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Ben Stiller

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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

Adam, to me, there was never anybody else, but also the synchronicity, I think, of just being on Apple TV+, which we didn't know what it would be, but it just feels like that's the home for it. And we pitched it to all the different streamers and nobody wanted it except Apple.

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

Adam, to me, there was never anybody else, but also the synchronicity, I think, of just being on Apple TV+, which we didn't know what it would be, but it just feels like that's the home for it. And we pitched it to all the different streamers and nobody wanted it except Apple.

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

Adam, to me, there was never anybody else, but also the synchronicity, I think, of just being on Apple TV+, which we didn't know what it would be, but it just feels like that's the home for it. And we pitched it to all the different streamers and nobody wanted it except Apple.

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

Yeah. Before I didn't know him, I'd just been a fan and we'd cross paths a couple of times. I remember I ran into him once in an editing room. I was editing something. He was editing something. We'd, talked about maybe working together someday. He's so intense and he's so committed. And I feel like he's one of the reasons the show works is because you just believe him.

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

Yeah. Before I didn't know him, I'd just been a fan and we'd cross paths a couple of times. I remember I ran into him once in an editing room. I was editing something. He was editing something. We'd, talked about maybe working together someday. He's so intense and he's so committed. And I feel like he's one of the reasons the show works is because you just believe him.

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

Yeah. Before I didn't know him, I'd just been a fan and we'd cross paths a couple of times. I remember I ran into him once in an editing room. I was editing something. He was editing something. We'd, talked about maybe working together someday. He's so intense and he's so committed. And I feel like he's one of the reasons the show works is because you just believe him.

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

You believe that he believes all that lore and all those crazy ideas. And when the actor believes it, then you invest as an audience. And yeah, it was fun. I feel good now that I know him because at first, The first season, it was a little bit like, I just, you know, a little intimidated by, you know, Totoro. Intimidated by Totoro because of the Jesus character? Yeah, well, the Jesus character.

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

You believe that he believes all that lore and all those crazy ideas. And when the actor believes it, then you invest as an audience. And yeah, it was fun. I feel good now that I know him because at first, The first season, it was a little bit like, I just, you know, a little intimidated by, you know, Totoro. Intimidated by Totoro because of the Jesus character? Yeah, well, the Jesus character.

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

You believe that he believes all that lore and all those crazy ideas. And when the actor believes it, then you invest as an audience. And yeah, it was fun. I feel good now that I know him because at first, The first season, it was a little bit like, I just, you know, a little intimidated by, you know, Totoro. Intimidated by Totoro because of the Jesus character? Yeah, well, the Jesus character.

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

He's a director. He's frigging intense. He's intelligent. And he's smart because he like, trusting for him is the big thing. And I think that's why he wanted to work with Chris Walken because they were friends. And they had a, you know, built-in trust already. And I think once you earn his trust, it's, you know, then it's just like really fun.

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

He's a director. He's frigging intense. He's intelligent. And he's smart because he like, trusting for him is the big thing. And I think that's why he wanted to work with Chris Walken because they were friends. And they had a, you know, built-in trust already. And I think once you earn his trust, it's, you know, then it's just like really fun.

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

He's a director. He's frigging intense. He's intelligent. And he's smart because he like, trusting for him is the big thing. And I think that's why he wanted to work with Chris Walken because they were friends. And they had a, you know, built-in trust already. And I think once you earn his trust, it's, you know, then it's just like really fun.

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

That's not a spoiler.

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

That's not a spoiler.

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

That's not a spoiler.

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

Yeah, that was Dan Erickson. I mean, it's all out of his head. Watching them develop that was really beautiful, just as a fan, to see that. And it was really fun to see that the fans of the show really embraced that, too.

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

Yeah, that was Dan Erickson. I mean, it's all out of his head. Watching them develop that was really beautiful, just as a fan, to see that. And it was really fun to see that the fans of the show really embraced that, too.

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

Yeah, that was Dan Erickson. I mean, it's all out of his head. Watching them develop that was really beautiful, just as a fan, to see that. And it was really fun to see that the fans of the show really embraced that, too.

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

there's a you know cobell uh patricia arquette's character has a vw rabbit yeah one of my favorite cars it feels very like relevant to the moment like a lot of the themes and a lot of the topics so like how did you feel like that that all worked that all came together well sometimes i think it's easier to do something that is not of the moment and you know it doesn't it was very important for me that we didn't have like cnn or