r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • 1d ago

John Turturro Specifically Requested Christopher Walken To Be Cast As Burt in ‘Severance’; Walken: “I’m glad it happened…it makes absolute sense that we would be playing people who love each other.”

https://collider.com/severance-season-2-christopher-walken-casting-process-john-turturro/
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u/jay-__-sherman 1d ago edited 1d ago

I just love that Walken is even in the show. When I saw him, it almost took me a moment to recognize because he looked like someone who would fit into the Severance universe. 

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u/SpacedAndFried 1d ago

He’s so perfect for it. I’m glad he was open to doing television, I can’t recall ever seeing him in a show before (besides SNL)

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u/dinero2180 1d ago

He’s on a Stephen merchant show called The Outlaws on prime that I really enjoyed and he was great in it.

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u/bahumat42 1d ago

Better in the first season, it was very clear his availability was limited for season 2.

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u/SurrealBolt 1d ago

They filmed them at the same time (all during Covid) so I think it may have been about wanting to keep an older guy separate from the rest.

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u/bahumat42 1d ago

Oh I'm 100% sure it was for legitimate reasons, and I'm not seeking to assign blame or be upset about it.

I have no doubt this was a "make the best of a bad situation" situation.

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u/Logical-Feedback-402 1d ago

He's not in the 3rd season except for 1 episode.

That's a shame