The 2022 Primetime Emmy nominations are in! Apple TV+’s psychological thrillerSeveranceswooped the categories with 14 nominations. Directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle, the series features Adam Scott and Patricia Arquette in lead roles, as well as Dichen Lachman, Christopher Walken, and Britt Lower.
The show follows Mark Scout (Scott) and his team at Lumon Industries. The employees have undergone a severance procedure to keep their work and personal lives separated. As things begin to unravel, Scout finds himselfquestioning the experimentand his line of work. Among the nominations is casting director Rachel Tenner who earned a nod for Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series, which she shares with Bess Fifer—who handled location casting—, Apple TV+, and Endeavor Content.
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In addition to Tenner, nominees include Scott for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series, Walken and John Turturro for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series, and Arquette for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series. Inan exclusive interview with Game Rant, we asked Tenner about her experience castingSeverance. The series rose to instant acclaim and wasrenewed for a second seasonbefore the first one wrapped. Tenner, who has been nominated for Emmy Awards for her past work inFargoandEscape At Dannemora, said that getting involved with the genre-bending series was a “no-brainer” due to Stiller’s “excellent taste”.
Regarding casting Scott, Tenner said, “Adam is someone that Ben had already talked to. I don’t know if I have the story exactly right, but I think they had talked about the project when it first came to Ben through Red Hour Productions, and from Jackie Cohn (executive producer) and Dan Erickson (creator). There was an early discussion, and then it went dormant for so long because they were developing the show.”
She continued, “Adam can do it all right. He’s so complicated, I guess that’s the best way to put it. At any given moment, he can be vulnerable, sarcastic, warm, and inviting. He can be sad or heartbroken. Every choice he makes, I 100 percent buy it.”
Severance’s additional creative team nominations include Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series, Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More), Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series, Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series, Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series, Outstanding Main Title Design, Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score), and Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music.
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