Lumon’s Mr. Drummond was a truly awful man. His many sins against humanity ranged from being a hypocrite over vocabulary to sacrificing goats and humans for his companyOpens in a new tab. But he was kind enough to give us all a gift shortly before he died. He showed us he was entirely full of crap. The man who claimed to follow Kier Eagan’s nine principles certainly didn’t conquer his Four Tempers when Mark S. tried breaking getting to the Testing Floor elevator. In that moment Drummond unleashed malice, brutally attacking the marcodata refiner. It was a vicious and shocking fight even for SeveranceOpens in a new tab. It was also legitimately painful for Adam Scott. He really did bang his head on a wall while filming.
And we all got to see how, because director Ben Stiller put it in the show.
While speaking to GQ Opens in a new tab(in an interview we first heard about at SlashfilmOpens in a new tab), Scott revealed what happened to him during his innie character’s violent fight in Severance‘s season 2 finale. This is what he said about the choreographed sequence and the challenges of filming it in a narrow hallway:
I mean, the truly dangerous stuff that requires skill was stunts, and they were incredible. I did hit my head on a wall at one point. Afterwards, I was like, “Wait, wait, wait,” because I got slammed into the wall. I was supposed to bring my arm up—we practiced it over and over again—but I just got caught on my suit. [We] called a doctor and all that stuff. Ben [Stiller] was making sure I’m OK, then he came up to me a little later and he goes, [whispers] “By the way, so good,” so it’s in the show.
Nice job, everyone. Well, except that suit. We’re not happy Adam Scott was injured. We’re glad everyone reacted appropriately and then, since it already happened, turned an accident into a great piece of film making.
But hopefully that never happens again. With Drummond dead there’s a good chance it won’t.
