{"id":119737,"date":"2025-11-07T02:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T02:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/119737\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T02:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T02:48:08","slug":"nate-moore-talks-elimination-blindside-marvel-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/119737\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Moore Talks Elimination Blindside, Marvel Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSuperheroes couldn\u2019t save Nate Moore on Survivor<\/a>. The veteran Marvel producer, whose credits include Black Panther and Captain America: Civil War, saw his game snapped out of existence this week when season 49\u2019s former Uli tribemates Jawan Pitts and Sage Ahrens-Nichols blindsided him at tribal council. Despite Uli appearing to hold the numbers after the merge, the duo flipped, sending Moore to the jury in a move worthy of a Marvel-style heel turn.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor someone used to orchestrating cinematic shocks behind the scenes, Moore suddenly found himself on the receiving end of one, and fans were left stunned as the season\u2019s power balance shifted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDid Moore ever tell anyone about his Marvel history? What was his reaction when host Jeff Probst mentioned that Survivor 50 spots were \u201cstill up for grabs?\u201d In an exclusive conversation with The Hollywood Reporter below, Moore discusses his experience and what it\u2019s like to get blindsided on Survivor.<\/p>\n

\n\t***<\/p>\n

\n\tNate, what happened? I thought the vibes were fire, but your exit was cinema and not in a good way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tNot in a good way. Look, we knew this was the pivotal vote. We knew there was a chance this would happen because when we merged, I had a conversation with Sage that you didn\u2019t see where she told me Shannon told her they were outside the four. I knew if Sage knew that Jawan knew, and we had some work to do. We tried to rebuild that Uli bond, and my pitch to them was about numbers: \u201cWe have a solid six. If you come with us, we will get top six. If you flip, you\u2019re going to be in a seven alliance of a lot of different people. I was closer to Sage than I was with Jawan and I knew that Rizo, Savannah and Sophie had gotten closer. There\u2019s a chance you could work together as we get down the line.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tI thought that would hold them. I knew Alex was never going to vote for us, but I thought we\u2019d have won six to five. Before tribal, the last conversation I had was with Savannah. I said to her, \u201cEither me or you are going to catch some votes,\u201d because we both knew they weren\u2019t going to vote for Rizo. They were so scared of that idol and any blowback.<\/p>\n

\n\tIf you watch the show, you see that for the first four votes I wasn\u2019t surprised, because I knew we were going to get votes. The fifth vote was a confirmation that Alex had flipped, which I kind of knew. Six, I realized six means seven. Six means I lost Sage and Jawan. And it was a choice they made that I understand. Do I agree with it? Obviously not. I\u2019m here. But I didn\u2019t feel betrayed emotionally because I understood what they were thinking.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhose flip were you more surprised by: Jawan or Sage?<\/p>\n

\n\tWe knew they were a tight two. They\u2019re both eccentric characters, and I do think even though we never said there was a core four, they felt the vibes. I knew my relationship with Sage was probably better than with Jawan, which I think surprised some people, but Sage and I are not dissimilar. Large groups make us nervous, we bonded over that. And because we\u2019d had that conversation, I guess I would be more surprised about Sage.<\/p>\n

\n\tSurvivor fans love a good blindside. What\u2019s it feel like for someone who experiences it?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIt feels a little out-of-body. I\u2019ve seen every episode of the show and every episode of the Australian version so many times. You go, \u201cIf that were to happen, here\u2019s what I would do.\u201d Instead I was like, \u201cWhere\u2019s my torch?\u201d You\u2019re thinking about it almost as if you\u2019re controlling an avatar in a video game. \u201cI have to go get my torch. I have to walk over here. I have kids. I can\u2019t say anything crazy. I have to just take it on the chin and be a good sport.\u201d But the emotional part of your head is like, \u201cF\u2014 these guys.\u201d Sorry. \u201cScrew these guys. I\u2019m so mad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThen you walk down this really long path and have to give your final words, and you\u2019re so exhausted. It feels like you were on a rollercoaster, and it didn\u2019t just pull in. It just stopped halfway. Then you\u2019re like, \u201cWhat do I do now?\u201d You don\u2019t know what to do with yourself. It\u2019s incredibly surreal, and I\u2019m not sure I was 100 percent there. Then you go shower and get some food, and it doesn\u2019t feel all that bad, to be honest.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tNate Moore with Savannah Louie on Survivor season 49.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRobert Voets\/CBS \u00a92025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.<\/p>\n

