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

Mar. 15, 2025

(L-R) Scott Speedman; Yvonne Strahovski.Photo:Theo Wargo/Getty;  Gilbert Flores/Variety/Getty

Theo Wargo/Getty;  Gilbert Flores/Variety/Getty

Getting the opportunity to work withYvonne Strahovskiwas somethingScott Speedmancouldn’t pass up.

Strahovski, 42, and Speedman, 49, currently co-lead Peacock’s newTeacupseries alongsideChaske Spencer. Based on author  Robert R. McCammon’sStinger, the horror series follows several people in rural Georgia being forced to work together as a mysterious threat emerges.

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

“I’ve watched her runThe Handmaid’s Tale, and I was very excited to jump into these because we don’t share that much screen time for the first three blocks, six episodes. But when we do, there are emotional explosive scenes, really,” Speedman continued. “I’ve been doing this a long time, and I could tell that she just doesn’t have to get motivated too much to the line. She’s ready to go at all times, which was really exciting to me. So I knew to bring my A-game the days I was working with her.”

TheGrey’s Anatomyactor continued, “I’ve never met her before, but we had this kind of really interesting, without even talking about it, relationship on screen right away. I don’t know. I just trusted her and she’s really good, which really helps. So we had a really fun time doing darker scenes, which is fun. It’s odd how fun these weird emotional scenes can be.”

Speedman isn’t the only one doling out praise to his costars, as Spencer, 49, told the press during the set visit that it was “fun to play off” the “baggage” the two male leads' characters have.

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

Jesse Grant/Peacock

“We’re not method actors. You just kind of come out, ‘All right. Let’s play,’ and then we just kind of go, just do it,” theTwilightactor shared. “[There was] one scene we had where we had a bit of a fight scene on the silo, and that was fun. Scott’s a physical actor, so it’s fun to run around, throw each other around and stuff. It’s fun times.”

Chaske Spencer as Ruben Shanley on Teacup.Mark Hill/PEACOCK

Mark Hill/PEACOCK

(L-R) Scott Speedman as James Chenoweth, Caleb Dolden as Arlo Chenoweth, Emilie Bierre as Meryl Chenoweth, Yvonne Strahovski as Maggie on Teacup.Mark Hill/PEACOCK

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

Strahovski added, “That will be part of the draw, I think, for people watching it is that it’s one of those thrilling, sometimes slow-burn, thrilling, but sometimes fast-paced thrilling journey that will go on for the episodes.”

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The first two episodes ofTeacupare now streaming on Peacock, with new episodes premiering weekly on Thursdays.

source: people.com