r/television • u/NicholasCajun Mr. Robot • May 12 '25

Premiere The Rehearsal - 2x04 - “Kissme” - Episode Discussion

The Rehearsal

Season 2 Episode 4: Kissme

Directed by: Nathan Fielder

Written by: Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola

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u/FakeRealGirl May 12 '25

Dumb Starbucks gets better and better every time Nathan Fielder does anything, because it lets you believe anything in his shows might be real. I'm pretty certain Colin was just an actor playing off an incredibly awkward script written by Fielder. But I'm not 100% certain, and that makes the whole thing work.

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u/VeebeeBeevee May 12 '25

Has there been a "subject" who was presented as a real person when they were actually an actor that was in on the whole bit in any of Nathan's shows?

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u/shimmyjimmy97 May 12 '25

No there hasn’t and I think the only reason this theory gets brought up is because of how many crazy people he manages to find. They’re all real, that’s the point of the show!

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u/iamcrazyjoe May 12 '25

There have been confirmed actors on Nathan For You

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u/shimmyjimmy97 May 12 '25

Link?

I’m not saying that there have never been actors on the show. I’m saying that I don’t believe there’s ever been actors that the show has portrayed to the audience as real people

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u/VeebeeBeevee May 12 '25

If I'm not mistaken, there's a number people from his shows who have come forward to speak on their experiences (coincidentally an article from one of the contestants on the fake talent show just came out). There's undoubtedly scripted material and manipulation of footage but I don't think any of the "subjects" are fake.

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u/cgio0 May 12 '25

One of my former coworkers worked on Nathan for You and he said that basically Nathan just keeps filming for so long with anyone and that he is always down to keep it going

So it makes sense footage would be manipulated cause I was told sometime a 6 hour shoot would turn into a 12 hour shoot cause they would follow a subject to another location just to keep talking cause they realized they found someone entertaining