Himesh Patel Dives Into the Irony of ‘Station Eleven’ and the Importance of Human Connection
variety.comHunter Ingram Train rides have proven to be a mixed bag for Himesh Patel.In HBO Max’s Emmy-nominated limited series “Station Eleven,” Patel’s character, Jeevan Chaudhary, is on an outbound Chicago train when his physician sister calls to inform him of a lethal virus seizing the city.
It’s a sobering conversation — one made all the more surreal by real-world events — that forever changes the course of Jeevan’s life.
He heeds her warning to prepare for the worst, becoming one of the few survivors left to forge mankind’s future.In a twist of fate, Patel was aboard a train on Emmy nominations morning, headed to visit his parents in London, when his phone lit up with messages.
This time, good news was waiting. He had been nominated for lead actor in a limited series, the sole thespian among the ensemble to be recognized. “I couldn’t exactly react the way I would have if I had been at home because I was on a train,” he recalls with a grin. “It’s still sinking in really, but it sank in very slowly over the course of that hour and a half train journey.”“Station Eleven,” created by Patrick Somerville and based on the book by Emily St.
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