{"id":5373768,"date":"2025-03-05T17:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T22:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=5373768"},"modified":"2025-03-06T12:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:33:27","slug":"obama-severance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/obama-severance-5373768\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Obama Star in ‘Severance’? Update After Ben Stiller’s Revelation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Stiller revealed he asked Barack Obama to star in ‘<\/span>Severance.’<\/span> Find out if he accepted the offer below.<\/span><\/p>\n

Severance<\/span><\/em>, directed by Ben Stiller<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>has been a hit, with many tuning in to watch the highly anticipated second season of the thriller series, starring Adam Scott<\/strong><\/a>, Britt Lower<\/a><\/strong>, Zach Cherry<\/a><\/strong>, Christopher Walken<\/a><\/strong>, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adam, 51, shared in a <\/span>Forbes<\/span><\/em><\/a> article published on January 23, 2025,\u00a0“I think one of the very early early conversations between the three of us [Including creator of the series Dan Erickson] was kind of talking about this piece of information that \u2018Innie\u2019 Mark discovers at the end of season one and we kind of left it in this cliffhanger. Ben asked me like – \u2018What would you do if you found this piece of information? What’s the first thing you would do?\u2019 And sort of my knee-jerk was I would just start running. I would just run and try to find Ms. Casey – go try to find the wellness center and talk to Ms. Casey about this information. So then, Ben started creating this running sequence that we kick the [second] season off with.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, the <\/span>Zoolander<\/span><\/em> actor revealed that he had asked former President Barack Obama<\/a><\/strong> to join the already star-studded cast. Learn more about whether the politician made it onto the show below.<\/span><\/p>\n