Jeremy Allen White Teases THE BEAR Season 3 and Talks About Playing Opposite Jamie Lee Curtis in Season 2
Jeremy Allen White is on the promotion circuit for his wrestling biopic film, The Iron Claw, which tells the dramatic and tragic story of the wrestling dynasty of the Von Erich brothers. White stars opposite Zac Efron, Harris Dickinson, and Holt McCallany in the film, which is getting a lot of awards buzz. It’s great to see him in roles worthy of his talent, aside from his incredible starring role in the FX series The Bear.
One of the best episodes of any series I’ve ever watched took place in the second season of The Bear, and the episode was titled “Fishes.” Season 2, Episode 6 featured a knockout star-studded guest cast that included Bob Odenkirk, Gillian Jacobs, Sarah Paulson, John Mulaney, and Jamie Lee Curtis, in a performance that floored the fans who watched it.
When asked by Variety what it was like to work with Academy Award-winner Jamie Lee Curtis, White explained:
“She was so excellent, so prepared. She understood Donna in this way prior to ever stepping foot on set. It’s quite a difficult thing to do, even for actors as established as Jamie to step into a world and very quickly make a choice, flesh out a character and fit into the environment that’s already been established. And she just knew. She just understood. And I remember she came up to me and it was such a wonderful moment. I hadn’t met her yet. We had texted a little bit, but it was before shooting that Christmas episode. She tapped me on the shoulder as I was in base camp. I turned around and she held my face and looked into my eyes for a while. Neither of us said a word. She gave me a big hug. And then, she just walked back to her trailer. We didn’t exchange any words, and I think it was just her way of connecting with me in a real and caring way before Carmy had to deal with Donna in the way that he had to during that time in that episode.”
As for what we can expect in the third season of the show, White said:
“I’ll tell you the truth, which is I think they’ve written a couple scripts. I have not read any. I do know in January I’m going to spend a fair amount of time getting together with some chefs. There’ll be a menu set, I believe, that’s going to be for the restaurant in the third season. And I know that I’m going to start putting together that menu with different chefs and cooking and just trying to get prepared to do more of that stuff on camera. We all did a lot of preparation before the first season. I went to culinary school and I spent a lot of time in restaurants and stuff. And then, for the second season, so much of it was about putting the restaurant together, so there wasn’t that much cooking. But now, in the third season, I think we’re going to go back to that functioning kitchen atmosphere that we had in the first.”
I can’t wait to see what happens in the third season! The Bear is one of my very favorite shows on TV right now. It’s so well-acted and so well-written, and its first two seasons were impeccable. The Bear is set to return in 2024.