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Why Gwendoline Christie Screamed After Being Cast on Severance · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. With Ryan Seacrest, getting cast on any
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  Speaker 1: his show is a big moment for an actor, but
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  Speaker 1: it's particularly exhilarating if it happens to be your very
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  Speaker 1: favorite show on TV. And that's exactly what happened to
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  Speaker 1: Gwendolen Christy when she landed the role of Lorne on Severance,
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  Speaker 1: the woman in charge of the mysterious goat herd the
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  Speaker 1: Game of Thrones. Alum tells a Hollywood reporter she was
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  Speaker 1: already hooked by the first season's mystery and originality when
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  Speaker 1: show runner Ben Stiller zoomed her. She says, I was
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  Speaker 1: in Scotland, in this exquisitely beautiful mountainous area. It was summer,
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  Speaker 1: and Ben asked me if I'd want to play this character,
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  Speaker 1: and I think I screamed. I was trying to be
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  Speaker 1: so professional and cool, but I screamed because I was
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  Speaker 1: so delighted was exactly what I wanted. I immediately felt
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  Speaker 1: a protective energy towards the goats. To celebrate, I drove
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  Speaker 1: through the mountainous area, filled with sheep and a limitless skyline,
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  Speaker 1: and it felt like I'd somehow started the voyage into
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  Speaker 1: the world of Lorn that's quindling Christie on the moment
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  Speaker 1: she learned she landed the role of Lorn on her
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  Speaker 1: favorite show. Severance new episodes out Friday, Apple TV. Plus
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  Speaker 1: that's direct from Hollywood.