STARZ - AMERICAN GODS 1x05 Promo "Lemon Scented You" + Cast Interviews

[rakugaking]

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[synopsis]Shadow's emotional reunion with his dead and unfaithful wife is interrupted when he and Mr. Wednesday are kidnapped by the New Gods.

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[sharktoothdecay]

spoil me a little
does she have a good excuse for cheating on shadow?

[a_files06]

no.

[rakugaking]

Well, in the books, she discusses it a bit more with Shadow and it's not an easy answer but one that sadly made sense. I think they'll explore it more for the show =)

[la_petite_singe]

Not an excuse, really, but more of an understandable emotional explanation.

[a_files06]

It was a good episode, nice to expand on Laura and loved her scene with Anubis.

[rakugaking]

Her reaction to him reaching out and then the bit with the scales was just perfect =)

[karinette001]

I'm happy that I'll more or less see Emily in something every week!!

[rakugaking]

Same =) I enjoyed her a lot in previous projects, but I have to admit I've only ever been exposed to her work through film and that was only a handful of times.

I think she brings in the right amount of vulnerability and strength that is vital to this role and I'm so looking forward to more of her story as the series goes on =)

[glitterslugs]

i stan emily so much but im not a fan of her acting lmao idek, i find her hard to watch cause i feel like im watching someone try SO hard to act. but i love her as a person and she's beautiful

[su_metal]

odd, i feel like she was very subtle, she didn't overreacted at all

[glitterslugs]

tbf, i haven't watched american gods yet. but everything else she's in she constantly looks like she's on the verge of tears or something lmao. like i can't put my finger on it. she was good in that creepy sleeping beauty movie tho i think

[su_metal]

hehe, i understand.

here she was very good portraying a depressed person, numbed but not voided of emotions. it was good.

[la_petite_singe]

Wow, LOVED the Laura-centric ep. It makes sense that their marriage would seem so ~idyllic from his POV in the book, but I liked finding out that she was generally unhappy in her life even before meeting him and it wasn't just some shallow 'women be cheating' thing. (I mean, my god, you'd have to be desperately depressed and lonely to go from Ricky Whittle to Dane Cook, for chrissake.)

[rakugaking]

Agreed! I love that they are taking the opportunity to flesh out her character a bit more, because I know some fans who were still very unhappy with Laura's reasoning in the book (even though I felt it was a bit understanding, sadly). I'm so here for them giving her more to do than just save Shadow from time to time =)

[la_petite_singe]

I kinda liked that she doesn't have a 'good' reason per se because I am super here for interesting, flawed female characters, but also I'm def glad it was more complex than just 'I was kinda lonely for a short period of time.' And yas, I love her getting to be a badass on her own terms. \o/

[rakugaking]

Same =) and I'm so looking forward to when she and Shadow actually discuss things because that part broke my heart in the book, but again it also made me understand both of their sides. I just really enjoyed the journey of these two together as the story went on, and it's one of the things I'm looking forward to for the TV series!

[Spoiler (click to open)]Plus I think it'll be fun seeing Laura go up against Sweeney hehe.