Or were they just cops?MICHAEL GREEN:No, those arent the Misters.
Theres so much strangeness.
But we also reminded ourselves that inAmerican Gods, death need not always be permanent.
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So dont rule out seeing Tracie Thoms again.
kindly unpack that death reveal for me.
But we wanted to give the first sense of just how terrifying what theyre up against can be.
So why is he afraid here?
He doesnt have every arrow in his quiver quite yet.
Hes very compelling, and not just because hes magnetic and iconic and hilarious.
But because he makes a very strong, nearly reasonable argument!
You may worship as you worship.
You may govern as you see fit.
But we need to know that your fealty is to Rome.
In exchange, they could continue.
Not only continue, but flourish.
[Individualism is] more an irritant that gets in the way of their dominance.
If the currency is the attention of humans, they can see expansion for everyone in working together.
What doesnt work for them is anyone going it alone Tech Boy would call it becoming a unicorn.
They are a tech company that wants to acquire every company they see.
Maybe the difference isnt in endgame motivation but in the attitudes towards it.
You see it on the Internet every day.
That which we dont understand, we troll.
Tech Boy is, for someone who might just exist in a computer anyway, awfully emotional and capricious.
But he also has a lot of insecurity for a lot of reasons.
Like tech, he is constantly looking to prove how great he is because he fears he is not.
And we went through every possible Bond villain model for what his lair might look like.
Its a cinder block box.
Theres a lot of anticipation of their reunion.
But now were concerned for both of their reactions.
From Shadows angle, we were very interested in grounding it.
Weve seen people scream and yell and shout and threaten to call the cops, like Audrey.
But for Laura, shes come with an agenda.
She expects her puppy to come to heel.
Shes here to rekindle the relationship.
He has more of a point of view than Lauras used to him having.
And thats the result of everything hes experienced.
His time in prison.
His brief but concrete period of mourning her.
And everything he has experienced in being with Mr. Wednesday.
How do we understand what theyre afraid of?
Because for a god, death is almost tolerable.
But something worse than death is being forgotten, becoming obsolete.
And we wanted to explore that and see a demonstration of it.
It was very appealing.
We wanted to give a shot to experience human condition before any of our current conditions existed.
I think it was Bryan who said, Well, why dont we just animate it!?
And we realized in that moment that this is a show that can do animation.
Should we draw any link between the tribes buffalo and Shadow?Id rather not say.
But I will say, that tribe has reached America.
