The Bear
Summary
The casting of Jon Bernthal as Mikey Berzatto in FX / Hulu’sThe Bearsubtly created a charming reunification for a Netflix series that was canceled after only two seasons . The Bear ’s cast and charactershave seen some overlap with a few other prior idiot box show and movies , such as Ayo Edebiri and Molly Gordon having also starred together inTheater Camp(2023 ) , as well as Ebon Moss - Bachrach and Gillian Jacobs having been in HBO’sGirls . Similarly , the cast of Mikey Berzatto forThe Bear ’s flashback aspect led to the on - screen rejoining of two actors who play allies in a Netflix superhero show .
TheBerzatto family treehas seen some of the show ’s most surprising casting alternative yet , with time of year 2 ’s Christmas flashback episode introducing a slew of extended members act by Jamie Lee Curtis , Sarah Paulson , Bob Odenkirk , and John Mulaney . The first surprise cast , however , wasJon Bernthal as Carmy and Sugar ’s Old blood brother Mikey , who conk by self-destruction before long before the pilot burner episode , leaving his eating place to Carmy . Mikey , who returned for the Christmas episode in time of year 2 , first appeared in a short time of year 1 flashback scene , and the crew ab initio struggle to cast off him . With the help of a majorThe Bearactor , Bernthal bring the role and reunited with a former cobalt - star .
Mikey’s Jon Bernthal & Richie’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach Both Starred In The Punisher Season 1
With Ebon Moss - Bachrach already playing a independent role in the serial as “ Cousin ” Richie , Jon Bernthal’sThe Bearcasting produce a reunion for the doer afterThe Punisherseason 1 . InNetflix’sThe Punisher , which was canceled by the streaming platform in 2019,Bernthal starred as the titular vigilance man , aka Frank Castle , while Moss - Bachrach played David Lieberman / Microin season 1 of the popular show . Though Bernthal stayed on through time of year 2 in the chief role , The Punisherdidn’t land back Moss - Bachrach ’s Micro for the 2d and final time of year .
Hulu ’s culinary drama series The Bear has enjoyed two successful seasons so far , and here ’s what we know about the upcoming time of year 3 .
While Bernthal ’s Mikey and Moss - Bachrach ’s Richie were such tightlipped good friend that they were more like chum , their fictitious character inThe Punisherwere still allies but not as profoundly emotionally tied to one another . Oddly enough , Frank and Lieberman shared more direct scenes in Netflix’sThe Punisherthan Mikey and Richie have so far , includingThe Bear ’s hour - long Christmas flashback episode . Still , there ’s a clearly establish chemical science between the two actor on filmdom inThe Beardue to their roles inThe Punisher , make Richie and Mikey ’s backstory finger even more authentic despite only a few minute together on the Hulu show .
Jon Bernthal ’s Michael " Mikey " Berzatto first appears inThe Bearseason 1 , episode 6 for a flashback with Richie , Carmy , and Sugar .
Ebon Moss-Bachrach Helped Get Jon Bernthal Cast In The Bear
Though he does n’t take full quotation for the casting , Moss - Bachrach is part of the reason why Jon Bernthal won his part as Mikey inThe Bear . According toCinemaBlend , when the work party was looking at actors to play Mikey , they involve the cast if they had any suggestions , and Moss - Bachrach put forth Bernthal ’s name . Richie ’s player stated that he in the beginning think Mikey should n’t have been go steady on - screen door inThe Bear , but thought Bernthal would be a great choice for the part after working together onThe Punisher . Still , Moss - Bachrach indicated his opinion that Bernthal had already been on the showrunner ’s mind after such an enthusiastic response to his prompting .
Source : CinemaBlend
