Ben Stiller Has The Perfect Response To Reports About Severance’s Troubled Production

Although “Severance” fans are a lot of praise for the exhibition, they also like to admit that it could test their patience. Season 2 not only bullied us again with the integration story, but the expectation between seasons 1 and 2 was a nonsense long. . 18 April 2022, season 1 finale left fans on a massive rock exchangerOne they had to wait on 17 January 2025 to see the solution.

This seasonal waiting time only hits “Stranger Things” that can blame its visual effects for heavy starting point for delaysand “euphoria” where All that can go wrong challenge gone wrong in the 3 production of the season. So, what is the excuse for “separation” producers? Some fans have speculated that drama has been behind the scenes. Rumors have been as a fuel for reports Actors Ben Stiller and Dan Erickson and the “toxic environment”. Recent Interview with diversityBen Stiller closed these rumors, however:

“Everybody in the exhibition will come. There has never been a peculiarity between anyone. […] In my opinion, there has never been any creative process that does not have some conflict, and it is really important because you question and constantly try to make sure that the choices you make are the ones that last two years. “

Stiller also said that he did not believe that many of the discussions behind the scenes should necessarily be disclosed: “I don’t want to tell people about what happens, because honestly it is private.”

To be fair about the exhibition, “separately” season 2 production suffered a lot from the strike of the authors of 2023, which Collapses industry to hold for 148 days. The strike of writers is guilty of the delays of most of the 2024 -returned television programs, and it was particularly devastating, considering that Hollywood had only recently recovered A massive industrial disorder that was a coovid pandemic.

“Writing of season 2 took a moment,” Stiller said In the 2024 interview. “Then we started shooting in October 2022 and we were closed in a strike in May [2023]. At that point, we had completed about 7 of our ten episodes, and then we had to group again after the strike. It takes some time to prepare the exhibition. And so, we didn’t start shooting until January [2024]. Then we shot the last three episodes from January to May. “

Dan Erickson explained that in addition to the strike, “Severance” is a complex show to write. Fans’ loving nuanced characters and riveting tension are not something that can be pulled out quickly. As Erickson said:

“Every character has two lives – basically two personalities – and we are expanding. For me, writing was a diligent part of the process because we had so many ways. And sometimes we came up with something that worked perfectly on paper, and then it wouldn’t be until we got there and shot that we understand:

You can listen to our own interview with Erickson in this /Film Podcast episode: