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.

"I've never experienced anything like that before in show business," Scott saidBen 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,

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. in the drama series. Stiller, who executive produces the show and directs several episodes, had previously directed Scott in his 2013 film “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”

Bryan Cranston shattered expectations as Walter White, and Adam Scott’s gripping performance in Severance shows his formidable, dramatic skills.

In the hit dystopian series on which Stiller is an executive producer and director, Scott plays Mark S., an employee of the sinister Lumon Industries who has undergone a "severance" procedure whereby he has no memory of his time at the office, effectively creating a split personality.