\n\tLet\u2019s go back to the beginning of what happened last episode. Did you buy the story Jawan and Sage were selling about Shannon \u201closing her mind?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNot 100 percent. My experience with Shannon on Uli was even different than a lot of viewers experienced watching the show. She was certainly not as hippie-dippy yoga. My relationship with her was actually really personal and lovely. I thought, she\u2019s a great kid. I really liked talking to her. I had assumed when they went to Hina in that first tribe swap, that Shannon and Sage would stick together because we always intended to stick together on our side, even with Jawan.<\/p>\n

\n\tI didn\u2019t quite buy the version of Shannon they were pitching who was incredibly paranoid, who wouldn\u2019t let them talk to each other, which is not Shannon\u2019s MO. Did I think it was possible she would vote against Jawan? Sure. I thought there was a chance she, Sage and Steven would vote Jawan out because they\u2019d spent so much time with him, but I didn\u2019t quite buy the way they described how Shannon was acting.<\/p>\n

\n\tOnce the merge happens and you\u2019re at the challenge, Jeff drops a bomb and says, \u201cspots on Survivor 50 are still up for grabs.\u201d What\u2019s going through your mind after he says that? Was it a surprise?<\/p>\n

\n\tIt wasn\u2019t a surprise. We all had been talking about it since we got on the beach. It was so hot, we were so low energy and Jeff was like a coach trying to pep you up by saying, \u201cThe big game\u2019s coming.\u201d But we all know what that means. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s the reason Sage and Jawan flipped, but the notion of doing the big move feels good when everybody loves Jeff Probst and he goes, \u201cYou should be doing big moves,\u201d and they go, \u201cAbsolutely we should.\u201d It makes the safe move less interesting. But you could see it on my face. I was like, \u201cHey, bro, let\u2019s talk about 49. Let me get through this day.\u201d We were dying. Physically, I was dying.<\/p>\n

\n\tBefore tribal, we see Sage wanting Savannah, Jawan wanting Rizo, and Kristina and Sophie viewed you as the \u201csafest option.\u201d How did you think the votes eventually ended up on you? Were you the safest option?<\/p>\n

\n\tTo a degree. I think they rightfully saw that Savannah and Rizo were tight. Savannah and Rizo played every day of the game together. There was a fear that if Rizo didn\u2019t play it (his idol) for him, he\u2019d play it for Savannah first. That makes sense from what they saw.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the episode prior, Sophie and Kristina clearly saw through my bulls \u2014 excuse of the Jason and Matt votes. They knew I probably wasn\u2019t going to flip on Uli anytime soon. Alex had separately talked about how much he feared me in challenges. I think it was a combination of, \u201cHey, Rizo and Savannah are tight,\u201d to, \u201cNate\u2019s sort of the third. Here\u2019s a guy physically who seemed to be doing pretty well in the challenges. Let\u2019s just get him out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s also interesting because Matt had a similar reaction where he thought I was the head of the Uli tribe, which I wasn\u2019t, but I am the oldest. He\u2019s like, \u201cGet the old guy out of here.\u201d Maybe cut the head off the snake. But I was not the head of anything. It was a collective. You never want to hear yourself being the safe one. I will say that. When she said that, I was like, \u201cBoo!\u201d But I get it. I understand what they were thinking.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tNate Moore on Survivor season 49.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRobert Voets\/CBS \u00a92025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.<\/p>\n

\n\tYou mentioned in your Final Words that the game was harder than you expected and you made it farther than you expected. What were your expectations before the game began?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tI worried I wouldn\u2019t be able to overcome a generational gap. I\u2019d seen Jon Lovett get killed that way and it\u2019s funny because I don\u2019t think I\u2019m old. But in the game, the next oldest person on my tribe was Savannah who\u2019s 16 years younger, and nobody on my tribe was married or had kids. It was from a life experience perspective. If you look historically, had I won, which clearly I didn\u2019t, I would\u2019ve been the third-oldest winner of all time. Old people struggle on the show because it\u2019s harder to make connections, I think, sometimes. I was worried that a bunch of young kids would be like, \u201cGet out of here, old man.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd it was harder in that, more than the not eating. I didn\u2019t sleep well on the show. Bamboo is not comfortable, which you kind of know, but you don\u2019t know until you sleep 14 days on it. I am a relatively high-energy guy in my life, and by the end, I was no fun. I was like, \u201cI\u2019m bumming these people out,\u201d because I would just kind of shamble around camp.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt does make you think about how you relate to people because all you have time to do is think. I was like, \u201cWhy am I not connecting? Should I be doing this? I don\u2019t want to have this conversation. Is this something I do in my normal life? Do I avoid conflict?\u201d You start to psychoanalyze yourself through the lens of the show, and that you don\u2019t think about because you think about backstabbing and challenges and rewards, and the bulk of your day is none of that. It\u2019s like, \u201cHey, who am I? Who am I in the context of this game?\u201d That was surprising to me.<\/p>\n

