Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are “Severance” fans just like everybody else. They, however, have one advantage: Adam Scott‘s cell phone number. In Bell’s Actors on Actors interview with Scott, the “Nobody Wants This” star made public exactly what she and her “Parenthood” husband leave in the text chain.
“The endings to every episode of ‘Severance’ are so biologically frustrating that I don’t know how you guys expect anyone to sleep after an episode with that level of a cliffhanger,” Bell started. “So what Dax and I tend to do is, when we see someone whose work we love or whose work frustrates us — as in your case — we leave you a nice, long, detailed, unedited voice memo. And you got a lot of those.”
Scott professed to have saved every one of the messages, calling them both “deeply flattering” and “deeply insulting.” While deep in production on the second season, one message from Bell and Shepard said, “Hey, just curious, are you guys shooting this one minute per week? Why is it taking so fucking long?” Scott teased, “Just because you guys left that message, it’s now going to take seven years for the next season.”
Bell’s favorite memo came when Shepard screamed out the message, “Hey, Adam. Kristen just fell out of a two-story window. I bet you’d like to know how she’s doing. I’ll tell you next week!”
Bell and Shepard are typical of the committed “Severance” fanbase, as Scott related to The Los Angeles Times in March.
“I was a huge ‘Lost’ fan and huge ‘Twilight Zone’ person, so I totally get it,” he said. “I don’t really dive into all the theories and stuff on this, but I have seen some on Instagram, which is usually video of a podcast where they’re really diving into one theory or the other. Also, all of the artwork that people are making, it’s overwhelming and incredible. Whenever I see one on Instagram, I save every single one.”
Bell, Shepard, and the rest of the “Severance” heads will have to wait a while for the third season. While its production has been confirmed by executive producer Ben Stiller and Apple TV+, a date has yet to be announced.
Watch the full Actors on Actors conversation from Variety between Bell and Scott below:
