Severance director Ben Stiller has revealed that former President Barack Obama was asked to be the voice of The Lumon Building in the hit show.
In season two of the Apple TV+ series, during the Lumon Is Listening video, Keanu Reeves voices a cartoon version of the Lumon building, which is shown to staff to attempt to prove to them that the company cares about them.
Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Stiller was asked if it really was the John Wick actor in the role, given that he was uncredited. “Yes, how cool is that?” he confirmed. “We reached out to him and he was like ‘Yeah, ok I’ll do it’ and we did it like a full-on recording session. He was in LA, I was in New York, but he went into the studio and (did) multiple takes. He took it very seriously”.
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