“Severance” lead star Adam Scott confirmed that “the king” Cruise was a direct inspiration for the opening sequence of Season 2. Scott’s character Mark sprints down the Lumon hallway for the scene, and Scott tried to emulate Cruise’s famed run in various action films. Scott in turn also realized just how much work it takes Cruise to make the run look effortless.
“There’s no way, if you’re running that much in a suit, there’s no way you can avoid any sort of comparison to Tom Cruise because he’s the king,” Scott said during SiriusXM’s “Literally! With Rob Lowe” podcast. “What I find is something that he does that’s incredibly impressive is, at one point when we were shooting…