‘Severance’ creator says the idea came from their own ‘meaningless’ jobs
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Apple TV+ showrunner Dan Erickson says they got the idea for the show from their own jobs.
Erickson says they got the idea after working “mind-numbing” jobs.
The first two episodes of Severance will be available to stream from Friday.
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The person behind the creation of Apple TV+ show Severance says that they got the idea for it after working “meaningless” and “mind-numbing” jobs.
The new show, whose first two episodes will be available to stream on Apple TV+ from Friday, stars Adam Scott among others. And its creator was speaking with Variety when the subject of inspiration came up.
“I worked a string of office jobs when I first got to L.A., and one in particular was in this weird little windowless office,” Erickson told Variety. “And I would be doing these sort of weird, seemingly meaningless, repetitive tasks all day long and it was just mind-numbing. And I caught myself one day walking in thinking, ‘Man, I wish I could just totally not experience the next eight hours. I wish I could disassociate and just have it be 5 and suddenly I’m going home.’
Erickson went on to say that the feeling of wanting to make time disappear was a strange one considering how short a time we have on this planet. And that’s when the idea for Severance came together.
“And it occurred to me that that’s kind of a messed up thing to catch yourself wishing for, considering we have limited, precious time on this Earth, and here I was wishing I could give some of it back,” he continued. “It really was born of my own corporate misery.”
The full Variety interview is worth a read for more insight into how the show ticks along, but the best thing to do is just watch it from Friday.
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