‘Severance’ Cast Brings Lumon Offices to Grand Central Station – Hollywood Reporter
Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterSubscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterAdam Scott, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Patricia Arquette and Tramell Tillman all appeared as their ‘Severance’ characters for the pop-up. Ben Stiller was on hand for pictures.
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Zoe G. Phillips
The Lumon offices have moved to New York City. Leading stars of Apple TV’s Severance appeared for a bit of performance art in Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Station this week.
Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Patricia Arquette and Tramell Tillman all appeared as their Severance characters for the event on Tuesday, with producer-director Ben Stiller on hand to take pictures. The pop-up featured a real-life cubicle from the iconic office space of Apple’s show, which returns with season two on Friday.
During the initial pop-up on Tuesday, the actors entered the cubicle, cleaned the office’s carpets, chatted with each other and worked at the desk computers. Stiller posted several images from the scene to his social media, writing, “Grand Central right now.” Per Apple, several of the set pieces and wardrobe were original pieces from the show’s filming.
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The installation continued Wednesday, with hired actors working the desks as other Lumon employees.
Season two of Severance will premiere on Friday, nearly two years after 2022’s season one cliffhanger. The second installment will see severed employees Mark (Scott), Helly (Lower), Dylan (Cherry) and Irving (Turturro) reckon with the consequences of their split selves, and try learn more about what it is they’re doing at Lumon. In The Hollywood Reporter‘s review earlier this month, Angie Han said the series is “better than perhaps any other show on television at capturing the indignities of modern work, using sci-fi exaggerations to cast our own dystopian reality into stark relief.”
In addition to Scott, Lower, Cherry, Arquette and Tillman, the show also stars John Turturro, Jen Tullock, Michael Chernus, Dichen Lachman and Christopher Walken. Sarah Bock and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson join the cast for the second installment.
Dan Erickson created Severance, and executive produces with Stiller (who directed five episodes in season two), John Lesher, Jackie Cohn, Mark Friedman, Beau Willimon, Jordan Tappis, Sam Donovan, Caroline Baron, Richard Schwartz, Nicholas Weinstock, Scott and Arquette. Fifth Season is the studio. Uta Bresiewitz, Sam Donovan and Jessica Lee Gagné also directed episodes of season two.Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every daySign up for THR news straight to your inbox every daySubscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterSend us a tip using our anonymous form.
