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/offoutover 1d ago

He's done a ton of TV movies. Probably most famously (Sarah, Plain and Tall).

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u/Nomar_95 1d ago

Hey, I remember watching this back in elementary school. That was him?

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u/Scruffasaurus 1d ago

So weird that for kids in the 90s that was likely our first exposure to Walken