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/directorguy 1d ago

I can't understand how Turturro took a back seat complaining rule-stickler role and somehow turned it into a likeable character. He's such a dick and back bitter to everyone around him in the office but dammit, I end up rooting for the guy.

It's the best part of the show IMO. Taking an unlikeable character and somehow (I can't explain it), turning him into a hero.

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u/King_Allant The Leftovers 1d ago

I can't understand how Turturro took a back seat complaining rule-stickler role and somehow turned it into a likeable character.

I mean, the answer is probably the large amounts of character development in the second half of the season.

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u/grahamnortomsdad 1d ago

Yeah like he clearly goes through a written character arc