This meant that Ben Stiller had to “battle Apple” to get them to agree to cast Scott. That’s a dangerous move as it can potentially backfire and doom an entire project. In the end, Apple let Stiller cast who he wanted, and he was proven right.

Ben Stiller apparently had to fight to get Adam Scott cast in the lead role for "Severance." Stiller told The Hollywood Reporter that it was paramount he convince streaming platform Apple TV+ to give Scott the chance to take on the character of Mark S.

Apple TV+ is currently delivering a strong pair of programs and Mythic Quest's low-stakes fun is a perfect palette cleanse following Severance each week. Mythic Quest is quintessential prestige content and has earned its position as the perfect follow-up to Severance in AppleTV+'s one-two punch of a Winter programming knockout.

Emmy-nominated director Ben Stiller recently revealed that the writers room for Severance Season 3 is underway amidst the success of Season 2.

"I've never experienced anything like that before in show business," Scott said Ben Stiller stuck up for Adam Scott in a way he's never known. Scott, 51, has received critical acclaim for his lead performance in Stiller's dystopian Apple TV+ series,