Summary
Steve Zahnhasalwaysbeen the pepper on steak and the salt on chips.
Hes always welcome, a perfect addition, and makes everything hes a part of that much better.
Now, hes been mixed into the cast of Apple TV+s acclaimed seriesSiloSeason 2 as Silo 17 survivor Solo.
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The show also starsTim Robbins(The Shawshank Redemption) andCommon(Selma).
Colliders ownTania Hussainhad the distinct pleasure of speaking with Zahn to discuss the Season 2 finale ofSilo.
COLLIDER: Steve, I’m so happy tochat with you again.
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Congrats on everything with the show!
I’m so happywe’re getting Seasons 3 and 4 now.
This is amazing news!
I did ask your co-stars this before, and I’m now curious what your answer would be.
Relics are such a big part of the show, especially at the end with that PEZ dispenser.
STEVE ZAHN: It would be an instrument, probably.
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It would be something that I could use, like a guitar or something.
Yeah, if I had to go to 18, I would bring something like that for sure.
It’s a great answer!
Men and women live in a giant silo underground with several regulations which they believe are in place to protect them from the toxic and ruined world on the surface.
So, let’s talk about the finale it kept me on the edge of my seat.
ZAHN: It was such a flurry, you know what I mean?
It happened so fast, this memory coming back and understanding the world on a different level.
It’s hard for me to get outside the character and talk about it.
I don’t know.
We didn’t really think about it.
There’s a moment where Jimmy does remember the safeguard procedure as the only way to save her silo.
ZAHN: He doesn’tfullyunderstand what it is.
It’s not until later that we learn the specifics of that.
It’s this person, this tangible thing in front.
It’s not computing theentire world.
Jimmys Special Relationship With Rebecca Fergusons Juliette
I feel like there is a very strong connection.
From their relationship, what do you think motivated him to take that risk?
Because he does care.
He doesn’t have the social cue for that.
ZAHN: He did it because he cares.
There’s so much going on in this season.It’shuge, and then it’s this tiny little relationship.
I think that relationship is literally the heart of the show.
I think there’s more to all of them, especially for Jimmy.
I would love to know if there’s life for Jimmy in Seasons 3 and 4.
ZAHN: Yeah, right?
[Laughs]
We all do!
He is such a sweet character, and I feel like you embodied him so wonderfully this season.
For us as fans to get that, you add heart to the show.
ZAHN: Thank you.
I agree, and that’s what I loved about it when I read it and was pitched it.
I was like, “This is going to be really cool.
This is going to be really fun to play.”
Rebecca and I talked about it like, “Let’s do something completely opposite.”
It’s almost, tonally, totally different.
“It was really fun to play.
It was just great.
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Somebody that you’d want to work with?
Any characters or any actors that you would love to be on scene with?
I mean, Iknowpeople, but I dont know!
I haven’t worked with anybody.
How crazy is that?
Coincidentally, we’re in the show together, which is insane.
So I knew a lot about the show because of Rick.
So I had the wrap party, and then the strike happened.
So I came back home, and how long was that?
So, my beard gotreallong.
It adds to the gravitas of Jimmy’s character.
ZAHN: [Laughs] I hated it, man.
Did you get to watch the finale?
I’m so curious what your thoughts were on seeing those last moments in Washington.
ZAHN: Pretty fascinating, right?
That’s what I love.
It’s like, Oh, wait.
Now we’re going to find out more.
It’s just peeling back an onion, man.
It’s a mystery, it’s not a sci-fi.
It’s like, “What?
What’s the point?
What’s in the distance?”
Just send me the scripts.
Anything you want to get to with him?
I don’t know, it really depends on the day.
That’s the beauty of acting and the beauty of doing this.
I never thought about that.
Lets do it like that.
That’s why Iover-prepare.
It constantly evolves and it’s always fluid.
I totally get it.
I’m so happy for this show.
I love that one so much.
Thanks to streaming, it’s revived that nostalgia for people.
The film did turn 25 last year, and it’s such a big part of pop culture.
ZAHN: Oh my God, constantly!
Look, the inside baseball there is, I had a love interest in the movie.
Oh my God, did you?!
ZAHN: The detective!
It was so fun.
So everybody I work with is like, How areyou…?
What’s going on?
That was my story.
She was investigating this thing.
I go, What?
So, there’s a little history for you.
I love that so much.
ZAHN: It was hard for me.
It took me a long time to watch it because all that stuff we did was so fun.
It was so beautiful.
I wish he had more of a story because he’s very interesting.
ZAHN: He did!
