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The long, long road to making Severance proved well worth it for Erickson. The scribe’s first series, starring Adam Scott and directed by Ben Stiller, gave Apple another reason to brag about its TV ventures when it premiered to a rapturous critical reception and went on to earn 14 Emmy nominations and a speedy renewal. The dystopian mystery about work-life balance gone horribly awry also made Erickson, who previously kept a low profile in Hollywood, a writer on almost everyone’s list.
My most embarrassing pitch involved …
“A tooth and the grille of a car and the human digestive system. That’s all I can legally say.”
In five years, I’ll probably be …
“Publicly begging some tech company not to release the Severance chip for real.”
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Modica found a breakout project this year as part of the ensemble of the hit Amazon Freevee series Jury Duty. She also has appeared on the shows Made for Love and High Maintenance. Yang most recently was seen starring alongside Kiefer
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Occasionally one breakout role can shift a comedic persona into sudden, perfect focus, and this year, that’s Edy Modica on Jury Duty. The Freevee docu-comedy features Modica as sweet, horny weirdo Jeannie Abruzzo, one of the actors hired to portray