Ben Stiller Says Working with Adam Scott onSeveranceHas Been 'Much More Fun' Than Their 2013 FilmWalter Mitty(Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Adam Scott and Ben Stiller in 2023.Photo:Michael Kovac/Getty

Michael Kovac/Getty

Ben Stilleris thrilled to be getting more quality time withAdam Scott.

Stiller, 59, and Scott, 51, co-starred in the 2013 film, which Stiller also directed, about a lonely negative asset manager (Stiller) working forLifeas the magazine transitions to an online-only format. Scott, who played the magazine’s antagonistic managing director in charge of the transition in the film, told PEOPLE that never imagined at the time that they would still be working together more than a decade later.

Adam Scott and Ben Stiller in ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ in 2013.Red House/Kobal/Shutterstock

Red House/Kobal/Shutterstock

“It was so fun and I loved working with Ben,” Scott said ofWalter Mitty. “So when [Severance] came up years later, I jumped at the chance to work with him again.”

“I don’t think I ever imagined that we’d be doing a television series together,” Stiller agreed. “But I love working with Adam.”

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Stiller explained that he’d been a fan of Scott’s even before they co-starred in the 2013 film. When he readSeverancecreator Dan Erickson’s pilot script, he said, Scott “was the first and only thought I had for Mark.”

“And it’s been so much more fun doing this thanMittyfor me,” Stiller added, “because it’s gone on longer and we’ve been able to really get to know each other and work together as producers, and it’s really been great.”

It certainly has been a long road forSeverance. As Scott toldColliderin 2022, Stiller first approached him for the role in January 2017. The series premiered five years later, in February 2022, and took a nearly three-year break between its first and second seasons.

source: people.com