My Blog
Entertainment

The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach Says He Almost Passed on the Show

The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach Says He Almost Passed on the Show
The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach Says He Almost Passed on the Show


Ebon Moss-Bachrach almost said “No, chef.”

Moss-Bachrach—who plays the antagonistic, yet oddly charming Richie on FX’s breakout The Bear—revealed that he came very close to missing out on the project altogether.

“They sent me [scripts] the first two episodes, and to be honest, I was starting to make the Star Wars show [Andor] and I didn’t even read it,” the actor told Entertainment Weekly Aug. 3. “I was so overwhelmed…It was COVID, I was getting my family over to the U.K. [to shoot Andor]. It just sort of slipped through the cracks.”

The Bear without Moss-Bachrach’s Richie is like an Italian beef without giardiniera—it just doesn’t make any sense!

“My agent, to his credit, called me two weeks later,” Moss-Bachrach said. “He’s like, ‘Listen, I really think you’re making a mistake by not reading this.’ I mean, this character of Richie was written so well. It just was so beautifully formed, and there was so much life on the page.”

We owe a debt of gratitude to this agent.

Related posts

Promoting Sundown’s Chrishell Stause Confirms New Romance

newsconquest

Takeoff, member of rap group Migos, dead at 28

newsconquest

Cameron Diaz Has the Perfect Album Pitch for “Best Dad” Benji Madden

newsconquest