’ve kept me close to theirs for a very long time. So, when Amy called and said, ‘Hey, would you come [on the show]?’ I was like, ‘Absolutely — whatever you guys need.’ So, it [was] just great. They’re such good people. And it’s always nice as an actor to work with creative writers that care so much about the work and the outcome and the process.
“And Rachel is a pal of mine, and we had a good time on set,” the This Is Us vet added of Brosnahan. “And that’s all you can hope for.”
News of Ventimiglia’s return comes three weeks after it was announced that fellow Gilmore alum Kelly Bishop will also be returning for Season 5.
Production on Mrs. Maisel‘s farewell season is currently underway in New York City.
Love Mrs. Maisel and all things Gilmore girls! Could we sneak Lauren Graham in this last season?
Milo is great but the cheating married man angle is not that promising.
Agreed. His was one character I don’t feel the need to see more of.
Why? He was a one-off character that set up a joke. Leave it at that.
Milo is fine but he doesn’t need to come back unless it’s to be publicly humiliated by Midge.
Agreed. Even if he and his wife had split up, there’s really no point in introducing him as a love interest at this late date. We all know what happened to Lenny Bruce in real life but the show is not real life by any means. I’d love for Midge and Lenny to end up together. It’s always struck me as strange that Amy and Fan have kind of stuck to Bruce’s real life in an otherwise fictional story.
It was a funny cameo, I don’t no that we need an encore .
Wow. Good for him. He clearly believes in dancing with the one who brung ya. Very rare quality.
One of my favorite shows, the writing is always, good, looking forward to to see where the relationship goes. So sad that season 5 is the last season.
Who couldn’t see that coming? He was not an actor for a cameo and this storyline had to have more to it.
…WHY?! Milo Ventimiglia is such a poor actor!