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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Amelia Tait

‘I had to lie to my co-workers for months’: the art of delivering a great TV twist

From left: Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, John Turturro and Adam Scott in Severance.
From left: Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, John Turturro and Adam Scott in Severance. Photograph: Apple TV+

Actors Jameela Jamil, D’Arcy Carden, Manny Jacinto, and William Jackson Harper are sitting in a row, their heads tilted forward in anticipation. The viral video in which they are captured is called Cast of The Good Place React to Season 1 Finale, and it has 870,000 views.

About 28 seconds into the video, Jamil and Carden bring their hands to their mouths in shock, Harper lets out an appreciative “OHHH!” and Jacinto shakes his head in disbelief. The show’s stars have just been told that their characters have not been in heaven – as series creator Michael Schur led them to believe while filming The Good Place’s first 12 episodes – but they have been in hell, “The Bad Place”, all along.

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