This week’s episode of Severance was potentially the last one for Ms. Huang. After weeks of careful eye-rolls and passive resistance, her beloved desk game—a ring toss toy she’s fiddled with in nearly every scene—was destroyed as an offering to Kier Egan. Mr. Milchick informs her that her Wintertide Fellowship has ended, and with that, instructs her to destroy the toy herself. T
To talk about that moment and more, Sarah Bock, who plays Ms. Huang, sat down with Parade about working alongside Tramell Tillman, fan theories, and yes, her surprising past as the voice of Baby Shark.
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What's been your reaction to the fan reception of Ms. Huang?It's been really great. I finally stepped outside my dorm and into the real world, and everyone has been really sweet. All the kids on campus who know about it are really supportive. And they're sharing their theories, which I love to hear. And then the families in Evanston too, where, where the campus is, I've seen a couple of them who have watched the show, which is really cool.
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How do you respond to folks who are sharing their theories?I mean, I kind of just smile and nod. And I'm like, "Oh, that's interesting". For the end of Episode 4, my friends kind of clocked a little bit early on what was happening. So I just kind of straight up lied to them. I was like, "That's wrong," because I wanted to them to be able to enjoy it while it was still going. But for the most part, I'm just like, "Cool.... cool."
How much had you been looped in on the full arc for Ms. Huang while filming? Do you prefer to know or is it easier for you if the mystery remains a mystery?I know some things here and there. There are some things coming down the line that I know about. But overall, I would say, when I was filming, I was pretty immersed in the mystery of the show. There are things that I only learned a couple of weeks ago when I got to watch the season in its entirety. So yeah, there were definitely things that I wasn't privy to knowing, which I feel like helped with the mysterious nature of the character and the show.
How similar do you feel you are to Ms. Huang?I feel like we're pretty different. I feel like I'm a little bit more–hopefully–friendly than her. And I am a little bit less straight face deadpan. But I can, for sure, connect to her on like the level that we were both the only kids in our work environments, and we were surrounded by people who are a lot older than us. My work environment was a lot more amazing than hers was. But there's definitely a little part of her inside of me that comes out when I'm playing her.
You share a lot of scenes with Tramell Tillman. Tell me about working with him.Trammell is the coolest, most amazing person on the planet. I mean, he's incredible as Mr. Milchick. So doing scenes with him, it was really easy for me, because I was able to just look at him and play off what he was giving me naturally. Because he really just has so much intensity that it I feel like it elicits a natural reaction. But yeah, every scene I got to do with him was such an amazing experience.
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The little game Ms. Huang plays, the ring toss game, were you familiar with what that was?I didn't know what those were before I did the show. I remember getting one of those in my chemistry read with Tramell. And they were like, "Improvise with this toy while he's talking to you. "
Do you play mostly to the script? Is there room to improvise on set?Yeah, I feel like, in general, it was pretty close to the script, just because the show tonally is really specific and the writing is just so good. But for Ms. Huang in particular, she doesn't even talk that much, I feel like a lot of her communication is nonverbal and through her side eyes and everything. So I got to kind of add whatever I was feeling or just doing whatever I was doing with my eyes.
Ms. Huang ends up being in many situations that feel confrontational, whether it's early on with Mark and the new team or many of the scenes with Mr. Milchick. How do you get into that mindset, considering the cast of this show seems so lovely?Yeah, that was something that kind of came to us on day one. My first day, which is when I filmed the ball game. And there's a moment in that scene where I kind of have to stare down Adam, aka Mark S. And I think in that moment, I was like, "Okay, this is who she is. This is kind of how she kind of tries to show she's a figure of authority, even though she is a kid." But definitely staring down John Turturro like that was terrifying. He's so tall and so cool. But eventually it just kind of came naturally, just slipping into that part of the character.
I know you've talked about how Britt Lower put Northwestern on your radar as a potential candidate for you to go to school. Have you two talked about your experience since you've actually been there?Yeah, for sure. I mean, she came and visited campus back in the fall of last year, because she was giving a master class to some of the senior students. So I got to walk around campus with her, and we went to the old dorm she used to live in, and the Norris Center, which is kind of like a food court. So, yeah, it was really cool to get to kind of relive her Northwestern experience with her as I started mine.
I don't know if many people know this but you were the voice of Baby Shark. How did that happen? How did you become Baby Shark?I got an email from my agents when I was like, 11 or 12 or something. And it was like, "Send a video or a voice memo of you singing this kids' song if you want to do this kids' project." And it wasn't Baby Shark initially, but it was for that company. And they kept calling me in to do more sessions until I eventually re-recorded the Baby Shark Song as Baby Shark. And then I ended up doing like, hundreds of songs for them.
Are you sick of the Baby Shark song? Or are you happy to indulge if people find out you are Baby Shark. Not that I'm asking you to sing...I actually only sing it if someone asked me and it's their birthday. Like my best friend's older sister, she played the birthday card this year. So I was like, "Okay!" But no, I've sang many of many versions of the song. So I feel like it haunts me a little bit. But I mean, I love whenever little kids are playing it in public, and I'm like, "That's adorable".
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