Gaiman also promised that Episode 7 of Season 2 would capture centuries of Mad Sweeney’s backstory, and that the season would showcase a predecessor of the frightening god Technology Boy - Telephone Boy (who, in turn, was preceded by Telegraph Boy). “I got to work with Emily pretty much every day, which made my season,” Schreiber said during the panel, noting that the change in producers led to some “difficult conditions,” but “regardless of all the changes in Season 1 and Season 2, rather than becoming fractured the cast came together and did outstanding work.”

“Gillian Anderson was glorious,” Gaiman said, but having Media represented in the form of personas like Judy Garland and Lucy Ricardo “doesn’t really feel like anything that’s relevant to anyone under the age of 25 who’s interested in media.”Īlso teased in the panel was the continued development of the awkward love story between Shadow (Whittle) and his one-time adulterous, now dead, wife Laura (Browning) - as well as the developing relationship between Laura and Mad Sweeney (Schreiber). While Season 1 guest stars Gillian Anderson and Kristin Chenowith (both of whom came on board for the show after previously working with Fuller on other series) won’t be returning for Season 2, Gaiman said that given the plot of the original novel, in future seasons “we’re going to meet Easter again - whether we get Kristin or someone else is another question.”Īs for Anderson, who personified the many faces of the god Media, Gaiman noted the choice to replace her character with the god of New Media (played by new cast addition Kahyun Kim) fit in terms of updating the show for the times. We needed to get back to the line of the book which is Shadow and his story.” Wednesday (AKA old god Odin), spoke passionately about how the new season was “a great way back to the book, which we’d gotten away from in Season 1.

McShane, an executive producer who also plays the mysterious Mr.

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