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Severance star Tramell Tillman defends his Swedish pronunciation to Stephen Colbert

Severance star Tramell Tillman defends his Swedish pronunciation to Stephen Colbert

A man sits in a talk show chair, laughing.

Mr Milchick (Tramell Tillman) is definitely one of the funniest characters in Severance, and the scene in which he tells a story about the King of Sweden is glorious proof.

The moment from Season 2, episode 5, which involves Milchick saying the made-up Swedish word “gråkappan” (it means a gray cloak in the story), went viral on X, with many Swedish people commenting on Milchick’s exaggerated pronunciation of the word.

Tillman’s explanation in The Late Show clip above? He took inspiration from Betty White’s character in Golden Girls, and then tested three different pronunciations during filming. The one that made the crew laugh the hardest was the one they went with.

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 “Severance” star Tramell Tillman appeared on “The Late Show” and explained his Swedish pronunciation of a certain word to Stephen Colbert.