Ayo Edebiri’s efficiency as proficient sous-chef Sydney on “The Bear” has made her right into a breakout star. In an Aug. 16 interview with TVLine, she addressed the way forward for the present, which has been picked up for a second season, expressing her pleasure for the subsequent iteration of the restaurant on the middle of the story. “I believe it’s going to be actually thrilling to see the crew of The Beef, now The Bear, go into one other enterprise enterprise as a substitute of fixing the issues and paying off debt,” she mentioned. “I’m excited for the very ridiculous issues I’m certain will ensue due to that.”
One factor that she does not anticipate taking place within the second season, although, is any form of romantic relationship between her character and Jeremy Allen White’s head chef Carmy. Addressing followers who’ve shipped the pairing, Edebiri mentioned, “I do not need to rain on anyone’s parade, however I do not suppose so. I do not suppose so. And Jeremy has mentioned this, too.”
In a July 26 interview with W Magazine, White certainly mentioned he does not like the thought of the 2 knowledgeable cooks getting collectively. “I hope for Sydney’s sake that is not going to be explored in later seasons,” he mentioned of a Sydney-Carmy relationship. “I simply love their relationship [as it is]: the quantity of respect they’ve for each other, and that they’ve a shared historical past, even when it isn’t collectively. They’ve been by related traumas and so they actually see each other. To add romance or sexuality would monkey up what I get pleasure from about their relationship.”
Despite his lack of romance on display screen, the troubled, heavily tatted Carmy has turn into a veritable intercourse image in his personal proper, becoming a member of different messy-haired “dirtbag” characters like Dylan O’Brien’s Colin in “Not Okay” as a brand new form of lust-inducing main man.
While romance is not on the coronary heart of “The Bear,” the present is not fully devoid of it. In Edebiri’s opinion, the “sexiest” relationship on the present “is between Marcus (performed by Lionel Boyce) and the donuts,” she added, referencing the chef’s passionate dedication to creating the right pastry. “So I’m rooting for that, I’m rooting for Lionel and the donuts.”