'Severance': Zach Cherry Shares His Reaction to Reading the Season 2 Premiere Script (Exclusive)

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, star Zach Cherry gave ET a quick update on filming season 2. «Things have been going good,» he shared while promoting his co-hosting gig alongside Ellie Kemper on the new season of .

He said that he's also «excited for season 2» of the Apple TV+ psychological thriller. Although the actor couldn't spoil anything about the upcoming episodes, he did share what he thought of the new installment's opener, which will hopefully address the many shocking cliffhangers the ended season 1. «My reaction was the same as my reaction was to the first script in season 1, which is, 'This is good!'» Cherry quipped.While Cherry doesn't know how the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike could affect production on season 2, which first started in October 2022, his conversation with ET follows a report that the new season was being delayed by script issues and ballooning budgets, among other issues.

Ben Stiller, who is an executive producer on the series and directed most of season 1, responded in a statement to. «We're on the same really slow schedule we've always been on.

Same target air date we've always had,» he said, reassuring fans that «we all are just working to make the show as good as possible.»In February, Cherry's co-star, Patricia Arquette, who cryptically teased that fans should be «very scared» of the new episodes, admitted to ET that they felt «some pressure going into the second season.» At the time she said that they «don't want to let [the fans] down.» And in the months since, Adam Scott spoke about the additions to the ensemble.