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06-04-2025
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Authenticity As Important As Comedy To ‘Going Dutch' Star & Producer Denis Leary — Contenders TV
Denis Leary said authenticity to the military is as important as being funny on his new show Going Dutch. Leary plays Army Col. Patrick Quinn, who gets re-assigned to a base in the Netherlands after ranting against the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He and the base's soldiers engage in comic hijinx, but they're never making fun of the Army. 'I know we're supposed to be funny but we're also supposed to be soldiers,' Leary said. 'We're all dressed that way. Even if we're just in the hair and makeup trailer, generally we're in our uniforms. It's a constant reminder.' More from Deadline Deadline Contenders Television 2025 Arrivals Gallery: Ellen Pompeo, Bella Ramsey, Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Paul Feig & More Deadline Studio At Contenders Television 2025: Brandon Sklenar, Christina Ricci, Elisabeth Moss, Ellen Pompeo, Bella Ramsey & More Martin Scorsese's Yes Opened Doors To All 'The Studio' Cameos, Ike Barinholtz & Producers Say - Contenders TV Leary developed the show as executive producer with creator Joel Church-Cooper. Leary said detail is so important to him, he insists on acoutrements the audience will never see. 'There are certain props the audience will never see that I want my character to have with him,' Leary said. 'In this case there was a challenge coin I wanted made that comes from my character's background, back when he was winning medals in Iraq and Afghanistan. The audience will never see it but my character would have it with him every day.' In that respect, Going Dutch reminded Leary of his firefighter drama Rescue Me. He and his co-stars played firemen, and couldn't just fake it. RELATED: 'When you put on the bunker gear, even as much training as you've done for the part, the day that you put it on and we're shooting, you better look like a motherf*ckin' firefighter,' Leary said. 'That show we had real firefighters on set.' Going Dutch films on a real Dutch Army base, so there are constant reminders of the real deal soldiers amongst the actors. 'There's jet planes, cargo planes, tanks,' Leary said. 'It's usually a vast pretty flat area that's pretty windy because there's not buildings around. And there's real soldiers advising you. Off in the distance they're really drilling for something. You feel really intimidated.' Leary said Joel based the show on a real Netherlands base that closed because soldiers were engaging in the country's legal prostitution and drugs. 'This base was in charge of laundry for the other 32 naval bases and cheese and wine,' Leary said. 'They had to shut it down because there was some prostitution and other things being sold on the base. So they shut it down. The base that this is based on now has a bunch of barbed wire and fencing. They built a new base four miles away that now has the same problems.' Going Dutch concluded its first season on Fox in March and streams on Hulu. Check back on Monday for the panel video. Best of Deadline '1923' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out? Everything We Know About 'Nine Perfect Strangers' Season 2 So Far Everything We Know About 'Hacks' Season 4 So Far
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06-04-2025
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‘Severance' Creative Team On Building The World Of Lumon Industries: 'There Are So Many Layers'
Some of the unsung heroes of Apple TV+'s hit series Severance — casting director Rachel Tenner, production designer Jeremy Hindle and composer Theodore Shapiro — dug into the behind-the-scenes work that goes into building out the world of Lumon Industries during a panel at Deadline's Contenders Television. Telling the story of a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives, these creatives drew inspiration from some interesting places, including John Deere's 1950s office buildings. More from Deadline Deadline Studio At Contenders Television 2025: Jack Quaid, Aldis Hodge, Erin Moriarty, Benito Skinner, Brian Tyree Henry & More Deadline Contenders Television 2025 Arrivals Gallery: Ellen Pompeo, Bella Ramsey, Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Paul Feig & More Martin Scorsese's Yes Opened Doors To All 'The Studio' Cameos, Ike Barinholtz & Producers Say - Contenders TV 'A tractor company has the most typical office, probably in America,' Hindle said during the conversation, explaining there'd been little guidance in the script as far as what the office should look like. Since the show was only budgeted for one location in the first season, Hindle says he knew it needed to be 'interesting.' Such was the case with casting, as well, where Tenner tried to zero in on actors who could bring depth and intrigue to their characters and 'who can handle the humor and the drama.' 'It was really important, because there are so many layers of what they have to do,' Tenner said. RELATED: For his part, Shapiro says at times it felt like '90% of my waking hours, we were just constantly on Zooms together, talking about how we were going to do this.' 'Ben [Stiller] and I … had been playing around with very different types of sound palettes, but there was this one sort of thematic idea that I thought that Ben was really responding to,' he said. 'He has really good instincts, so we always follow Ben's ideas … we just ran with the sound that is piano and strings at its core, but with a lot of electronic and other modern materials.' RELATED: All episodes of Severance are currently streaming on Apple TV+. The series has already been renewed for a third season. Check back Monday for the panel video. Best of Deadline '1923' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out? Everything We Know About 'Nine Perfect Strangers' Season 2 So Far Everything We Know About 'Hacks' Season 4 So Far
