“The Four Seasons” writers often mine their own lives — and their spouses — for material on the Netflix comedy. But for one Season 2 storyline, the producers were inspired by something that actually happened on set.
Early on in Season 2 of “The Four Seasons,” the show’s vacationing pals are forced to quarantine inside their cabin because a deranged criminal is on the loose. Turns out actually happened to the show during the production of Season 1.
“We were shooting, as, as Colman [Domingo]’s character would say, ‘too far upstate,’ and I remember we were in our trailers at lunchtime, thinking ‘this is taking a long time. Normally, we would be back in hair and makeup by now, and this is very strange,’” recalls star Kerri Kenney-Silver, who plays Anne (the ex-wife of Steve Carrell’s Nick).
“And then they finally came and said, ‘Actually, you guys are gonna go home,’” she continues. “Everyone’s kind of whispery, and I’m like, ‘uh oh, did someone get like stuck in a crane or something, like lose a leg?’ No, there was a manhunt, there was someone on the loose with a weapon, and the whole area was locked down. They had to get us out, our crew, everybody to safety. Not funny at all. Yeah, life imitates art.”
