However, the show isn’t just about his trip with Shadow. Wednesday retains much of the characteristics and plot beats as his book incarnation. Taking his name from the day of their meeting (“Today’s my day,” he says), the crafty and charismatic swindler somehow knows all about Shadow, while flaunting an impossible mastery of magic.īook Comparison: Initially described as “the man in the pale suit,” Mr. He celebrates his small grift in First Class by throwing back drinks and enlisting Shadow for a special job.
Wednesday at an airport, he’s pretending to be a senile old man in order to get a free plane ticket. “So what Michael and Bryan have done is introduce more color and they said they wanted to bring a few more layers, a bit more charisma, something that’s gonna entice people to join him on this incredible road trip around the states.”ĭescription: When Shadow first spies Mr. People don’t really wanna watch a man on the road running through internal monologue for weeks on end,” Whittle told Collider. “Shadow in the book doesn’t translate to the screen as well. As an adult, he remains stoic, even upon hearing of his wife’s death. After taking a job as this con artist’s bodyguard, Shadow soon realizes Wednesday - and all of his friends - are gods looking to reclaim a world that has forgotten about them.īook Comparison: Shadow was a small, bullied boy, but puberty prompted a growth spurt. While on a plane to her funeral, Shadow encounters a mysterious man who calls himself Mr. Worse still, she died while giving a blowjob to Shadow’s best friend, Robbie. Note: Those of you wishing to keep spoilers to a minimum may not want to read the Book Comparison sections, as they dive into how each character appears on the page.ĭescription: Shadow’s long-awaited release from prison yielded the worst news of his life: his wife, Laura, was killed in a car accident. To aide you alongside Shadow’s odyssey through America, here’s a guide to the humans, gods, and creatures you’ll encounter. But with changes that have come about in the jump from page to screen, the show is taking on a life of its own, featuring characters both fresh and familiar, as well as an updated thesis for the nation’s current political climate. It’s a show fans of Gaiman are hoping to be worthy of the sacred text - and from what has been seen so far, it is critics have been worshipping at the altar of American Gods. Wednesday needs some muscle as he recruits beings from classical mythology to fight for place in the world against the New Gods, entities of modernity such as media, technology, celebrity, and the like. His grief is put on hold though when he’s enlisted by a mysterious man calling himself Mr. With the author’s blessing, showrunners Bryan Fuller (NBC’s Hannibal) and Michael Green (ABC’s The River) offer their dizzying cinematics to the story of Shadow Moon ( Ricky Whittle), an ex-convict who, upon release, hears the devastating news of his wife’s death and the adultery that caused it. It is, of course, American Gods, the long-awaited and long-gestating adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s magnum opus. 2.We’ve all heard the phrase, “a storm is coming,” but the one that is currently happening on Starz is a brewing battle-frenzy amongst gods.
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