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Ben Stiller

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The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

The camps are there and necessary, but like I said, you see people whose lives are just put on hold, and those are not a solution, obviously. The neighboring countries are really the countries that take most of the outflow when there's a situation going on in a country that is at war or whatever it is. I think something like over 100 million displaced people in the world right now, 100 million.

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

The camps are there and necessary, but like I said, you see people whose lives are just put on hold, and those are not a solution, obviously. The neighboring countries are really the countries that take most of the outflow when there's a situation going on in a country that is at war or whatever it is. I think something like over 100 million displaced people in the world right now, 100 million.

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

The camps are there and necessary, but like I said, you see people whose lives are just put on hold, and those are not a solution, obviously. The neighboring countries are really the countries that take most of the outflow when there's a situation going on in a country that is at war or whatever it is. I think something like over 100 million displaced people in the world right now, 100 million.

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

So it's hard to kind of even comprehend that. But yeah, the root causes are what it's about. And I think Filippo Grandi, who's the UN Refugee Agency High Commissioner, is a really good person who spends most of his time going from country to country and talking to governments about what they can do to help. And it's sort of a never-ending process for him.

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

So it's hard to kind of even comprehend that. But yeah, the root causes are what it's about. And I think Filippo Grandi, who's the UN Refugee Agency High Commissioner, is a really good person who spends most of his time going from country to country and talking to governments about what they can do to help. And it's sort of a never-ending process for him.

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

So it's hard to kind of even comprehend that. But yeah, the root causes are what it's about. And I think Filippo Grandi, who's the UN Refugee Agency High Commissioner, is a really good person who spends most of his time going from country to country and talking to governments about what they can do to help. And it's sort of a never-ending process for him.

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

Yeah, three episodes in. When this goes on, well, episode four comes on Thursday night.

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

Yeah, three episodes in. When this goes on, well, episode four comes on Thursday night.

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

Yeah, three episodes in. When this goes on, well, episode four comes on Thursday night.

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

It was a script that got sent to our production company, a spec script. Somebody wrote Dan Erickson, who now is the creator of the show. And he had never had anything produced. And it was just, it reminded me of just all my, I don't know, favorite shows. It reminded me of Twilight Zone. It reminded me of The Office. It had just like a weird, just kind of sort of like alternate reality vibe to it.

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

It was a script that got sent to our production company, a spec script. Somebody wrote Dan Erickson, who now is the creator of the show. And he had never had anything produced. And it was just, it reminded me of just all my, I don't know, favorite shows. It reminded me of Twilight Zone. It reminded me of The Office. It had just like a weird, just kind of sort of like alternate reality vibe to it.

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

It was a script that got sent to our production company, a spec script. Somebody wrote Dan Erickson, who now is the creator of the show. And he had never had anything produced. And it was just, it reminded me of just all my, I don't know, favorite shows. It reminded me of Twilight Zone. It reminded me of The Office. It had just like a weird, just kind of sort of like alternate reality vibe to it.

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

But it was also a workplace comedy and the dialogue was so funny. And I met with him and it just, we were in sync. I was like, this could be great. And yeah, It took a few years to make it, to get it off the ground, but it was just something I wanted to see. Why?

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

But it was also a workplace comedy and the dialogue was so funny. And I met with him and it just, we were in sync. I was like, this could be great. And yeah, It took a few years to make it, to get it off the ground, but it was just something I wanted to see. Why?

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

But it was also a workplace comedy and the dialogue was so funny. And I met with him and it just, we were in sync. I was like, this could be great. And yeah, It took a few years to make it, to get it off the ground, but it was just something I wanted to see. Why?

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

Because Apple didn't exist yet, Apple TV+. They were just starting up. And then we developed it for a while, and then you kind of go back, like writing out the rest of the season. And then we had a casting issue where we didn't settle on Adam Scott because I wanted Adam Scott for a long time. And we finally got to the place where everybody was on the same page. And...

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

Because Apple didn't exist yet, Apple TV+. They were just starting up. And then we developed it for a while, and then you kind of go back, like writing out the rest of the season. And then we had a casting issue where we didn't settle on Adam Scott because I wanted Adam Scott for a long time. And we finally got to the place where everybody was on the same page. And...

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

Because Apple didn't exist yet, Apple TV+. They were just starting up. And then we developed it for a while, and then you kind of go back, like writing out the rest of the season. And then we had a casting issue where we didn't settle on Adam Scott because I wanted Adam Scott for a long time. And we finally got to the place where everybody was on the same page. And...

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

I wasn't going to make it if he wasn't doing it.

The Bulwark Podcast
Ben Stiller: 'Severance,' but Real Life

I wasn't going to make it if he wasn't doing it.