Scott Speedman Says He Was 'Excited' to Work with Yvonne Strahovski on Horror Series Teacup: 'I've Been a Fan of Hers'

Getting the chance to work with Yvonne Strahovski was something Scott Speedman couldn’t pass up.

Strahovski, 42, and Speedman, 49, currently co-head Peacock’s new teacup series with Chaske Spencer. Based on the author Robert R. McCammon StingThe horror series follows several people in rural Georgia who are forced to work together as a mysterious threat emerges.

Before he was cast in the series with Strahovski, who plays his character’s wife, Speedman knew one thing for sure. “I was a fan of hers,” he told reporters in May during a visit to the show’s Georgia set.

Peacock’s New Teacup The horror series gets a chilling first look after being unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con 2024.

“I watched her run The Handmaid’s Taleand I was very excited to jump on these because we don’t share that much screen time for the first three blocks, six episodes. But when we do, there are really explosive emotional scenes,” Speedman continued. “I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I can tell that she just doesn’t have to be very motivated until the end. She is ready to go at any moment, which was very exciting for me. So I knew to bring my A-game on the days I worked with her.”

The Grey’s Anatomy the actor continued: “I’ve never met her before, but we had this interesting, without even talking about it, relationship right off the screen. I don’t know. I just trusted her and she’s really good, which really helps her. So we had a lot of fun doing the darker scenes, it’s amazing how fun these weird emotional scenes can be.”

Speedman isn’t the only one praising his co-stars, as Spencer, 49, told reporters during a set visit that it’s “fun to play” the “baggage” that the two male leads have.

(L-R) Chaske Spencer and Scott Speedman at CityWalk Hollywood on October 9, 2024.

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“We’re not method actors. You just say, ‘Okay. Let’s go play,’ and then we just go, just do it,” Twilight the actor shared. “[There was] one scene we had where we had a silo fight scene, and that was fun. Scott is a physical actor, so it’s fun to run around and throw things. These are fun times.”

Spencer added: “I love working with Scott because he’s brilliant. He’s got so much experience in TV and film, so I said, ‘Okay, what do we do?’ He kind of helps with that.”

Chaske Spencer as Ruben Shanley in Teacup.

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Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman lose control as a mysterious entity looms in New Eerie Teacup Teaser

Created by Ian McCulloch, the series is full of tense moments and according to Strahovski, production was fast. “We’re moving really fast here. We’re shooting fast and hard,” she said.

(L-R) Scott Speedman as James Chenoweth, Caleb Dolden as Arlo Chenoweth, Emilie Bierre as Meryl Chenoweth, Yvonne Strahovski as Maggie at the Teacup.

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“That thing was really great. It really, I think, makes the show, given that it’s a genre piece, it’s a way for the audience to relate to the characters,” she continued. “It’s a family. There are several families on this farm and families have their own issues. Specifically, my Maggie character with the Speedman character over there.”

Strahovski added, “That’s going to be part of the draw, I think, for people who watch it is that it’s one of those exciting, sometimes slow, exciting, but sometimes fast exciting journeys that will continue in the episodes.”

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The first two episodes Teacup now airing on Peacock, with new episodes premiering every Thursday.

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