'American Gods' TV Show Cast Mr. Wednesday's Body Guard Shadow Moon; Does He Fit The Role?
The first ever "American Gods" TV show cast has been revealed.
The upcoming Starz TV series based on the novel by Neil Gaiman has enlisted "The 100" fan favorite for one of the two lead roles.
"Mr. Wednesday, meet your new bodyguard," TV Line reported.
"Ricky Whittle (The 100) has been cast as Shadow Moon, the lead character in Starz's upcoming Bryan Fuller/Michael Green-led adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods, the network announced Thursday."
In the book, Shadow Moon is described as a beefy ex-convict who got caught up in the war between ancient and modern gods after being recruited by enigmatic Mr. Wednesday. This character is also the main character in the follow up novel "The Monarch of the Glen."
Neil Gaiman also released a statement on the first "American Gods" TV show cast, as he hinted of Shadow Moon's accent in the program.
"American Gods is, at its heart, a book about immigrants, and it seems perfectly appropriate that Shadow will, like so much else, be coming to America," Gaiman said.
"I'm delighted Ricky will get to embody Shadow. Now the fun starts."
While Gaiman seem to approve of the recent "American Gods" TV show casting, the author earlier said that he wants Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to play Shadow.
"Shadow is of mixed race and I wanted to find an actor who has that thing going," the "American Gods" author told the crowd during the Edinburgh Book Festival as reported by The Guardian.
"An actor who turned up after American Gods was written and, if he hadn't have become huge would have been perfect, was Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson because he has this huge bulk, and doesn't look terribly smart - which is one of the fun things about Shadow: he's smarter than people assume."
Expect more "American Gods" TV show casting soon, and big ones at that, as Gaiman said they will incorporate "big gods" in the show including Jesus.
"Oh yeah, we get into Jesus and the big God as well," producer Bryan Fuller told Crave.
"You know, so much of the book is exploring the more marginalized gods who are struggling to make their way in modern America without the strength of the believers that, say, Jesus and Buddha and Easter might have because of their public personas."
