Interview: Severance Casting Director Rachel Tenner Reveals The Most Challenging Role To Cast In The Apple TV+ Series
Severance is everybody's latest Apple TV+ obsession. Instantly renewed for a second season, the show is masterfully guided by its mysterious storyline, sharp writing, and all-star cast. Directed by Ben Stiller, the drama features Adam Scott and Patricia Arquette as lead actors and producers, as well as Dichen Lachman, Christopher Walken, and Britt Lower in major roles.
As one would expect, this cast didn't magically come together by itself. The Prime Emmy Award-winning casting director Rachel Tenner took on the challenge, having previously led the casting teams for Fargo, Upload, and Netflix's most-watched movie Red Notice. Tenner has been a longtime collaborator with Ben Stiller, having first met him on set of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. She told us that working with him is a «no brainer» and complimented his «great taste.» Game Rant had the opportunity to ask the skilled creative a few questions about pulling together the cast of Severance.
Related: Severance Episodes 1 And 2 Review
On the most challenging character to cast:
It was Ms. Casey. I mean, they're all a lot of work. There's work that goes into each one of them [the characters], but Ms. Casey felt the most elusive to me. Tonally, she was the most complicated. I wavered in and out of when I thought I had it and when I thought I didn't have it. Then Dichen came in and she embodied all the pieces that we needed. That was a really big win.
On casting Mark and Helly:
Well, for Mark, Adam is someone that Ben had already talked to. I don't know if I have the story exactly right, but I think they had talked about the project when it first came to Ben through Red Hour Productions, and from Jackie Cohn [EP] and Dan Erickson [creator]. There was an early discussion,
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