Adam Scott reveals the challenge that took “20 years to overcome”
Severance star Adam Scott has opened up about his struggles with adapting to the movie industry and his two-decade battle with nerves while on film sets.
Scott has been acting in a professional capacity for almost 30 years, with famous roles including Step Brothers, Parks and Recreation, and Eastbound & Down. Yet, as someone who didn’t grow up in show business, it took him many years to feel at home in the bright lights of Hollywood.
One of his first breaks was a brief run on the sitcom Boy Meets World. In 2023, Scott reminisced about his spell on the show on a rewatch podcast, hosted by the show’s stars, including Rider Strong, and relived an awkward encounter that had “been tugging at me for 29 years.”
At the end of the season two finale, the cast embraced, and according to Scott, he said to Strong, “‘Hey, congratulations buddy!’ And I give you a high five and I go in and hug you, and as I do that, you push me off and you give me this look like, ‘Wait a second. Who the (fuck) are you?’ And then you run away.”
Strong had no memory of the interaction and apologised for any offence caused. Now, during a recent episode of the Awardist podcast, Scott, who holds no hard feelings towards Strong, reflected on how this incident epitomised his relationship to the film and television industry.
He shared: “I think the main advantage of people who grow up in show business, whatever, nepo babies is that you grow up around show business. There’s nothing particularly special or nerve-racking about it.”
The Severance star continued: “That’s really what I had to overcome. It took me 20 years to overcome. It’s just being so freaked out being on a movie set or a TV set, because I was so excited about it, that I couldn’t kind of calm down and just relax and not worry about all that other, all the accoutrements around you.”
Scott also confirmed, earlier in the podcast, that the issue with Strong was “squashed” during their prior conversation when it was “addressed”.
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