Will Poulter Endured Months of Chef Training for One Episode of ‘The Bear’

One subtle hand motion taught Will Poulter everything he needed to know about his character on FX’s The Bear.

The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 star acted alongside Lionel Boyce, who plays Marcus on the Hulu series, in an episode where the duo work together in Copenhagen. Marcus “stages” (a restaurant term for an unpaid internship in a fancy kitchen, learning the ropes) underneath Poulter’s chef Luca, learning how to create marvelous desserts in a premier restaurant in Denmark. While the pair worked together, director Ramy Youssef (Ramy) showed both Poulter and Boyce how to form their relationship with a small movement of his hands.

“He did this lotus flower opening up,” Poulter says over Zoom, in an interview with The Daily Beast’s Obsessed. He demonstrates by pressing his hands together in an oval, slowly bringing his fingers outwards and ending with his hands in a Y-shaped flower.

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