The son of Charles Xavier and Gabrielle Haller, David Haller, a.k.a. Legion
(Dan Stevens) is an extremely powerful mutant with multiple personalities. He possesses a
wide variety of abilities ranging from telekinesis to reality warping, but each
power is controlled by a different persona, which could be either benevolent or
malevolent.
Bringing such a complex and layered character to life is
a challenge, and some would suggest he belongs on the big screen and not on TV,
but series writer, showrunner, and executive producer Noah Hawley ("Fargo")
disagrees, and sees it as an opportunity.
"Film and TV have traded places where, you know,
where you are now in a case-of-the-week movie world," Hawley told Vanity Fair. "One
week, the Avengers fight this guy; the next week, they fight that guy. You
can’t take the story too far in any one direction."
Hawley also revealed that he plans to avoid the overly
episodic structure that so many shows are known for by allowing the content to dictate
the form.
"I always feel like the structure of a story
should reflect the content of the story," he says. "If the story, as
in this case, is about a guy who is either schizophrenic or he has these
abilities, i.e., he doesn’t know what’s real and what’s not real, then the
audience should have the same experience." Hawley adds that he is looking
to create a "more existential exploration" and "surreal or
dreamlike quality where it’s not just about running and kicking. There’s,
whatever, 9,000 superhero stories right now," Hawley says. "They’ve
got all the running and kicking covered. I think my goal with this is to do
something whimsical and imaginative and unexpected. Not just because I want to
do something different, but because it feels like the right way to tell this
story."
Legion also stars Aubrey Plaza, Jean Smart, Rachel
Keller, Jeremie Harris, Amber Midthunder, and Katie Aselton.
Source - Vanity Fair
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