‘Landman’ Cast Reveals Thrilling Tales of Career Challenges (Exclusive)
The cast of Landman has encountered some genuinely frightening experiences during their careers — and notably, most of them didn’t occur on the set of the Paramount+ series.
“We engage in perilous activities on this show. I haven’t participated myself, but hearing the stories, I’m like, ‘Wow,’” Paulina Chávez, who portrays Ariana, shared exclusively with Us Weekly at the show’s second season premiere on Tuesday, November 11. “The industry is incredibly dangerous, and that’s something I didn’t realize until I started working in it.”
Even though she isn’t performing the stunts, Chávez mentioned to Us that she has gained “a lot” of insights just from being on set and observing her fellow actors.
Beyond its focus on family, one thing Landman excels at is depicting the hazards associated with the oil industry — a theme it will continue to explore when season 2 premieres on Sunday, November 16.
Tanner Beard, making his Landman debut in the new season, shared some behind-the-scenes insights about the oil rigs — and yes, they are “very real.”
“Everything out there on those rigs is authentic. They are actually drilling. It’s wild. I had no clue,” he told Us. “I thought, ‘Wait, we’re really drilling. This is incredible.’ Plus, they have many real workers managing operations, so it’s just an enjoyable experience to blend in as an actor.”
Keep reading to discover which stars reflected on their scariest moments throughout their careers:
Colm Feore
Feore, who plays Nathan in Landman, reminisced about “actually flying a plane” for the 1999 film Michael Mann, The Insider.
“The pilot with the camera, Michael Mann in the back, Bruce McGill the actor, and Michael Moore, the attorney general for Mississippi, were all in this small private jet at 11,000 feet — I’m pretending to pilot it,” he recalled. “The pilot had the camera on me.”
He added, “Outside the window, there were clouds, and [Mann] remarked, ‘We could’ve filmed this on the ground in a Burbank parking lot. Can we land? I want to go home and tell my wife I didn’t do anything dangerous today.’”
Mustafa Speaks
The actor, playing Boss on the show, has a background in “marine and environmental science,” so handling a falcon on Joe Pickett wasn’t the craziest incident he’s faced — but it ranks high.
“Those creatures are extremely dangerous, and having to handle them so closely every day was quite nerve-wracking,” he noted.
Miriam Silverman
Silverman reminisced about filming in a marble mine in Greece, detailing what made it challenging.
“There was a scene where a group of us had to escape from a frightening encounter, all while wearing very high heels and surrounded by haze, blinding us,” she described. “Realizing that just beyond the cameras was a sheer drop-off, as we were on a mountain, added to the tension. The floor was cut marble, making it completely uneven.”
While she felt “safe,” it was nonetheless a “terrifying” experience for Silverman.
Tanner Beard
Beard told Us that there were “no rules at all” while filming a “low-budget movie” in Spain.
“I remember riding a horse… that didn’t understand English. I know that sounds absurd, but we were in Spain,” he recalled. “The horse just stopped on its own as we approached a cliff, and I thought, ‘This is definitely a different experience than what you’re used to in America.’ Not that it was negative. It was just different.”
Caleb Martin
With experience in Westerns, the actor hasn’t had anything truly “crazy” happen on set.
“I just started acting, and they asked if I could perform my own stunts. I said, ‘Sure, no problem,’” he recalled. “They mainly wanted my character to get thrown off his horse. No biggie. But it was my first time doing stunts. I had no idea what I was doing, and there was a tree limb just the right height, so I went for it and let that limb catch me in the chest, flipping me back.”
While it “looked really cool,” Martin admitted he “broke three ribs.”
