While at the TCA Press Tour,
Collider managed to speak with David S. Goyer about NBC's Constantine. From the
Constantine's sexuality, to the soon to be written off Liv, more characters, crossing
the character over to the big screen and vice-versa, all that and more in the
interview below.
"Question: When
were you first introduced to Constantine in the comics?
DAVID S. GOYER:
Constantine was introduced in a comic book called Swamp Thing.
During that run, I actually had a letter printed in one of the letters
pages. I was a young teenager.
What was it about the
character that interested you so much, back then, and what made you want to do
a show with the character now?
GOYER: The thing that I
always loved about Constantine is that he was a smart-ass. In a world of
superheroes, and of demons and angels, he was just a complete smart-ass.
He didn’t have any superpowers. He was just a working-class bloke with a
wicked sense of humor. And so, recently, after the Batman and Superman films,
I met with Warners TV, and they said, “Will you do a DC TV project?” And
I said, “I want Constantine. He’s the one I want.” I also felt like
it was someone that would translate into television without us having to change
the core DNA of the character.
…
What were the comic book
storylines you focused on?
GOYER: It’s not like Game
of Thrones where we’re saying, “Okay, we’re going to do book three and
that’s going to be our first season.” I would say that the first season
of our show is loosely tracking a version of the storyline in which John was
introduced, which is American Gothic. That was
certainly the inspiration for it.
How are you handling the fact
that this is a character known for being a smoker?
GOYER: He is a smoker in
the show. We’re not shying away from it, but we’re not glorifying it.
Constantine was bisexual in
the comic books. Will that be touched upon, in the show?
GOYER: I think I get
this question for every show that I’m working on. I will say
that was a much later storyline.
…
Have you thought about the
possibility of launching a number of supernatural properties from Constantine?
GOYER: Yes, we have said
that. The intention is that we’ve got DC’s occult universe open to us,
and the fact that we had Doctor Fate’s helmet in the pilot is a clear
indication that we’re going to be doing that. We’re introducing another
character from the DC universe within the first eight or nine episodes, as
well.
GOYER: In a recurring
way. We’ll see where it goes, but it’s not just characters from Hellblazer.
The occult world is open to us.
Should we only expect one
other DC character to be on this season, or could we get our hopes up for more?
GOYER: It’s possible
that there will be more than one. In terms of where we’re at in the
storyline so far, we’re only working with one. I do want to be clear
though that this show, hopefully, will be appreciated by people who aren’t just
comic book fans. We’re not just making it for people like me.
Does the fact that you might
want to use a character in a movie have any bearing on the show?
GOYER: I think there’s
been a decision that it’s okay to cross-promote these characters, and that the
audience can take it.
…
GOYER: One of the things
that happens in the writers’ room, after the pilot, is that you sit down and
say, “Okay, we’re going to break the season.” We started beating out the
stories, and we had originally thought about Zed when we were writing the
pilot. Then, we started writing ourselves into a corner and we said, “Why
didn’t we use Zed?” And we just decided, “Let’s use Zed.”
Liv was able to sense crimes
on the map of the U.S. What does that look like, moving forward? Do
you still intend to follow that, around the country?
GOYER: We’re re-shooting
one little scene from the pilot. John has the map. At least
initially, that’s a very useful tool, in terms of where the blood stigmata
has billowed up on the map of the country. The show is a road show, and
sometimes we’ll even be going outside of the continental United States.
…"
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