What Connects ‘Severance’ to ‘Abbott Elementary’? Quinta Brunson and Adam Scott Explain It All
19.06.2022 - 18:05
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Quinta Brunson, the creator and star of ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” and Adam Scott, of Apple TV+’s mind-bending drama “Severance,” have a connection we can’t quite put our finger on. After they speak about their shows — and the fact that both of their mothers were public school teachers — it turns out that their familiar dynamic comes from an established collegial relationship: As Scott accidentally spills, on Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” is presented by Apple TV+, Brunson will be guest starring on the upcoming Starz revival of Scott’s brilliant-but-canceled “Party Down.” Thanks for letting us know! ADAM SCOTT: “Abbott Elementary” is your show. My family and I — we go through phases of watching a show together.
And we can’t watch it unless all four of us are there. “Abbott” is our latest. And greatest.
QUINTA BRUNSON: Yay! That’s my favorite thing to hear about it, by the way: family appointment viewing.SCOTT: And they’re teenagers, now, too, so, it’s hard to find something that we all want to watch. But it’s also, like, cool enough for them.BRUNSON: They can’t all gather and watch “Severance”?SCOTT: No. We can, but it makes me far too nervous.
We chatted a couple of months ago, and something you mentioned that I thought was really interesting was how much a fan you are of the network sitcom — and the idea of creating something that can be broadly sent out to all households. You’re being credited with reviving the network sitcom.BRUNSON: That’s too big. I’ve seen that headline, and it’s too much.SCOTT: Yeah.BRUNSON: I do think that while “Abbott” has been successful, which I’m super grateful for, people have been doing great work in the network space for a really long time.
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