Ebon Moss-Bachrach

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448 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 17 Jul

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Fresh Air · Ebon Moss-Bachrach on ‘The Bear’ · 17 Jul 2026 podcast

So now now.

Well, so what and, you know, what was it about him that you thought would be good for Michael, who is the best friend and, you know, the brother who passed away, who committed suicide?

And we don't really see him, correct me if I'm wrong, but we don't really see him at all in the first season until maybe just the very end of the season in a flashback.

I think that's true.

Am I remembering that correctly?

I think something like that.

And in my mind, when I was reading the scripts, I kind of felt like we would never see him.

And I thought that that was probably the way to play it because he's so talked about.

He's this specter sort of informing everything.

And I just...

I thought it would be disappointing or maybe... I just like that idea of let everybody in the audience, let them have their own idea of who this person is who's larger than life.

And so when Chris Storr, our showrunner, was asking me if I thought I've had any ideas for who could play Michael Berzano, I was like, I don't think we should ever see him.

I just think that will just diminish anything.

And then at one point I did, I was like, you know what, actually, John is such a larger than life, magnetic, charismatic person.

I was like, you know, what would you think about John Bernthal?

And I suspect that Chris all along was sort of encouraging me to reach out to John.

I think I'm pretty sure that he all along, he was just waiting for me to come to this realization.

I think John's terrific, really, really great in this part.

And also one of the few actors that could fill the shoes of this guy.

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