Getting back into the kitchen! Hulu’s The Bear quickly had viewers talking when it premiered — and it wasn’t long before that attention got the show renewed for season 2.The series explores the food industry through the lens of a talented chef named Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), who returns to Chicago to run his older brother Mikey’s (Jon Bernthal) restaurant following his death.
The Bear shows Carmy’s attempts to help the sandwich shop thrive as he deals with his own grief over his brother’s suicide.According to White, a large part of bringing Carmy to life came with facing his own issues. “We kind of found each other at a similar place.
He knew he’s really gifted at this thing, but he could be painfully insecure about his abilities as well,” the actor told GQ about the transition to a new leading role after his time on Shameless. (He played Lip Gallagher on the Showtime series from 2011 to 2021.)The New York native opened up about the extensive amount of background work that went into the job.“I learned a lot.
I spent a lot of time in kitchens and I talked to a lot of chefs. Originally, before I started that journey of understanding kitchen culture and trying to understand chefs a little bit more, I saw this determined young man whose identity was so wrapped up in being a chef and so wrapped up in his success.
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