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Yahoo
10-06-2025
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‘That feeling of having a first crush': How Zach Cherry and Merritt Wever made their ‘Severance' marriage feel real
Zach Cherry and Merritt Wever hadn't met before filming Severance Season 2, but they already had great respect for each other as actors. That's helpful when you're playing a married couple. 'I was a fan of her work prior to this, and I don't even know if I've ever told her this, but I was definitely a little intimidated,' Cherry tells Gold Derby in a joint interview with Wever. 'I was like, 'Oh, I better bring it.' But I was also excited because I knew that she would be able to take care of me in these scenes, and it was a great experience. We figured it out together.' While Wever is a two-time Emmy winner with almost 30 years of film and TV experience, Cherry just broke through with his fan-favorite Severance performance as loudmouth MDR employee Dylan. Watching Season 1, Wever was definitely impressed by his work, and loved hearing that the show was planning to explore Dylan's domestic life in Season 2. More from GoldDerby Brandon Scott Jones on CBS' 'Ghosts': 'I enjoy playing characters that are desperate' Critics hail Celine Song's 'Materialists' as an 'exquisitely made' modern love story - not a 'glossy romantic comedy' Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro reunite, tease 'Meet the Parents 4' READ: 'I had binged the first season, and I remember thinking really highly of Zach as an actor,' Wever says. 'I hadn't seen him before, and so it's one of those really lovely discoveries when you find someone's work for the first time. And I remember when I found out what they were planning for his character, I thought that it was something that, as a viewer, I'd be interested in. But then as an actor, I was like, 'Oh, that's a wonderful thing to give him as a character to do.' And then I met him and he was lovely and wonderful to work with.' Over the course of Season 2, Wever's character Gretchen interacts with both the 'outie' and 'innie' versions of Dylan. She's used to the former, since she's been married to him for years with multiple children, but Lumon's new 'family visitation' perk allows her to interact with her husband's work persona for the first time. Wever commends Cherry for making the two Dylans actually feel like different characters. Over the course of the season, Gretchen discovers that while the Dylan she knows is burdened by all the baggage of middle age and parenthood, Innie Dylan is seeing her with fresh eyes — and is falling in love with her for the first time all over again. Wever even developed an emotional relationship to Cherry's two performances similar to Gretchen's. 'I enjoyed the scenes with Innie Dylan so much that I kind of missed them. I preferred them to the Outie Dylan scenes,' Wever says. 'The character is getting to experience these feelings she hasn't felt for so long, and she's getting to feel what it's like for her husband to look at her a certain way and maybe even love her again in the way that he used to. What I'm experiencing as both a character and as an actor is a lot lighter and more pleasant, almost like that feeling of having a first crush. So then when we went to shoot the outie scenes, it's so much dimmer and bleaker.' Wever continues, 'Because we always shot the innie scenes first, episode to episode, I had a visceral [as opposed to just an intellectual] understanding of what it was that I had just gotten from Innie Dylan that I wasn't getting from Outie Dylan.' Season 2 found the MDR employees reckoning with the differences between their innie and outie selves. But while Mark Scout (Adam Scott) and Mark S. couldn't reconcile their differing desires, leading to that cliffhanger ending, the Dylan's developed a better understanding. Gretchen made all the difference. Even when the two Dylans get a little competitive over her affection, it's because they both love the same person. 'He's very vulnerable when he suggests that maybe they get married,' Cherry says of outie Dylan. 'That's kind of a big shock to him, but I also think that feeling allows him to understand his outie in the sense that, 'Oh, this is how much I care about this person who I've only spent 95 minutes with.' So then when he gets the letter from his outie and realizes there are things about him that his outie is maybe even jealous of, that allows him to appreciate his role in his outie's life and that they're in this together.' Dylan ends Season 2 on a good note, but that cliffhanger ending makes it hard to predict what the future will hold for him. No one yet knows what might happen in Season 3 of Severance, but Cherry likes it that way. 'When Season 1 ended, this storyline was not on my radar at all,' Cherry says. 'We had not discussed this storyline, and then when we came back in for Season 2, they were like, 'OK, here's what we think we're going to do.' So I'm just excited to see whatever thing I can't even imagine now that they will tell me about once we start Season 3. I'm just looking forward to that.' Best of GoldDerby Brandon Scott Jones on CBS' 'Ghosts': 'I enjoy playing characters that are desperate' 'She's got tunnel vision': Wendi McLendon-Covey reveals what she loves most about her character Joyce on 'St. Denis Medical' Marlon Wayans on laughing through tragedy in 'Good Grief' and why social media has made comedy 'toxic' Click here to read the full article.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
