Even after two seasons of Severance, Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette) remains an enigma. The woman occasionally known as “Mrs. Selvig” seems like the ultimate example of Lumon’s management style, and yet she herself is constantly at loggerheads with her superiors. She apparently invented the severance procedure as we know it, and yet helps Mark Scout (Adam Scott) break through it.

Many mysteries remain as Severance fans look forward to Season 3, but certain things about Cobel can be explained in the meantime. In a new interview with Gold Derby, Arquette says that she is responsible for both the character’s look and her mannered way of speaking.

“When I was first thinking of building that character, I saw her with silver hair, white hair,” Arquette says. “I felt like her hair should be a

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