Himesh Patel Interview: Station Eleven

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Himesh Patel stars in Station Eleven as Jeevan, a man who is unwittingly swept up in a global pandemic with a child he had just met by his side. Based on Emily St. John Mandel's book of the same name, Station Eleven earned critical acclaim when it aired on HBO Max in December 2021 and January 2022. Spanning decades, the story follows Jeevan's journey protecting Kirsten, played as a child by Matilda Lawler and as an adult by Mackenzie Davis.

Kirsten and Jeevan are the anchors of a story that explores ideas of hope in the fact of total devastation, what it means to create, and how humans adapt in the most dire of circumstances. Patel's work in Station Eleven earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Hiro Murai was also nominated for Outstanding Director (for the episode «Wheel of Fire), while Patrick Somerville earned a nom for Outstanding Writing (for the episode „Unbroken Circle).

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Screen Rant sat down with Patel to discuss Station Eleven, including filming the show while a very real pandemic raged on, the cathartic nature of the series, and whether he'd be interested in exploring more of Jeevan's story.

Screen Rant: The reception of Station Eleven has been amazing. What has that been like? 

Himesh Patel: It's been really heartening, and it means a lot to me, but also to everyone who worked on the show. From the crew that we worked with in Chicago, in January and February of 2020, to the crew that we worked with in Toronto when we put the show back up a year later. There are a lot of people who've worked very hard on the show for a very long time. The most important thing, of course, is that we found an