‘Stick’ Stars Owen Wilson & Rhea Seehorn Break Down Pryce & Amanda’s Dynamic

Stick dove into Pryce Cahill’s (Owen Wilson) past in the latest episode, “Chip Off the Old Butch,” in which he sought out his mentor Butch (Rex Linn) to get him back into competitive golfing shape. Warning: Spoilers for Stick Season 2 Episode 3 ahead!

As viewers saw in the episode, Butch was a lot different than the man Pryce remembered, as he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Pryce’s visit with Clark (Timothy Olyphant) and Mitts (Marc Maron) made way for another reunion, as Butch’s daughter Amanda (Rhea Seehorn) was on site at the ranch where Pryce originally trained to become a pro.

As the men relayed Pryce’s plan to go to the U.S. Open, Amanda conveyed a deep sense of doubt in the golfer, but apparently that was enough to convince him that she was best suited to be his swing coach. But what makes Amanda the ideal candidate for the job?

“Well, I think for Pryce, this goal of competing in the U.S. Open and doing well in it; there are the obvious physical challenges of not having played competitive golf in so long,” Wilson told TV Insider. “It’s really going back to what held him back from achieving his potential as a golfer, even when those physical things weren’t as big an obstacle.”

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“Nobody knows him and who he was before he became Pryce Cahill the pro golfer, [better] than Amanda and her father,” Wilson added, “Because they saw the person and there’s something about somebody knowing you, from the beginning, that it’s harder to hide, and I can’t really hide from her.”

Meanwhile, when it came to joining the mix, Seehorn said, “It was really exciting. I was a huge fan of the show from Season 1. I loved it, loved it, loved it, and the whole cast are all just great actors, and I’m a massive Owen Wilson fan, as most people are, so I was really excited when Jason Keller, the wonderful showrunner, was curious if I’d be interested in doing this role.”

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“I started reading where they wanted to go with the second season [and] I was really intrigued,” Seehorn added. The performer, fresh off her Emmy win for Apple’s other hit series, Pluribus, will be a great foil to Wilson’s Pryce, as fans will see in the unfolding episodes. “I just really thought [it was] a lovely way to explore something different about what’s getting in this man’s way and exploring more of the found family idea and second chances,” Seehorn explained of her interest in taking on the role of Amanda.

“All of the themes really resonated with me, and then I thought they did a beautiful job of fleshing out this relationship as two very believable characters who each have their own kind of armor built up,” Seehorn explained, turning to Wilson, “Because I do think that your character chips away at some of mine as well, of just acting like she doesn’t need anybody.”

Catch more of their dynamic as Season 2 of Stick unfolds on Apple, and let us know what you thought of Amanda’s introduction in the comments section below.

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