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How Ben Stiller Stopped Adam Scott from Having a Panic Attack While Making ‘Severance’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Adam Scott has been
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  Speaker 1: acting for years, but he just picked up the first
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  Speaker 1: Emmy nod of his career for his lead role on Severance,
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  Speaker 1: which also was the first high profile project he was
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  Speaker 1: involved with centered around him, and he admits the Deadline
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  Speaker 1: he felt the pressure came to a head when billboards
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  Speaker 1: with his face went up all over Hollywood promoting the
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  Speaker 1: show's release, and he felt like he was caught in
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  Speaker 1: the path of a freight train. So he turned to
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  Speaker 1: one of the series creators, Ben Stiller for advice on
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  Speaker 1: handling the pressure. Adam tells Deadline when the last calls
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  Speaker 1: we have before came out, I straight up told him
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  Speaker 1: I just don't want people to think I suck. He
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  Speaker 1: assured me it's okay. I don't think people will. From
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  Speaker 1: the start, he told me, I know this is weird.
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  Speaker 1: Call me any time I know this gets pressurized. He
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  Speaker 1: was really great through all of it, both talking me
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  Speaker 1: down as a colleague but also as a friend. Severance
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