Rated 4.4 out of 5 by AlloCiné viewers and considered one of the best sci-fi series of recent years, this Apple TV+ production has quickly become a 2020s phenomenon thanks to word of mouth.
Acclaimed by the public and critics alike, the first season of the production made its mark in popular culture and was a huge success with audiences eager for a sequel.
The return of the phenomenon series
Fans had to wait three years for the second season of Severance to come to an end. Created by Dan Erickson and produced by Ben Stiller, Severance tells the story of company employees who voluntarily undergo dissociation.
It is a surgical operation to separate their memories related to their professional and personal life thanks to a chip implanted in their brain.
But what should have been a revolutionary operation becomes too heavy a weight in their lives, and the group gradually rebels against the company and seeks answers to their questions.
The first sequence that gets things back into swing
The first episode of Severance Season 2, available starting January 17 on Apple TV+, takes us directly into the outrageous world of the series with an intense opening scene.
Back in Lumon, Mark Scout (Adam Scott) is panicking. He walks through the company’s hallways to find his colleagues Dylan (Zach Cherry), Irving (John Turturro) and Healy (Britt Lower) replaced by others.
This impressive scene, which is a false sequence shot, follows Mark through Lumon’s Labyrinth, with the camera very close to Mark, behind him and in front of him, adding to this sense of vertigo and anguish. character.
In The official Severance podcastBen Stiller explained that the scene was made up “10 different parts”. And it took some time to complete this puzzle according to Adam Scott: “We shot these 10 different parts over five months”.
Each of its parts represented a specific need and technique for the coherence of the whole. so that “There was a part where we had to shoot it all on green screen, with a conveyor belt and a motion control camera”Ben Stiller explains.
“Another part of the sequence involved removing one of the walls and using a robotic arm.”he continued.
Tom Cruise was an inspiration
If technology and various filming techniques allowed for this impressive result for the opening sequence of Severance season 2, it was also necessary for the main actor to be up to the task of the scene in which he was only running.
“The opening scene of Severance Season 2 took five months to make, with Adam Scott revealing he was inspired by Tom Cruise’s iconic perspective.”
Adam Scott admitted that he did not do any training and that the rehearsals and filming lasted for more than five months.
“I have to practice”he said. “But actually, I’ve been working out at work. I’ve gotten back in shape thanks to all these races.”. But the actor still had a secret… Tom Cruise, a professional stuntman and a regular in racing in his action movies!
Adam Scott explained that he was inspired by Tom Cruise’s racing technique by watching certain scenes from his action movies. “Anyone who wants to do some kind of running exercise, just watch Tom Cruise.”he concluded.
The first episode of Severance Season 2 is available on Apple TV+. The remainder of the season (consisting of 10 episodes) will air one episode per week until March 21.
Source: Allocine
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