‘Palm Royale’: Matt Rogers on Working With Kristen Wiig & What Was ‘Cathartic’ About His Role

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Palm Royale Season 2 Episode 7 “Maxine Plays Dead.”] “Are you the dead socialite with the funeral tomorrow?” guest star Matt Rogers‘ character Bruce calls out breezily to Palm Beach social climber Maxine Dellacorte (Kristen Wiig) in the seventh episode of Palm Royale’s madcap second season, set in 1970. It’s the beginning of a beautiful, but brief, friendship between two beautiful people. Rogers, an actor and comedian best known for co-hosting the pop culture podcast Las Culturistas with Bowen Yang, matches Wiig’s frantic energy as they become instant besties. Bruce and Maxine spy on her “funeral,” attended by his secret lover, Rock Hudson; prank Maxine’s cheating hubs’ baby mama…