Equal parts kitchen nightmare turned dark comedy turned familial drama, The Bear is in a rare class of its own that manages to juggle both tears and chuckles, letting people know what happens behind restaurant doors while also unpacking generational traumas. Few shows have captured the attention of the zeitgeist as quickly, smoothly, and consistently as FX’s The Bear . It’s not difficult to understand why.
In the two years since its release, the show has launched its cast and creative team into international stardom. During a press conference on June 24, the ensemble of actors—including Ricky Staffieri, Matty Matheson, Liza Colón-Zayas, Lionel Boyce, Abby Elliot, Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Jeremy Allen White—opened up about the new season, especially as the third season of the show arrives hot off its multiple wins at this year’s Emmys and is propped up to be one of the most anticipated television returns of the year. “I don’t think I’d worked between Season 2 and Season 3.
And we’d just kind of come off the success of awards season and stuff, and so yeah, I was very anxious,” says White, who stars as the troubled chef Carmy. “I knew the scripts were so strong, and we have great opportunities, like we always do. But yeah, the pressure is very real.
But then, I don’t know, after a couple weeks of kind of getting back around these guys and our beautiful crew, I don’t know, everything kind of falls back into place. And it feels fun again, an.