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WATCH: Dichen Lachman Revisits Early Severance Days, Talks Gemma vs. Helly and Dollhouse Comparisons
It's been almost a month, so, yeah — this interview mentions all kinds of spoilers from the Season 2 finale, streaming on Apple TV+. When Dichen Lachman paid a visit to TVLine's New York office, 1) it was almost 16 years to the day that I published my first interview with her, and 2) the pop culture-verse was abuzz with theories about the Severance Season 2 finale, which dropped March 21. More from TVLine Will Trent Shocker: EPs Tee Up 'Really Emotional, Really Scary' Ormewood Storyline Save the Dates: Taron Egerton-Jurnee Smollett Series Premiere, The Brutalist on Max and More Doctor Who Stars Praise Season Premiere's Stealth, 'Compassionate' Take on [Spoiler] Culture - Grade It In the video Q&A above, Lachman and I very quickly commemorate our 'anniversary' before diving into all things Severance — starting with what all she was told about the role when she was first eyed for it some four-and-a-half years ago. 'I only had two or three [script] pages and absolutely no context about who this person was,' the Aussie actress recalls, 'and she's saying the most random, bizarre things!' Lachman was allowed a bit more context after she and executive producer Ben Stiller navigated a potential scheduling conflict with her role in Jurassic World: Dominion. At that juncture, 'he finally, reluctantly told me the Season 1 cliffhanger,' where Mark S. bellowed to a confused Devon and friends, 'She's alive!' — meaning, his 'dead' wife Gemma. Lachman then talks about the early direction she was given, on Ms. Casey's overall vibe as Lumon's wellness counselor. She hails Stiller's 'empathy and curiosity,' being an actor himself, and how he was able to play for her, on-set, the actual music that would score Ms. Casey's sessions. 'It really helped inform me of the pace and the tone,' she recalls. After touching on how she developed Ms. Casey's speaking voice, Lachman talks about first getting wind of Season 2, Episode 7, which introduced viewers to a lot of Gemma Scout's other Innies. Until that point, 'I was noticing I wasn't in the scripts very much!' she says with a laugh. 'Finally, [series creator] Dan Erickson, who's just an extraordinary talent, mentioned, 'We have this episode….'' Once apprised of what 'Chikhai Bardo' would entail, 'I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel the pressure' — not just to do right by her castmates and bosses but 'for the fans of this show,' Lachman admits. 'It's an intensity I haven't experienced, the attention and love they have for the show.' The dual Hollywood strikes of Summer 2023 and the pause in filming they dictated worked in Lachman's favor, affording her time to speak at length with 'Chikhai Bardo' director Jessica Lee Gagné and co-writers Erickson and Mark Friedman. What's more, 'We were fortunate enough to go to the house [where the Gemma/Mark scenes filmed] and have rehearsal,' she shares, where 'things did change a bit.' Lachman then talks about working with teen icon Robby Benson as Dr. Mauer ('I'm from Katmandu, so I didn't know who he was! But I did learn very quickly that he was an absolute legend and is antithetical to the character he's playing'), and to what degree her stint as a regularly reprogrammed Active on Fox's Dollhouse helped with her portrayal of so many Innies. 'There are similarities, absolutely…,' she allows, though Actives were even more detached from their true selves. 'Maybe Dollhouse is the sequel in terms of the tech?' she quips. From there, Lachman shares her take on the Season 2 finale (namely, whether Gemma saw the redhead Mark was with as any kind of threat)… explains why she enjoys 'living in the not knowing' what's to come ('I have complete faith in Dan and the entire team to come up with something that won't let anyone down')… and along those lines, gets candid about what all she knows about the Season 3 of TVLine Yellowjackets' Tawny Cypress Talks Episode 4's Tai/Van Reunion: 'We're All Worried About Taissa' Vampire Diaries Turns 10: How Real-Life Plot Twists Shaped Everything From the Love Triangle to the Final Death Vampire Diaries' Biggest Twists Revisited (and Explained)
CBC
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Severance stars Tramell Tillman and Zach Cherry reflect on the masks we all wear at work
