Mark Scout
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| Mark Scout | |
|---|---|
| Severance (2022) character | |
| First appearance | "Good News About Hell" (2022) |
| Created by | Dan Erickson |
| Portrayed by | Adam Scott |
| Information | |
| Alias | Mark S. |
| Occupation | Macrodata Refiner |
| Affiliation | Lumon Industries |
| Spouse | Gemma Scout |
| Relatives | Devon Hale (sister)
Ricken Hale (brother-in-law) Eleanor Hale (niece) |
| Home | Baird Creek Manor, Kier, PE |
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Mark Scout, known at Lumon as Mark S., is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the American science fiction psychological thriller television series Severance. He is played by Adam Scott and was created by Dan Erickson while he was studying dramatic writing at New York University. In 2019, it was announced that Ben Stiller would be executive producing and co-directing the show for Apple TV+, with Adam Scott playing Mark Scout.[1][2]
Role in Severance[edit]
Scout is a severed worker for the biotechnology company Lumon Industries, meaning his work memories and personal memories are separated by a surgically-implanted device. Scout has worked at the company for two years when the series begins. Scout, like all severed workers, has two sides: his "innie", who retains all the memories from Scout's work life, and his "outie" who retains all the memories of his life outside of work. Scout's "innie" works in the Macrodata Refinement Department, where he scrolls a seemingly endless grid of numbers and deletes the "scary numbers".[3] Scout's "outie" is a former World War One history professor at Ganz College, but after the death of his wife Gemma in a car crash, became a severed worker at Lumon.
Scout lives in the fictional area of Kier, PE, near the city of Ganz. He is close with his sister and brother-in-law, Devon and Ricken, who have a baby in the first season of the show. Scout lives in the suburban neighborhood of Baird Creek Manor next to Mrs. Selvig, an older woman who, unbeknownst to him, is Scout's boss at Lumon, Ms. Cobel. During most of the time he spends at home, he is shown drinking and watching television, conveying a depressive message about his "outie".
Development[edit]
Scout, like the other severed workers, was written to embody the average white-collar worker and the vapid environment of the job. Erickson wrote the characters based on his own experience, stating in a Seattle Times interview, “I had a series of office jobs when I first moved to Los Angeles. At one of them, I found myself wishing that I could jump ahead to the end of the day. I wanted to disassociate for the next eight hours. I thought, ‘That's a messed up thing to wish for. We should want more time, not less.’”[1] Scout's "innie" and "outie" were written to be very similar characters despite being surgically separated, with Adam Scott stating in a Hollywood Reporter interview, “It was really important to Dan, Ben and I that it feel like the same guy. Because it is the same person, we’re just seeing different parts of his life, almost different halves of the same person."[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wakeman, Gregory (2022-02-18). "Olympia screenwriter Dan Erickson on 'Severance' and its long journey to Apple TV+". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ↑ Lane, Carly (2022-02-18). "'Severance': Ben Stiller and Adam Scott on the Long Road to Making the Apple TV+ Thriller Series". Collider. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ↑ Wonchoba, Allison (2022-03-01). "Genius Severance Theory Explains What The Numbers Mean". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ↑ Coates, Tyler (2022-06-27). "Adam Scott on Personal Connection With 'Severance' Character: "I'm Still So Grateful That It Was There for Me"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
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