‘Severance’ cast with improv lines and ‘shocking’ fan art
Ahead of the highly anticipated release of “Severance” Season 2, Adam Scott, Britt Lower, John Turturro and Zach Cherry joined Variety on camera to play a game of ‘Most Likely To’.
When asked which cast member most resembles their innie, everyone pointed to Lower, who plays Helly. Scott said, “I don’t think any of us are as super as our innies,” but admitted that Lower, like Helly, has “a spirit of rebellion.”
Since “Severance” debuted in 2022, the three-year wait between seasons has left many fans coming up with theories to explain the series’ looming mysteries — like what Lumon Industries, the company at the center of the show, actually does.
The cast all pointed to Cherry, who plays Dylan, as the person who spends the most time reading fan theories. “I think it’s because I spend most of my time online,” Cherry admitted.
Cherry said he’s seen a lot of fan art featuring Turturro’s character, Irving, and his love interest, Burt, played by Christopher Walken. Some of the artwork “is so shocking that I think, ‘Interesting, were we watching the same show?’ Or they predict exactly what’s going to happen,” Cherry said.
Turturro said when he saw the fan art, “I’m getting scared.”
When asked who was most likely to binge an entire TV series, Scott and Cherry both bonded over being “‘Survivor’ heads,” while Turturro stuck to binging old movies. Both Cherry and Scott cited Turturro as an inspiration for classics like “In the Mood for Love” and “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.”
Lower added that she has a list of “all of John’s recommendations, whether they be books or movies.”
While the entire cast has received praise for their performances in the Apple TV+ sci-fi series, Turturro and Walken’s on-screen chemistry apparently translates off-screen as well. Turturro described Walken as the person he laughs with the most on set. “A lot of times we’re discussing the dialogue and we start laughing about what we ate or something. It’s endless,” he said.
Season 2 of ‘Severance’ premieres on Apple TV+ on Friday, January 17.
