Adam Scott Says Severance Season 3 Brings Many Surprises
Adam Scott says he already knows how severance ends, and he says Season 3 will bring “so many surprises.” The actor, who also serves as an executive producer, gave that update while speaking this week at Canneseries as he prepares to receive the Canal+ Icon Award.
Scott and Dan Erickson
“Oh, yes. I’m an executive producer on the show, so I’m involved in all of it. We talk with the writers and Dan [Erickson] all the time. I know everything about what’s going on. [As an actor] I like having as much information as possible,” Scott said. That level of access is unusual for a cast member and explains why he could speak about the ending without hedging.
“It’s going to be great. There are so many surprises. I can’t wait to shoot it,” he said of Season 3. For a show with a Twin Peaks-like cult following, that kind of specificity does more than tease plot; it signals that the creative engine is active, not stalled.
Ben Stiller Stays Involved
“Ben is still very involved in the show. It’s going to be great. You know, it’s been over two years since we finished shooting Season 2. We’re all anxious to get back. We miss each other,” Scott said. He also made clear that Stiller will not be directing this time, which is the one real wrinkle in the season’s setup.
That leaves a notable gap in the production side, even as the show keeps its core team close. Scott’s comments suggest the handoff is happening inside a stable creative framework, with the writers, Dan Erickson, and Stiller still in the mix while the series moves toward production on Season 3.
Hundreds of Takes
Scott said the show’s elevator transition scenes took a while to figure out, and he and Stiller practiced them “hundreds of times.” He also said Stiller came up with the fluttering-eye detail, one of the small performance touches that helped define the show’s visual language.
Before severance became the project that changed his profile, Scott said he wanted something more dramatic after Parks and Recreation ended in 2013. He auditioned only once for the role of Mark, and he said the part felt like “a complicated character and a complicated world – and an adventure.” That is still the show’s business case now: a tightly controlled series with enough mystery to keep its audience locked in while Season 3 is being built.