Like many of us, Severance stars Tramell Tillman and Zach Cherry can relate to the idea of feeling like someone different at work. That's partly just the nature of acting — taking on a character while you're on set and hopefully leaving them behind when you get home. "We talk a lot about what carries over and what bleeds through," Cherry says in a joint interview with Q 's Tom Power alongside Tillman. "For me as an actor, that is kind of a question when you're creating a character. You got to bring something of yourself to most of your characters, but not everything." Severance, which aired its Season 2 finale yesterday, is a sci-fi thriller that explores a nightmarish experiment to enforce work-life balance by splitting a person's consciousness into two. There's the you that goes into work (your "innie") and the you that lives outside of work (your "outie"). WATCH | Tramell Tillman and Zach Cherry's full interview with Tom Power: Before becoming full-time actors, both Tillman and Cherry worked as office managers in the non-profit world, so they know what it's like to have a nine-to-five desk job. They were able to draw on those experiences to develop their characters, the mysterious Mr. Milchick and the severed employee Dylan G. "There's so many of us who spend a lot of time in the workplace and understand what it's like to be at a job that may not be as fulfilling," Tillman tells Power. "There's an identity there, too. I mean, the first line of the show is, 'Who are you?' And I think especially with Milchick, there's an identity that he is struggling with." Cherry adds that in his own life he'd try to separate his personal and professional identities by putting on a "work mask" in the office. "That idea of being someone slightly different at work, I can certainly relate to," he says. "When I was at my office job, I was also doing sketch comedy and improv comedy at night, but at work, no one really would have known that. I kind of didn't want to get into it. I didn't really want to bring that part of me into that place." WATCH | Official trailer for Severance Season 2: What's interesting about Cherry's character Dylan is that his innie and outie have distinct personalities as a result of living under completely different circumstances. Dylan's innie is confident and self-assured, whereas his outie is a husband and father who lacks purpose and direction in life. "The innie is maybe the version of the outie who never had all that baggage build up, and the outie is a version of the innie that has had these life experiences that have maybe pushed him one way or the other," Cherry explains. I think especially with Milchick, there's an identity that he is struggling with. To craft Milchick, who doesn't have an outie life, Tillman says it's not clear who the character is, only that he's committed to the organization and has shown himself willing to do whatever it takes to meet its goals. The actor says he modelled Milchick after a panther. "I feel like he's like this big cat," Tillman says. "He can pounce at any moment, but then there's this quality about him that he kind of bats people around, especially the innies. And he's always watching. He never strikes when it's not the right time. There's a plotting, there's a brooding that's there as well. And he's got that big smile, that big grin that can be very intoxicating and very mysterious as well. You don't know what that man's thinking." As for which animal Cherry would be, he says probably a panda. "Or like one of those deep sea fish," he jokes. "They don't even have a name."
Yahoo
23-03-2025
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Quotes of the Week: FBI, Suits LA, Harley Quinn, The Rookie and More
While our Outies are still thinking about that Severance Season 2 finale, our Innies have been hard at work rounding up this edition of Quotes of the Week. Per usual, the list below features more than a dozen of the most memorable sound bites from the past seven days, including moments both scripted and unscripted from broadcast, cable and streaming series. More from TVLine Quotes of the Week: I May Destroy You, Greenleaf, Yellowstone and More Quotes of the Week: Stargirl, Blindspot, Penny Dreadful, S.H.I.E.L.D. and More Quotes of the Week: The Twilight Zone, Search Party, Yellowstone and More This time around, we've got bon mots and zingers from FBI, The Rookie, Grey's Anatomy, Severance, Daredevil: Born Again, Abbott Elementary, The White Lotus, Everybody's Live With John Mulaney, Farmer Wants a Wife and more. Also featured in this week's roundup: Jennifer Tilly delivers a stellar Real Housewives of Beverly Hills voiceover, Suits LA fails to stomach some hard liquor and Beyond the Gates makes a steamy impression. Plus, we've got double doses of Harley Quinn and The Righteous Gemstones. Scroll through the list below to see all of our picks for the week, then hit the comments and tell us if we missed any of your faves! (With contributions from Vlada Gelman, Rebecca Luther, Charlie Mason, Matt Webb Mitovich, Dave Nemetz, Ryan Schwartz and Andy Swift) 'At least you'll have a chance at living.' 'But I want to live with you.' Mark (Adam Scott) lets Helly (Britt Lower) know he doesn't want to escape Lumon if she can't come with him 'Now turn off that self-destruct, so you and I can get turned on. If you know what I mean.' 'We know what you mean!' Harley (voiced by Kaley Cuoco) needs no further reminder that her mom (Susie Essman) means to bone Brainiac 'So, you wanna go f—k s—t up?' 