Previous to Michael Sheen’s casting as Aziraphale, Good Omens creator Neil Gaiman has confirmed that there was one other British actor he thought of for the function of the Prime Video adaptation’s lead angel. In response to a fan’s query on Tumblr, Gaiman revealed that he initially needed Golden Globe winner Hugh Grant to play Aziraphale reverse Sheen’s Crowley, which he believes “would have been much more sinister” if The Twilight Saga actor had certainly find yourself taking part in the lead demon.
“I bear in mind spending plenty of time pondering who Aziraphale may very well be again when Crowley was going to be Michael, and I believe Hugh Grant was a number one contender in my head, however then someplace in the midst of writing episode 3 Crowley turned David Tennant and Michael Sheen turned Aziraphale and as soon as that had been determined it couldn’t have been anybody else,” Gaiman wrote.
Who’s the solid of Good Omens?
Based mostly on Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s 1990 novel, Good Omens is led by Sheen because the fussy angel and uncommon e book seller Aziraphale and Tennant because the fast-living demon Crowley. Becoming a member of them in Season 2 are returning solid members Jon Hamm, Doon Mackichan, Gloria Obianyo, Derek Jacobi, Liz Carr, Quelin Sepulveda, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Niamh Walsh, Shelley Conn, Paul Adeyefa, Michael McKean, Miranda Richardson, Maggie Service, Reece Shearsmith, and Nina Sosanya, with a few of them set to painting new characters.
“Season 2 explores storylines that transcend the unique supply materials to light up the ineffable friendship between Aziraphale, a fussy angel and rare-book seller, and the fast-living demon Crowley,” reads the synopsis. “Having been on Earth since The Starting, and with the Apocalypse thwarted, the duo are getting again to simple dwelling amongst mortals in London’s Soho. That’s, till the archangel Gabriel turns up unexpectedly on the door of Aziraphale’s bookshop with no reminiscence of who he’s or how he acquired there.
“Whereas Crowley is leery as to why the archangel has come to the bookshop, Aziraphale is eager to unravel the thriller behind Gabriel’s situation. Nevertheless, hiding the archangel from each Heaven and Hell rapidly disrupts their lives in unexpected methods. To unravel this thriller and thwart Heaven and Hell within the course of, the duo will want greater than a miracle; they’ll have to as soon as once more depend on one another.”
Good Omens is created and government produced by Gaiman, who serves because the showrunner alongside director Douglas Mackinnon. Govt producers are Mackinnon, Rob Wilkins, John Finnemore, and Josh Cole, with Finnemore to co-write the second season with Gaiman.
