Étiquette : american gods

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Bryan Fuller: We knew very early on that Gillian had to be part of this show and we wanted to see her like we had never seen her before. Since she had already done a photo series where she was portraying Lucy Ricardo, we had that image in our mind, so it was a very short step to casting her as Media, whose first incarnation in the book is as Lucy Ricardo. We called Gillian and told her what we had in mind for the character and how the character was going to manifest as a different dead celebrity every time we saw her; that it would give her an opportunity to create a hybridization of the Media character and the personality of the dead celebrity, and she was instantly on board. She’s a big fan of Neil Gaiman’s and we had a lot of fun working together on Hannibal.

She surprised us every time she took on one of these characters and inhabited their personality, but still maintained who she was as Media. I think Marilyn Monroe was the biggest transformation. She does Lucy Ricardo, David Bowie, Marilyn Monroe, and Judy Garland. She does, in one episode, David Bowie and Marilyn Monroe. We need to submit that to the Emmys. (X)

I wouldn’t necessarily say that I have a relationship to the genre except for the fact that I keep working in it. I have never been a sci-fi reader, I appreciate certain kinds of sci-fi films, I think Close Encounters was a big deal for me when I first saw it, but I have never specifically been drawn to the genre. But it keeps finding me. I keep being presented with things that I can’t say no to that are in the genre. When Bryan approached me to do American Gods with the opportunity to play different characters, you really can’t say no to that. So I am a reluctant fan.

Gillian Anderson on science fiction and why she keeps coming back (x)

AMERICAN GODS (Starz TV Series): Interview with Star Gillian Anderson | Emanuel Levy

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David Bowie

Gillian Anderson: It was a very different experience with each of the different characters, and how it felt like it was necessary to work with each of them and to what degree of Media herself shows up in each of the personifications. David Bowie was one of the biggest challenges but also figuring out that balance of how much is Media and how much is the character coming through. How much is it okay aspects of myself to come through so that it doesn’t become a caricature.  There was quite a lot of sadness in David if you watch his interviews, a real melancholy to him. That’s one of the things I picked up on.  In trying to find the rhythm of his voice without diving too much into it that it felt like it was false, finding the balance in his voice and with that melancholy and rhythm.  I ended up spending more time with each of these real people than I had ever done before. I didn’t really know that much about any of them other than being a fan of David Bowie’s music or maybe seeing a Dick Cavett interview. It was very educational, and I found myself becoming very moved by David’s desire to be so specifically who he was and to be allowed to be who he was. He was an anarchist in a way.

AMERICAN GODS (Starz TV Series): Interview with Star Gillian Anderson | Emanuel Levy