PATRICIA ARQUETTE'S BRAIN GAMES

The workplace thriller series Severance (Feb. 18 on Apple TV+) reunites Ben Stiller, 56, and Arquette, 53, who earned an Emmy nom for the Stiller-directed Showtime series Escape at Dannemora. In their latest project, she stars as a boss whose employees have undergone an experimental procedure to surgically separate memories of their work and personal lives. “As an actress, Patricia doesn’t worry about anything except trying to be the character,” says Stiller. “She just [finds] that person inside [the character] and trusts that people will see that.”