Nick E. Tarabay and Steven S. DeKnight on 'Spartacus: House Of Ashur'

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Actor Nick E. Tarabay (Ashur) and Steven S. DeKnight (Showrunner / Executive Producer) stop to chat with Romeo International on Audacy about the new series and why people will love it as once before.

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00:00Romeo International, welcome to Odyssey. I don't know how they did it. I noticed something. You're

00:04not supposed to like Asher, but for some reason, midpoint through episode one, you're like,

00:10he got a point. I don't know how. He's got a point. I was like, is this the Thanos trick to me?

00:17Because I didn't like Thanos even, but I'm like, he got a point. You know, the trick there,

00:22Nick and I have talked about it. How do you make such a reprehensible character from the original

00:27series? How do you make the audience root for him? You introduce people who are a lot worse.

00:33You put his back up against the wall. Yeah. Oh yeah. Romy, have you seen,

00:37you've seen the five episodes, huh? Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. How did you balance

00:42the love of then and making people love now? Because the original, there was so much emotion

00:48attached to each individual character. You go into the new house of Asher, there's emotion

00:54attached to each individual character. How did you find the balance of then and now?

00:59Yeah. Well, really for me, it's a continuation of the show. Um, I wanted that same feeling. I wanted

01:05the characters to be new, but within the world that we had created. So it was that balance, uh,

01:12you know, for the original fans, I wanted them to feel welcomed back into this world that they knew

01:18and loved while also introducing new elements to keep it interesting and keep their interest.

01:26And for people who have never seen the show, I wanted it to hook them as quickly as possible.

01:32Do the setup so they get the lay of the land and then let's get that story moving.

01:37Because you got to put all this weight on your shoulders. Do you still want people to see Asher

01:41the same as where he left off? I want the people to see him however they want to see him,

01:46to be honest with you, Romy, that's up to the people. And I don't, I don't get involved so much

01:50into that. I just honor the writing. I honor the story and let what I love about Asher,

01:55Asher provokes certain feelings from people. And that alone is exciting for me because the way you

02:00receive something is completely different than anyone else. I was going to receive it. So for me

02:04to try to box my performance or to box how audience react to this, it would be unfair. It would be

02:09taking a lot of that joy out. So I, I, I do what I do and I leave it to the gods, so to speak.

02:14It's up to them to receive it however they want.

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