Some highlights here, but check out the whole interview:
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Bryan Fuller: “Well the - one of the reasons that Hugh was so ideal
for the role is that Will Graham, who is kind of burdened by his own
neuroses and personality disorders could come off as unlikable unless
you have an actor who kind of invites you into his vulnerability with
those neuroses and with those personality disorders that actually gives
you permission to car for them as opposed to being pushed away. And Will
Graham is a character who pushes people away and has barriers that he
throws up as social defenses. So we need somebody who had a
vulnerability that kind of transcend any sort of barriers that he throws
up and takes you into the world and allows you to care for him even
though he is so buttoned up and damaged. That was the main reason. And
Hugh was unanimous. When we all sat down and we talked about who was our
Will Graham and Hugh Dancy's name came up and it was very easy for all
of us to say like oh yeah, he's the one. Let's meet with him and see if
we can hook him.”
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Hugh Dancy: “I was probably fairly average in the sense that I'd
seen most of the movies and familiar with Hannibal and so on. I didn't
really know about Will Graham until I was prompted. So – and perhaps if I
hadn't known, I don't know, I might have been more cautious. But as it
was, I read the first script - the script of the first episode that is. I
wondered to myself again as I think most people would well why do this.
And a lot of fascinating questions seemed to be raised in that script.
And I wanted to know where they were going to go and sat down with Bryan
and also Martha De Laurentiis, our Producer and he potentially answered
all those questions for me and painted a picture of not just this
season that we just finished developing but potential future seasons.
And I realized that he had an enormous and expansive imagining of this
world and his characters. And really from that - from the point of that
conversation on with those I was hooked.”
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