Whoa. Wonderful.
Keanu Reeves caught “Severance” followers abruptly with a quick and quirky cameo within the first episode of the present’s second season that was so fast you might need simply missed it.
Should you haven’t watched Season 1 of the Apple TV+ sequence, you might need to put down the pink tablet and end the present’s first 9 episodes earlier than continuing.
Spoilers forward for Season 2, Episode 1 of “Severance.”
Reeves’ cameo arrives midway by means of the Season 2 premiere of “Severance,” titled “Hello Ms. Cobel.”
Following the “Macrodat uprising” on the finish of Season 1, the employees of Macrodata Refinement are pressured by greater ups to observe a cartoonish stop-motion video dubbed “Lumon is Listening” in an try to influence them that the corporate cares about them and takes their issues significantly.
The video portrays the rebellion which noticed characters Mark, Helly, Irvin and Dylan escape Lumon and make it to the surface world.
One of many characters within the company clip: the Lumon constructing itself, voiced by none aside from Reeves.
Although straightforward to overlook at first, upon second pay attention, the voice is unmistakably that of the “Matrix” actor.
“Severance” creator Dan Erickson lately revealed why he forged Reeves within the position.
“All I can say is that we talked about a couple of different people for that role,” Erickson informed Collider.
“We always wanted it to be somebody that people have certain associations with, but also, it had to be a very warm presence. The Lumon building is very friendly in the context of this video, and there’s a friendliness to that particular voice and a heart to that particular voice.”
Erickson didn’t reveal what different actors had been thought-about for the position.
So far as the “certain associations” viewers might need with Reeves, it’s unimaginable to not think about his work in “The Matrix” motion pictures, portraying Neo (a ok a Thomas A. Anderson), in addition to his extra heartwarming roles (“Something’s Gotta Give” as an example).
Reeves’s “Severance” cameo comes on the heels of his voice-acting debut as Shadow in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3.”
New episodes of Severance Season 2 drop every Friday on Apple TV+ at 12 AM PT.
