In Netflix‘s new series Obliterated, the threat is real but the hangovers are even realer.
The a high octane action-comedy tells the story of an elite special forces team who thwarts a deadly threat to Las Vegas. After their celebratory party, filled with booze, drugs and sex, the team discovers that the bomb they deactivated was a fake. The now intoxicated team has to fight through their impairments, overcome their personal issues, find the real bomb, and save the world.
Actors Shelley Hennig, Nick Zano, C. Thomas Howell, Kimi Rutledge, Paola Lázaro, Terrence Terrell, Alyson Gorske, and Eugene Kim star in the eight-episode inaugural season, which is currently in the No. 3 spot for trending TV shows on the streaming giant as of today (December 11). And while Hennig and Zano tell Celeb Secrets that you should not kick back and watch this exhilarating R-rated series with your family, it’s still something you should check out for a good laugh.
“When you’re reading the scripts, you’re like, and then this happens. When we’re filming, we’d look at the call sheet, be like, okay, today there’s sex in front of a camel, but then we’re in harnesses climbing elevator shafts for seven hours,” Shelley tells Celeb Secrets host Juliet Schroder exclusively during a virtual junket. “It is action packed, which made it really fun. The show definitely reflects that.”
“It’s raunchy and violent, but actually has a lot of heart,” Nick adds. “The heart sneaks in there for sure.”
Filming in both Las Vegas and Albuquerque, New Mexico, both actors reveal that they had an absolute blast getting into character and working with such a talented cast and crew.
“It was like a dream, you know?” Nick says of playing Chad McKnight, who is Ava’s SEAL team leader. “When I was a kid, I always wanted to be a Navy Seal, and part of my life I thought I actually was. That was my end game for myself. So getting to hang out with our tech advisor, Kevin Kent, doing all of our gun training was just like living like a little boy’s dream. It was epic.”
“What I loved about this show was that it felt like a talent show for every single one of us,” Hennig, who plays Ava Winters, a CIA agent who co-leads a special forces group investigating a nuclear threat in Las Vegas, adds. “The creators of the show asked so much of each and every one of us, and as actors, that’s not always the case. It’s fun to be asked to do the million things that we had to do, including the, you know, tactical training.”
“The physical aspect of the show was really intense and really fun to do. There’s a scene where we’re crying and then we have to have sex in front of a camel. So, you know, they really asked us to go there and you couldn’t hold back. The commitment was really, really fun,” she continues.
For more on Obliterated, watch our full interview with Nick and Shelley below. Don’t forget to let us know what you think of the series by either leaving a reaction at the bottom of the post or by sliding into our DMs on Instagram at @celebsecrets.
You can watch all eight episodes of Obliterated on Netflix here.
