The Bear Star Ebon Moss-Bachrach Feels Pressure After Emmy Wins

As the old adage goes, if you can’t take the heat… stay out of the kitchen. 

But these days Ebon Moss-Bachrach can’t keep away from it thanks to a starring role in award winning drama The Bear, a show that has won industry awards and critical plaudits yet still seems to fall just outside the mainstream. 

Starring alongside Jeremy Allen White’s troubled but talented chef Carmen Berzatto as testy restaurant manager Richie Jerimovich, the actor, now 47, has inevitably become a household name as a result of the show’s increasing popularity. 

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And as it enters its third season, Moss-Bachrach admits that even he has been gripped by Richie’s transformation from unstable, Xanax popping adversary  to Berzatto’s trusted friend and ally. 

Speaking to MR. PORTER, he said: ‘He had this redemption and he seemed irredeemable. I think that’s why people are responding. I do feel I had a front-row seat watching this man [get] a second chance.’ 

Ebon Moss-Bachrach has become a household name thanks to his starring role in The Bear 

The actor has discussed his role as testy restaurant manager Richie Jerimovich while posing for a new photoshoot with MR. PORTER

The show’s popularity was reflected during awards season, with The Bear claiming ten Emmys – among them Best Acting wins for co-stars White, Moss-Bachrach, and Ayo Edebiri. 

Reflecting on their return to set after such an unprecedented win, Moss-Bachrach admitted he felt under pressure to deliver bigger performances as they filmed each new episode back-to-back.

‘When I showed up [on set] after, I was nervous,’ he explained. ‘It felt like there was now an expectation. An external pressure to deliver. I’m sure everyone felt that.’ 

‘We shot about 18 episodes, but everything shifts,’ he recalled., ‘In the past, what was one episode on the page has been split into two. I just lose myself in the messiness and chaos of it. 

‘I like getting taken by a wave that’s bigger than you thought it was, tumbled around and spit out the other end.

‘It’s very chaotic. I love the big scenes. Scenes with lots of moving parts. People talking over each other.’ 

The actor also admitted his off-screen relationship with leading man White is far removed from their turbulent on-screen dynamic. 

‘Humble is the wrong word,’ he said of his co-star. ‘[He’s got an] inability to remove himself or rise above. He’s just a guy among people.’ 

The actor stars alongside Jeremy Allen White, who plays troubled but talented chef Carmen Berzatto

His new interview with MR. PORTER is accompanied by a tasteful photoshoot 

Moss-Bachrach admits that even he has been gripped by Richie’s transformation from unstable, Xanax popping adversary to Berzatto’s trusted friend and ally

‘He had this redemption and he seemed irredeemable. I think that’s why people are responding. I do feel I had a front-row seat watching this man [get] a second chance,’ he said 

The actor reflected on his role after trading his kitchen civvies for couture clothing from The Row, Auralee, SAINT LAURENT and Bottega Veneta while working with photographer Clément Pascal on a new shoot. 

The show, which is produced by FX, racked up more than 5.4 million worldwide views in its initial four days of streaming, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

It received strong feedback on social media following the season three launch and had its best numbers since its debut in 2022, when it began streaming on Hulu. 

The cast also includes Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Abby Elliott, Edwin Lee Gibson, Matty Matheson, Corey Hendrix and Oliver Platt.

The 5.4 million total represents full showings of the 36-minute-long debut episode, which is titled Tomorrow, according to the outlet.

The show, which is produced by FX, racked up more than 5.4 million worldwide views in its initial four days of streaming

Reflecting on their return to set after winning ten Emmy Awards, Moss-Bachrach admitted he felt under pressure to deliver bigger performances as they filmed each new episode

‘When I showed up [on set] after, I was nervous,’ he explained. ‘It felt like there was now an expectation. An external pressure to deliver. I’m sure everyone felt that’ 

It marks a 24 percent spike since the show’s June 2023 season two debut, which had around 4.35 million views.

The total represents a highwater mark for the show over a span of four days, as well as Hulu’s most-ever for an FX season debut or scripted series, according to THR.

Hulu said that the show’s ratings were the third-highest for an original season premiere.

Outside of the U.S, the series can be seen on the Disney+ streaming service.

The Bear has gained momentum over the past few years, as its second season was in the Nielsen Top 10 for a five-week span in June of 2023.

‘We shot about 18 episodes, but everything shifts,’ he recalled., ‘In the past, what was one episode on the page has been split into two. I just lose myself in the messiness and chaos of it’

Moss-Bachrach wears clothing from designers including The Row, Auralee, SAINT LAURENT and Bottega Veneta in his new shoot