Severance Star’s Push To Forged Christopher Walken Has The Most Touching Backstory

Talking to the publication, actor John Turturro, who performs Irving – a personality who bonds with Walkens’ on-screen persona – stated it’s not the primary time the pair have acted collectively. 

They’ve additionally appeared in a few of John’s directorial choices, like 2019’s The Jesus Rolls, and labored collectively on 2005’s Romance & Cigarettes. 

So it ought to come as no shock that John was the one to pitch Christopher to the present’s creators. 

When requested if he knew concerning the behind-the-scenes choice course of, although, the Catch Me If You Can actor appeared pleasantly shocked by Turtorro’s selection. 

“I’ve solely discovered that not too long ago, and I’m very glad to listen to it. I’m glad it occurred. I believe one of many issues about Burt and Irving has to do with Chris and John. I’ve recognized John for a really very long time — 40 or 50 years,” Christopher advised the publication. 

“We have been younger actors, going round New York on the lookout for work. I’ve recognized him a very long time. He’s a terrific director, and I’ve been in two or three of his films. I do know his household,” he added.

“You’ll be able to inform if you see individuals collectively that they’ve recognized one another a very long time, that they like one another, they chuckle at one another’s jokes, they end sentences, and so I believe it makes absolute sense that John and I’d be enjoying individuals who love one another.”

Each actors have been nominated for Emmys following their look on season one among Severance.