With San Diego Comic-Con in sight, Starz has released the very first look
at Bruce Langley ("Deadly Waters") as Technical Boy, an impulsive,
petulant, and dangerously unpredictable New God, who is
the "purveyor of all
things technology," in the upcoming small screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman's hit novel American
Gods.
"We needed to
establish a frame of reference for the aesthetic of the Technical Boy, and
[director] David Slade, I believe, was the first one to say 'Commodore 64,'"
said co-showrunner Bryan Fuller to EW. "That will mean more to the
audience once they understand more of the Technical Boy’s story — why the
Commodore 64 and that era of technology is so informative for the look of him
and the story and the general aesthetic when we first sample his world."
"Technology has
gone from something that was the province of the young to something ubiquitous
and in your pocket, and the aesthetics of that have changed," added
co-showrunner Michael Green. "Technology very much has a tie into fashion,
which goes in cycles and changes overnight. What’s in fashion, technologically,
and what’s in fashion, in fashion, are minute to minute and you can’t possibly
keep up. And we look to the Technical Boy to be someone who’s very much a
victim of both. The idea of feeling like you have to feed the beast of what’s
new and what’s fresh is very much in his mind."
American Gods centers on a war brewing between old and new gods: the
traditional gods of biblical and mythological roots from around the
world steadily losing believers to an upstart pantheon
of gods reflecting society’s modern love of money, technology,
media, celebrity and drugs. Its protagonist, Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle), is an ex-con
who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday (Ian
McShane), a conman but in reality one of the older gods, on a
cross-country mission to gather his forces in preparation to
battle the new deities.
Premiering in 2017, American
Gods also stars Pablo Schreiber, Gillian
Anderson, Emily Browning, Peter Stormare, Yetide Badaki, Orlando Jones, Demore
Barnes, Bruce Langley, Crispin Glover, Jonathan Tucker, Christopher Obi, Cloris
Leachman, and Mouse Kraish.
Source - EW
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