Spoilers: This post contains details about the Season 2 premiere to cut.
like to cut When they return to their offices, fans may recognize a familiar voice welcoming them back to the series’ surreal commercial life.
Series creator Dan Erickson recently explained how Keanu Reeves came to provide a cameo in the role of Building during the “Lumon is Listening” video in the Season 2 premiere of the Apple TV+ sci-fi series.
“All I can say is that we talked about two different people for this role,” he said. Collider. “We always wanted him to be someone that people relate to in a certain way, but also, his presence had to be very warm. The Lumon building is very approachable in the context of this video, and there’s a friendliness to that particular voice and a heart to that particular voice.”
From Erickson and EP/director Ben Stiller, to cut The film is set in a world where technology allows corporate employees to surgically partition their memories of their work and personal lives.
In the 10-episode second season, Mark (Adam Scott) and his friends learn the dire consequences of interfering with the class barrier, leading them to further woes.
Ben Stiller, Dan Erickson, Brett Lauer and Patricia Arquette attend the 74th Emmy Awards held on September 12, 2022. (Christopher Polk/NBC via Getty Images)
In addition to Scott, Brett Lauer, Trammell Tillman, Zach Cherry, Gene Tullock, Michael Chernus, Dechen Lachman, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Patricia Arquette, and new series regular Sarah Bock also star.
Erickson previously spoke to Deadline about how changes in the corporate world have affected the show’s plot since season one. “It’s funny because we released Season 1 when people were starting to go back to the office. At the same time, there were some jobs where people were saying, ‘Hey, maybe we don’t have to go back to the office.'” He said, “Maybe this will be something where we can… “For people to work from home.”
“So this was an unexpected context in which we shot Season 1,” Erickson added. “But since then, we’ve seen the great resignation, where a lot of people, especially young people, are saying, ‘Hey, does work need to play the role it always has in our lives?’ Or is there another way to do this? But then, of course, the question is: “Well, what’s on the other side of that?” You can break with the old order, but what is the new order? It’s a great time to be alive because people are trying to figure it out.