'You had me at 'wanna go f—k.'' Harley (voiced by Kaley Cuoco) and Ivy (Lake Bell) mark the end of another season with their usual plans '[Miles, locked inside a shop] Help!' 'No, no — this is what's called a 'teachable moment.'' Tim (Eric Winter) stops Celina from freeing Miles 'Could it have been a Skrull?' Facing a mound of evidence against him, Matt's new client grasps at shape-shifting straws 'It's not easy looking for a guy with two different-colored eyes without seeming like you want a date.' 'What, Scola, you're telling me you don't know how to flirt?' Scola (John Boyd) shares with Jubal (Jeremy Sisto) the snag with their latest manhunt 'But you're not a Buddhist!… Honey, you're not from China!' Victoria (Parker Posey) doesn't understand why a nice American girl like her daughter Piper would want to join a Thai monastery 'Just so you know, this is consent. Do you guys do that here? We just started.' Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) assures her handsome Thai spa buddy Pornchai that he has the green light 'Goddammit, Harvey, you lied! This is awful! I'm getting a pineapple juice.' Eddie (Carson A. Egan) is not a fan of the whiskey that Harvey ordered 'Previously on Crazy Yacht From Hell…' Beyond just promoting her to full-time Housewife, Bravo also needs to hire Jennifer Tilly to record all voiceovers from now on 'Evynn has just lost her damn mind. Who the hell does she think she is?' 'Your protégé.' Richard (James Pickens Jr.) refuses to read the room in which Catherine (Debbie Allen) is fuming 'Now I know a lawyer. If I get in trouble, you can get me off… multiple times, if necessary.' Eva (Ambyr Michelle) makes sure the first impression she makes on Tomás lasts 'Revolting. We sent our damn boy to military school to whip him into shape. He came back worse, and now he knows how to kill people.' Jesse (Danny McBride) is disappointed with his son Pontius' trajectory in life 'I'm a big-time TV mogul now, Lori. The biggest! Don't be jealous, Eli.' 'Jealous of what?' 'That I'm Tyler Perry, and you ain't! You're more like Luke Perry. Dead.' When delivered with Baby Billy's (Walton Goggins) cadence, sibling-in-law rivalry is always funny (even when the subject matter is dark) 'We even made it into the Netflix Top 10! Our show is right up there alongside Latino culture clash sitcom Welcome to the Family, a true crime doc about Gabby Petito, a Tyler Perry soap opera and Temptation Island. Netflix viewers have spoken loud and clear, and they are saying, 'We will watch whatever you show us.'' 'And I'll go hide the white kid. Anyone have bronzer?' Mr. Johnson (William Stanford Davis) tries to help the teachers hide contraband from the school district reps 'I ain't complaining, but… I thought this was a family show!' Farmer Jay is gifted with a framed photo of Julia as (scantily clad) cowgirl Best of TVLine Weirdest TV Crossovers: Always Sunny Meets Abbott, Family Guy vs. Simpsons, Nine-Nine Recruits New Girl and More ER Turns 30: See the Original County General Crew, Then and Now The Best Streaming Services in 2024: Disney+, Hulu, Max and More
Yahoo
22-03-2025
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Severance Star, USC Marching Band Make Quite an Entrance at PaleyFest — Watch
Mr. Milkshake is bringing the USC band to the yard. Fresh off the Severance Season 2 finale, Tramell Tillman is showing off his real-life talent for 'choreography and merriment.' The actor on Saturday led USC's marching band into the show's PaleyFest panel at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, channeling his character's own finale plotline. (Watch video below.) More from TVLine Severance's Dichen Lachman Dissects Finale's 'Heartbreaking' Twist, Season 3 'Possibilities' for Gemma - Watch Severance's Bloody, Brilliant Finale Gives Us Some Long-Awaited Answers - and Another Huge Cliffhanger Severance Renewed for Season 3 at Apple TV+ Tramell Tillman leads a marching band into a #severance finale event at PaleyFest LA — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 22, 2025 For the uninitiated, Tillman plays Mr. Milchick, who is sometimes called 'Milkshake,' in the Apple TV+ drama. The Season 2 finale, which dropped Friday, saw Milchick lead a full marching band and drum line in honor of Innie Mark's big achievement. And for fans of the show, the spectacle was no big surprise. Tillman's character has already demonstrated an appreciation for this kind of pageantry: He notably gifted Helly a 'Music Dance Experience' to lift her spirits in Season 1. The Severance panel kicked off this spring's PaleyFest series, which will also include Q&As with the casts of Cobra Kai (Saturday at 2 pm PT) and Agatha All Along (Saturday at 7 pm PT), Matlock (Sunday, March 23), The Handmaid's Tale (Wednesday, March 26), Hacks (Friday, March 28), and Poker Face and Amy Sherman-Palladino (Saturday, March 29). Watch the videos above and hit the comments with your reaction to Tillman's real-life parade! Best of TVLine Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More 'Missing' Shows, Found! The Latest on Severance, Holey Moley, Poker Face, YOU, Primo, Transplant and 25+ Others
