Severance Season 2 details teased by director Ben Stiller and writer/creator Dan Erickson in a recent interview. Severance returns to Apple TV on January 17th with Season 2, and ahead of that the pair spoke with Vanity Fair. It’s a detailed interview and I certainly haven’t covered all the pair had to say about the process of developing this show. Some highlights though, first Erickson indicating that things get darker in Season 2.
“I think things get darker. We very much wanted to put our heroes in a scarier place because season one ends with them poking the bear. They form this little rebellion, and they’re able to achieve a modicum of success with it, but the question with season two was: What happens when the bear pokes back? What’s the fallout of this victory that they had? I think, without giving much away, the fallout is dire.”
Innies Versus Outies?
The pair also talk about how there could be conflict forming between the Innies and Outies over what they want.
“For me, a through line in this series has always been about Mark trying to grieve his wife” said Stiller. “But then, we find out that his wife is alive. Is Outie Mark going to find out that Innie Mark knows? And how is Outie Mark going to deal with that? At the same time, I think we’ve sort of developed a relationship with Innie Mark and Helly on the inside that feels like it’s going somewhere. So there’s a natural tension that’s growing there between Outie Mark’s interests and Innie Mark’s interests.”
Erickson turns talk to Helly/Helena;
“In some ways, the most interesting character to explore is Helly because we find out at the end of season one that her Outie has had a very, very different life experience from her, and seemingly has become a very different person than she is [in her office self.] We talk about the difference between a freedom fighter and a dictator. Sometimes the only difference is success. Somebody who successfully gets into power can become a dictator, versus if they never had, then they could have spent their life fighting for freedom.”
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“We saw people die—actually physically die—in the first season,” says Erickson. “But death does mean something different as an Innie, because there is always the specter of what happens if your Outie never comes back? If, for one reason or another, you don’t return to this office, that equates to death for these characters.”
“The information that has come out into the world that Mark’s wife is alive—if that is actually something that people believe and follow up on, it would have ramifications, obviously, for Lumon going forward,” says Stiller. “And if Lumon somehow gets exposed, what would happen to the lives of all these Innies who, basically, only exist in Lumon?”
New Recruits
Stiller and Erickson also had a small tease for fans about two of the new actors joining the team for Season 2. Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones) and young Sarah Bock.
“In terms of Gwendoline, it’s pretty clear she’s in a different department,” explains Stiller cautiously. “She is doing some kind of work where she’s not in an office. There are people who are not in the white-collar aspect of what goes on at Lumon but who get their hands dirty and are working towards other ends. And one of the fun parts of the show I think is also trying to figure out how all these different departments connect with each other.”
Erickson had even less he was willing to say about Bock’s character in the show.
“I don’t necessarily want to talk much about [Sarah Bock’s character.] I do feel like I need to be pretty cagey here. You want to open doors that you haven’t opened before, and we were lucky enough to get some really great actors to help us flesh out that world.”
Fans are already theorizing about the teaser trailers and the new cast members. The source article above also has brand new images for Season 2, one showing Bock’s character. However, they are exclusive images so I cannot share them for now. Check the link above for the full interview and all images.
What do you think as we get Severance Season 2 details teased by director Ben Stiller and writer/creator Dan Erickson? Thoughts below as usual.
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