{"id":154035,"date":"2025-03-05T17:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/barack-obama-was-offered-severance-role\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T17:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:43:39","slug":"barack-obama-was-offered-severance-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/barack-obama-was-offered-severance-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama was offered Severance role"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Barack Obama<\/a> turned down Keanu Reeves’ role in ‘Severance’.<\/p>\n

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Barack Obama turned down a role in Severance<\/p>\n

The former United States President, 63, was offered a role in the hit AppleTV+ psychological sci-fi thriller series by Ben Stiller<\/a> – who serves as executive producer and director on the show – as the voice of an animated Lumon building in a film shown to staff in season two.<\/p>\n

Appearing on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ this week, Ben said: “There was one person that I asked before [Keanu], and he said no.”<\/p>\n

Ben confirmed Obama was the other person, and explained: “I didn\u2019t ask him in person. I knew someone who knew his lawyer, and his lawyer said: \u2018I can relay the request if you write an email, so I wrote this email to him saying: \u2018Hey, we have this show… whatever.\u2019<\/p>\n

“Two days later, I get an email back from President Barack Obama<\/a> saying: \u2018Hey Ben, big fan of the show, love season one, can\u2019t wait for season two.<\/p>\n

\n“‘Don\u2019t think I have time in my schedule to make this happen.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

\nThe 59-year-old comedian joked that he couldn’t thing of anything “more important than doing the voice-over for the animated building in Severance”.<\/p>\n

\nThe show – which stars Adam Scott, Britt Lower and John Turturro – focuses on office workers at Lumon industries who have undergone the so-called ‘severance’ procedure, which is the clinical separation of their work and personal lives.<\/p>\n

\nBen admitted it was “pretty cool” that Obama responded at all, before opening up on how Keanu, 60, took to the role.<\/p>\n

\nHe recalled: “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.<\/p>\n

\n“He took it very seriously. He\u2019s just like the most warm and inviting voice.<\/p>\n

\n“I don\u2019t know if when you see the building and hear his voice you necessarily immediately think that it\u2019s Keanu, but then I think you just have this innate sort of feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

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