\n\tWe saw you tell people you were a stay-at-home dad. Did you ever tell anyone about your Marvel background?<\/p>\n

\n\tI didn\u2019t, not in the game. My thinking was that I did not think anybody would give me $1 million if I told them my job. To be quite honest, whenever I say I\u2019m a producer, part of me goes, \u201cUgh,\u201d because there can be such a negative connotation. So I didn\u2019t. And honestly, in hindsight, part of me goes, \u201cHey, would it have been different if I just was honest? Would that have been free connective tissue for the Rizos and the Jawans and the Stevens of the world who loved Marvel movies, since I made a bunch of them?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEspecially because I did struggle to find connective points with a lot of people, part of me is kicking myself. But everybody plays Tuesday morning quarterbacking of \u201cwoulda, shoulda, coulda.\u201d But I didn\u2019t tell anybody until well after the game.<\/p>\n

\n\tLet\u2019s do some revisionist history. Let\u2019s say Sage and Jawan stay Uli strong and Steven goes home. Who are you sitting with at the final three?<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s a good question. I wanted to work with MC. I told her before tribal not to play her idol. I said, \u201cTrust me. We can go far together if you don\u2019t play your idol. Just let\u2019s make it through this vote.\u201d I thought we could get to a final seven of Rizo, Savannah, Sophie, Sage, Jawan, me and MC. Then at some point, I would have the option at four to either go, \u201cHey, the Rizo, Savannah, Sophie still feels good,\u201d or, \u201chey, I\u2019m at the bottom of that four. Maybe I can build a four with MC, Jawan and Sage and see what happens.\u201d I wanted to at least have that option. As much as I truly really, really like Sophie, Savannah and Rizo, I started to feel a little bit like that was a threesome and I was the fourth leg, so I wanted to have the option.<\/p>\n

\n\tI was hoping to get into the individual phase of the game because I did feel in challenges, if it\u2019s a puzzle or physical, I was always in the mix. Obviously, it did not balance incredibly well. That was my plan: let\u2019s get to seven and then see how it goes, and see which of those two sets of three I wanted to go with.<\/p>\n

\n\tIs there anything viewers didn\u2019t get to see that you wish made it onto this season?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tA lot of people asked why I was so salty about Matt. The truth was, in that first tribe swap with Hina, he was the first person I sought out because I really wanted to try and build an alliance with him. I was just starved for somebody who was of my generation. We spent a good couple hours together looking for crabs and stuff.<\/p>\n

\n\tI was like, \u201cI\u2019m making inroads. This guy seems pretty cool.\u201d Then he went fishing with Jawan, and Jawan comes back and immediately says, \u201cHey, Matt\u2019s starting to throw out your name on the boat.\u201d I was like, \u201cBro, I\u2019ve been here for five minutes. What happened to the Old Guy Alliance?\u201d People were like, \u201cWhy were you so mad at him?\u201d I was like, \u201cBecause I felt betrayed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBut feel like I am who I am. That\u2019s me on the show. We had more fun than you get to see, but you don\u2019t want to see that as a viewer. You want to see the back stabs. I feel pretty good about what you got to see.<\/p>\n

\n\tI related to you really well because of the whole \u201cfire,\u201d \u201ccinema\u201d thing. I\u2019m 54 and watch these younger players talk and I\u2019m like, \u201cHuh? What? These words aren\u2019t being used properly.\u201d Have you rolled any of this into your vocabulary now?<\/p>\n

\n\tNo, sir. I just go, \u201cOkay, and that\u2019s not for me.\u201d It really surprised me. You seem like a young-at-heart kind of guy. I am too. I didn\u2019t realize how far removed I was from popular slang. I was like, \u201cOh, my God. I\u2019m on a different planet. This is wild.\u201d It was really interesting. I still have not watched a mukbang. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m going to.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat\u2019s more cutthroat, being a producer in Hollywood or being on Survivor?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tA producer in Hollywood, for sure. Survivor is fun, but it\u2019s a pretend game for $1 million. Hollywood\u2019s a whole different ball of wax.<\/p>\n

\n\t***<\/p>\n

\n\tSurvivor airs new episodes Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Superheroes couldn\u2019t save Nate Moore on Survivor. The veteran Marvel producer, whose credits include Black Panther and Captain…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2066,146,85,46,23150,411],"class_list":["post-119737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-cbs","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-survivor","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}