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Michael Chernus

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174 total appearances

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The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

And so continuing to discover those ways in for the audience to see a different side of him is really what's been a fun challenge.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

And so continuing to discover those ways in for the audience to see a different side of him is really what's been a fun challenge.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

Well, right back at you. I mean, I remember that night that we shot it. It was such a dance between us because we're holding so much. You had so much going on of like any Mark meeting his idol, but all the other circumstances of the larger scene in that moment and trying to keep it together. Yeah.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

Well, right back at you. I mean, I remember that night that we shot it. It was such a dance between us because we're holding so much. You had so much going on of like any Mark meeting his idol, but all the other circumstances of the larger scene in that moment and trying to keep it together. Yeah.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

Well, right back at you. I mean, I remember that night that we shot it. It was such a dance between us because we're holding so much. You had so much going on of like any Mark meeting his idol, but all the other circumstances of the larger scene in that moment and trying to keep it together. Yeah.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

not be found out and so you had all that going on and then I had all the stuff that Rickon's going through going on and so I think I love that scene so much and it's such a simple scene but there's so much packed into it I think that speaks to the tone of this show so precisely of

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

not be found out and so you had all that going on and then I had all the stuff that Rickon's going through going on and so I think I love that scene so much and it's such a simple scene but there's so much packed into it I think that speaks to the tone of this show so precisely of

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

not be found out and so you had all that going on and then I had all the stuff that Rickon's going through going on and so I think I love that scene so much and it's such a simple scene but there's so much packed into it I think that speaks to the tone of this show so precisely of

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

Trusting the audience to the audience is smart and that they're going to be watching and listening and knowing all that nuance that we don't have to play everything at once. Right. You know, there may be all of this stuff happening, but you as an actor can't do all those things. You just have to be there and sort of listen and play the scene with your partner. Yeah.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

Trusting the audience to the audience is smart and that they're going to be watching and listening and knowing all that nuance that we don't have to play everything at once. Right. You know, there may be all of this stuff happening, but you as an actor can't do all those things. You just have to be there and sort of listen and play the scene with your partner. Yeah.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

Trusting the audience to the audience is smart and that they're going to be watching and listening and knowing all that nuance that we don't have to play everything at once. Right. You know, there may be all of this stuff happening, but you as an actor can't do all those things. You just have to be there and sort of listen and play the scene with your partner. Yeah.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

That's a gift of the character, yeah, is that those two things match. I mean, I think for me, one of the things is I've been in this business for a minute now is just a constant meditation on trying to let go of what the audience is going to think. There are millions of people who will see it. There'll be various responses to Rickon. And so I can't control that. But what I can control is that

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

That's a gift of the character, yeah, is that those two things match. I mean, I think for me, one of the things is I've been in this business for a minute now is just a constant meditation on trying to let go of what the audience is going to think. There are millions of people who will see it. There'll be various responses to Rickon. And so I can't control that. But what I can control is that

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

That's a gift of the character, yeah, is that those two things match. I mean, I think for me, one of the things is I've been in this business for a minute now is just a constant meditation on trying to let go of what the audience is going to think. There are millions of people who will see it. There'll be various responses to Rickon. And so I can't control that. But what I can control is that

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

I'm giving it as much dimensionality to him as possible, that I'm not considering him a joke, even if somebody else does.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

I'm giving it as much dimensionality to him as possible, that I'm not considering him a joke, even if somebody else does.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

I'm giving it as much dimensionality to him as possible, that I'm not considering him a joke, even if somebody else does.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

We see- He's a generous, attentive lover.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

We see- He's a generous, attentive lover.

The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott
S2E5: Trojan's Horse (with Michael Chernus)

We see- He's a generous, attentive lover.