No new buzz here. Unlike Tim Allen’s character in The Santa Clauses, he has no plans to retire from his day job any time soon.
04.12.2022 - 00:11 / deadline.com
In FX’s breakout series The Bear, Jeremy Allen White plays Carmy Berzatto, a prodigious young chef who returns home to Chicago to assume control of his dead brother’s sandwich shop. It’s the role of a lifetime for White, who’s already enjoyed great success on the small screen — first as a soldier in Homecoming, and as the brainy Lip Gallagher on Shameless. Here, the Brooklyn native talks about the importance of keeping things real over a hot stove.
DEADLINE: When you were first approached about the show, did creator Christopher Storer describe it as a workplace comedy?
JEREMY ALLEN WHITE: No. Chris told me about Carmy and the idea of this young man coming home and trying to pick up the pieces of a life he’s been far away from for a long time. I read it and I thought it was really funny. But Chris’s focus, which became mine as well as Joanna Calo’s, was telling an authentic story about the food industry and the back of the house.
DEADLINE: Carmy has obviously worked in the finest of places. Why would he even want to work at a hole in the wall?
WHITE: He was totally fried from working in these fine dining spots. I think he felt a responsibility to his brother, but I also think he was angry at his brother for leaving it to him. I don’t think he came completely willingly, but I think there was a lot of guilt involved in him taking over the restaurant. He also has a lot to prove.
DEADLINE: How did you prepare for the role?
WHITE: I did a two-week crash course at Pasadena’s Institute of Culinary Education. I spent probably the most amount of time at a restaurant called Pasjoli in Santa Monica with a really wonderful chef, Dave Beran, who actually got his start in Chicago. At first, I was just a fly on the wall. I was just
No new buzz here. Unlike Tim Allen’s character in The Santa Clauses, he has no plans to retire from his day job any time soon.
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