The cast of Severance discusses how Season 2 explores their characters' outie lives, changing the way audiences interpret Season 1. John Turturro, Zach Cherry, and Britt Lower delve into the nuances of their characters' divided identities and how their confidence evolves.
John Turturro , Zach Cherry , and Britt Lower are back at Lumon for Severance Season 2 . The Dan Erickson-created psychological thriller concluded its first season with the aforementioned trio, alongside Adam Scott's Mark Scout, pulling off a coup at Lumon, as they all successfully made contact with the outside world while their innies were at the wheel in a process known as the 'overtime contingency.' All involved in the overtime contingency pursued different areas.
Turturro's Irving attempts to locate Christopher Walken's Burt, a colleague who he began a romantic relationship with at work, in the outside world. Cherry's Dylan is tasked with holding the controls that keep the overtime contingency active. Lower's Helly finds herself preparing to speak at a Lumon gala, as she is revealed to be Lumon CEO Jame Eagen's daughter on the outside. In Apple TV+'s sci-fi thriller series, Severance, the characters’ lives center on the fact that they are “severed,” but what does that actually mean? Posts Ahead of Severance Season 2's January 17 premiere on Apple TV+, ScreenRant spoke with Turturro, Cherry, and Lower to discuss how exploring their outies change the way audiences will interpret Season 1 scenes, how they distinguish between their two Severance personalities, and where their characters' evolving confidence is coming from. Severance Season 2 Will Change How You Watch Season 1 'Every prop and line of dialogue has been really cared for...' ScreenRant: We spend so much time in Season 2 with your characters as outies. Do you think that we would watch any Season 1 scenes differently now that we know a little bit more about who your characters are on the outside? John Turturro: It depends on how curious and obsessive or perverse you are, but I don't know. I think there is a connection. It's like when you used to buy a record. There was the A-side, there was the B-side. If you think of it that way, there is a connection, but maybe not. I'm not sure about that. I think that's one of the mysteries of the show and one of its strengths is that we do have the capacity to be ignorant. They say ignorance is bliss about where we come from or our past, our baggage. So the show plays with that, and it plays with our separation from our work life and our personal life. Zach Cherry: In Season 1 we learned very, very little about Dylan's outie and then near the end, we start to learn about it, and then we learn a lot more this season. I think there are definitely things that if I were to think back or watch moments from Season 1 that take on a new color based on that new information. Your mileage may vary on that. It depends how perverse you are, as John said. John Turturro: You can watch it backwards, forwards. Britt Lower: I think there's something to be found in a rewatch, for sure. Every prop and line of dialogue has been really cared for by the cast and the crew. It's this giant puzzle that we've built and we all enjoy detailing each of the puzzle pieces for the audience to then kind of be in conversation with us about. Britt Lower Explores More Of Her Helly's Two Personas 'They sound like different music in my head...' Britt, I want to go down that rabbit hole with you about the difference between Helly and Helena. We spend a lot more time getting to understand who Helena is and what her motives are. These characters feel like completely different people, even though you guys look exactly the same. Same hairstyle, same posture, same everything. What are some of the nuances that you're emphasizing as an actress to individualize both Helly and Helena? Britt Lower: I want this to kind of be a package that the audience gets to open for themselves and have a relationship to each side of the same person. But as John was alluding to, they sound like different music in my head. I really have empathy for both of their situations. These are the same person but both are trapped by the same company. Helena is obviously trapped in a really different way. She's stuck within this family that she didn't choose. So it really becomes about kind of this inner critic, this inner child ego versus id nature, nurture opposite sides of the coin. I'll stop my metaphors now (laughs). John Turturro's Irving Discovers His Confidence In Season 2 'There's a process of discovery...' Irving really develops his confidence in this season compared to where he was in Season 1. Where does that come from? John Turturro: I just sometimes think it's situational what happens, and I think his relationship with Burt pushes him over the edge. We never know why he was severed. I have my own ideas and that's for me to know and no one else, but I think that kind of pushes him in a different direction to rebel instead of being the company man. And from that, there's a process of discovery and I think people have that within them. They just don't kno
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