Everyone Severance pay The fan has Ben Stiller to thank for saving Apple from itself by stopping them from ruining our favorite show. In the second episode of The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller and Adam Scottthe co-hosts reveal the story of how Apple didn't want Scott to play the lead role of Mark Scout, in part because they didn't see him as big enough to star.
The world learned that Apple had given one Series order To Severance paywith Scott as the main protagonist, At the beginning of November 2019, a week later Apple TV+ has been officially launched. In the podcast episode, Stiller hints that they've been working on it Severance pay before publicly announcing the streamer's existence, as he described the early experience as “developing this show for a platform that didn't exist yet.” What we didn't know at the time the series order was announced was that Apple wasn't convinced that Scott should be Mark, and a year went by without any new developments in the series because they were trying to figure it out , how they could attract Apple Brett starring Scott.
“There was a long process of talking about other ideas. But I really wouldn't do the show if [Scott] I wouldn't do it. I kept saying that to them and they said, “Okay, maybe you can think of this actor.” “Maybe you can think of this actor,” Stiller recalls.
Stiller was confused as to why the bigwigs at Apple were so hesitant to add Scott, but changed their minds when they saw Scott take the role. Scott takes it all in stride and modestly admits that his star power may not have been enough for the Apple boss. “I understood why they felt that way because when I first read this script, my first instinct was, 'There's no way I'm going to do that.' “This is too good,” explains Scott. “If I were Apple, I would probably want a huge star to play this role.”
Since Apple came to his senses, Scott has received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama for his impeccable portrayal of Mark On Severance pay. Apple was saved from itself, and we all have Stiller and his years of perseverance to thank for that.
