'Severance' star Tramell Tillman defends his Swedish pronunciation to Stephen Colbert

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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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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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