Ben Stiller mentioned he reached out to President Barack Obama for a job within the second season of Apple TV’s Severance.
The premiere of Severance season 2 included a cameo from Keanu Reeves because the voice of an animated Lumon constructing, however the John Wick actor wasn’t Ben Stiller’s first alternative for the position. Whereas talking on Jimmy Kimmel Stay, Stiller mentioned he initially reached out to President Barack Obama to see if he wished to take the position in Severance. That was not who I used to be anticipating.
“There was one person that I asked before [Keanu Reeves], and he said no: President Barack Obama,” Stiller mentioned. “I didn’t ask him in particular person. I knew somebody who knew his lawyer. So I wrote an e mail to him, and like two days later, I get an e mail again from President Barack Obama, saying, ‘Hey Ben, big fan of the show, love Season 1, can’t look ahead to Season 2. Don’t assume I’ve time in my schedule to make this occur.’“
Stiller joked that he wasn’t satisfied. “What’s extra necessary than doing the voice-over for the animated constructing in Severance? Nevertheless it was fairly cool that he responded.“
Severance stars Adam Scott as Mark Scout, who leads a workforce at Lumon Industries “whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in ‘work-life balance’ is called into question as Mark finds himself at the center of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work… and of himself.”
The second season of Severance debuted on Apple TV+ in January, and from the sounds of issues, it’s simply nearly as good, if not higher, than the primary. Our personal Alex Maidy was stuffed with reward in his evaluation, “The second season of Severance does not disappoint and achieves the rare feat of improving upon the debut season,” Maidy wrote. “The forged is phenomenal, and the course, led by Ben Stiller doing the perfect work of his profession, improves on what got here earlier than it. That is such a wealthy world that has deepened what the viewers is aware of with out sacrificing any high quality alongside the best way. Every episode is stuffed with character growth that makes you care deeply about what occurs to every member of the MDR workforce and even offers causes to care concerning the antagonists as effectively.“
