'Severance' Star John Turturro Broke Down Exactly How He And Britt Lower Filmed That Intense Waterfall Scene From The Latest Episode

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11-02-2025

This article contains major spoilers for Severance Season 2 Episode 4: 'Woe's Hollow.' Proceed with caution!
I don't know about you, but that last episode of Severance had me screaming at my TV.
The Helly R./Helena plotline has me reeling. Even though I totally predicted it. Either way, my Britt Lower Emmy campaign begins NOW.
Alongside Britt, John Turturro 's performance as Irving B. also got everyone talking.
In case you need a recap, (spoilers!) the final scene of the episode sees Irving revealing that outie Helena Eagan has been masquerading as innie Helly R. — before he shoves Helena into a freezing pool of water at the bottom of a super tall waterfall (the largest waterfall on Earth, in fact), threatening to drown her if the Lumon administration doesn't bring Helly R. back.
Irving holds Helena under the water multiple times, before Helena breaks character and shouts at Milchick to bring Helly back. Irving pushes Helena back down before Helly is awakened – while underwater. After noticing that Helly is back, Irving pulls her close and apologizes gently.
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It's like a four-minute sequence, and I don't think I breathed once while watching.
Recently, John and Britt sat down with Collider to break down what it was like filming their intense scene.
John began, 'Britt and I have a good relationship, so you want to do all the emotional stuff and also take care of the other person at the same time and make sure the other person is safe, and you're not hurting them and stuff like that.'
'So, it was hard for Britt, and it was hard for me in other ways, because a part of my brain was thinking about, 'OK, I gotta take care of her, and I've got to do what I have to do at the same time,'' he recalled.
'But I think that was an exciting episode to do. It was almost like its own little short story or little film,' John said. 'It's interesting, I think, when you actually like someone and care about them, you can actually go further.'
'If you really don't, there's kind of a block sometimes, because then you realize, 'This is the imaginary story, and we're playing like we're in the sandbox together,'' he concluded.
Britt then interjected, adding, 'John is such a professional, and it was almost like we were doing this dance together.'
'We were able to go there because the actor part of me, Britt, knew I was in such safe hands and that we could really work in abandon inside of the character,' she explained.
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Britt has previously opened up about how she sees John as her hero and was excited to work with him when starting Season 1 of Severance. And as well as seeing the two speak about their relationship on set, fans got emotional seeing Irving's reaction to Helly's return in the latest episode. Fans meaning me, mainly.
'I've been in the opposite situations with people, and people get hurt really easily. Anyway, it was good when it was over. I felt like, 'OK, you're alright,'' John laughed.
Helly R. and Irving B., my beloveds. What are your thoughts on this episode? Were you as hyped as I was? LMK below. Meanwhile, you can stream Severance on Apple TV+ now.