ShōgunCo-Creator Calls TV Drama Win at 2025 Golden Globes ‘Insane’: ‘Han Solo Is Looking at Us’

Mar. 15, 2025

The cast and crew of Shōgun at the 2025 Golden Globes.Photo:CBS

CBS

Shōgunwas named best television series - drama at the 2025 Golden Globes.

The Day of the Jackal,The Diplomat,Mr. and Mrs. Smith,Slow HorsesandSquid Gamewere also nominated in the category.

Though the historical series triumphed at the Emmys last year, co-creator Justin Marks still seemed surprised to take home the trophy.

“They didn’t tell you how insane this is. Yesterday, Rachel and I were scouring the ferns of our house looking for a 50-pound tortoise that we adopted for some reason that keeps escaping,” said Marks, referencing his wife andShōgunco-creator Rachel Kondo.

“And now here we are, and Han Solo is looking at us,” he said looking out at the audience whereStar WarsiconHarrison Fordsat.

Hiroyuki Sanada in ‘Shogun’.Katie Yu /FX / Courtesy of FX via Everett Collection

Katie Yu /FX / Courtesy of FX via Everett Collection

“And nothing about this show has ever been expected,” continued Marks. “Truly, it was made on the backs of thousands of fearless ‘yeses’ that we received over the years from our East-meets-West cast and crew, extraordinary cast — standing right here — to our writers and our directors and our partners at Disney Television, FX and Hulu, all of you guys said yes so many times over the years to a show that on paper you should, quite frankly, have never said yes to. It is a miracle that everyone still has their jobs.”

“It is a miracle that we still have our marriage. And and it is a miracle if we ever find that tortoise again so we will get a GPS tracker soon,” quipped Marks.

The FX series, which released in February 2024 to critical acclaim, is fresh off an impressive run during last year’s awards season. At the2024 Emmy Awards, it led the drama category with awhopping 25 nominations, andstar Sanada took home the prize for best actor in a drama, making history as the first Japanese actor to do so.

He told PEOPLEhe “couldn’t have imagined” the show earning so many nominations while they were making it, as he said he felt like he was “in a dream of dreams.”

“For me, it was a gamble. Because the show has 70 percent Japanese dialogue and then subtitles. Can people enjoya 1600s feudal Japan story? But surprisingly, we got a great reaction.”

It was a big year for dramatic television, with several new series debuting in the category and other returning favorites likeThe Diplomat, Squid GameandSlow Horsescontinuing to earn nominations.

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The Day of the JackalsawEddie Redmaynetake on the role of the titular assassin for hire ina modern-day retelling of Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel. The former British military sniper found a major target on his back and an international cat-and-mouse chase broke out when MI-6 agent Bianca (Lashana Lynch) began hunting to find him — and uncover his real identity — all while he made every effort to finish his latest job.

He told PEOPLE that the nominations were “deeply unexpected, but so thrilling,” as he reflected, “The whole process of acting and producing, this has been my life all-consuming for a year and a half. So the fact that it has been recognized, the fact that audiences seem to be engaging with it, particularly when it came out only recently… It’s lovely that people connected.”

Allison Janney as Grace, Rufus Sewell as Hal Wyler, Keri Russell as Kate Wyler in ‘The Diplomat’ season 2.Alex Bailey/Netflix

Alex Bailey/Netflix

More than a year after season 1 was a smash hit on Netflix,The Diplomatreturned for season 2 in October.Keri RussellandRufus Sewellwere back as politics' most complicated couple, as Kate (Russell) and Hal Wyler (Sewell) continued navigating a treacherous global power balance from the U.K. amid their ongoing relationship troubles.

Allison Janneyjoined season 2 in a guest role as the vice president of the U.S. —an addition that Russell told PEOPLE made her “nervous"as the veteran actress is “awesome and so good.”

“She’s everything you want her to be,” Russell gushed. “She’s gracious and funny and smart and cool.”

Donald Glover as John Smith and Maya Erskine as Jane Smith in Amazon Studios' series ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ (2024).Amazon Studios

Amazon Studios

The Prime Video series, a remake ofBrad Pittand ex-wifeAngelina Jolie’s 2005 action-comedy of the same name, put a new spin on the beloved story, as Glover and Erskine starred as spies working for the same agency who, instead of hiding their relationship, are assigned identities and married couple John and Jane Smith.

The story earned Pitt’s stamp of approval, though, asGlover said that the actor was “very, very sweet and nice” when he reached out about the reboot series.

“He was like, ‘Oh, you’ll do great kid,'” Glover, 41, toldEntertainment Tonight.

Playing the leader of a misfit group of British intelligence agent rejects has been the role of a lifetime, Oldman has said. He even went as far as to say that, while he could see himself playing the character “for the next how many years,“he can also imagine retiring after this role.

“To be able to sort of wrap it all up playing Jackson Lamb, I would consider myself very honored and very lucky to be able to do that,” he toldDeadlinein 2022.

Yim Si-wan as Lee Myung-gi in ‘Squid Game’ season 2.Netflix

Netflix

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