The actor and director of the series revealed how was the conversation he had with the former president of the United States about his possible participation.
The director of Severance, Ben Stillerrevealed that the former president was asked Barack Obama that was the voice of The Lumon Building in the series of Apple TV+.
In the second season of the series, during the Lumon is listening video, Keanu Reeves He puts voice to an animated version of the Lumon building, which is shown to the staff to try to show them that the company cares for them.
In the Jimmy Kimmel Live program, Stiller was asked if he really was the actor of John Wick The one who played the role, since it did not appear in the credits. “Yes, how great that is that?” He confirmed. “We communicated with him and he said: ‘Yes, that’s fine, I will’ and we did it as a full recording session. He was in Los Angeles, I was in New York, but went to the studio and made several shots. He took it very seriously”
Barack Obama rejected a Cameo in Severance
When asked if Reeves was the first option, he replied: “It was a very short list of people. There was a person I asked before (Keanu Reeves) and told me no: President Barack Obama ”.
He recalled the process of contacting the politician, saying: “I did not ask him in person. He knew someone who knew his lawyer, and his lawyer told me: ‘I can transmit the application, could I write an email?’ So I wrote an email. ”
He continued: “Two days later, I received an email from President Barack Obama that said: ‘Hello, Ben, I am a big fan of the series, I love the first season, I cannot wait for the second to come out. I don’t think I have time on my agenda to do this’”
The protagonist of Crazy for Mary Then he joked: “What is more important than doing the voiceover for the animated building in Severance?” Before admitting: “It was great to answer”.
The Severance series is available on Apple TV+, currently premiering its second season.
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