'Spartacus House Of Asher' Had Me Hooked With Its Opening Scene So (Of Course) I had To Ask About That Cameo

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Spoiler Warning: The following article contains spoilers for the "Spartacus: House of Ashur" premiere. Please exercise extreme caution…  After what seems like years of waiting for it to happen, "Spartacus: House of Ashur" has finally arrived on the 2025 TV schedule, and I’m hooked! The new Starz original series, which offers a big what-if scenario for one of the franchise’s most divisive characters, kicked off with one hell of an opening sequence that included a brief yet intriguing cameo that longtime fans will surely enjoy.  In the premiere episode, Nick E. Tarabay’s Ashur, who was decapitated on "Spartacus: Vengeance," is visited by the spectre of Lucretia, the cunning wife of his former master. So, when I caught up with series creator Steven S. DeKnight and Tarabay, I had to ask about getting Lucy Lawless to reprise her iconic role.

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00:00with the opening scene i was i kept hearing about the show kept wondering how are you guys going to

00:04get this like make this like i would say believable just kind of make it work and that opening scene

00:09of bringing uh lucy lawless back in this great like meeting in the underworld what was it kind

00:16of like getting all of you guys back together for something like that oh dude it was it was magical

00:22it was it was it was really nice because it felt like as soon as as soon as i was back in new

00:26zealand and as soon as as soon as i was reading the script and seeing it again seeing the sets again

00:32it felt like you know it's like what would they call it riding a bike again yes it really felt like

00:38we we we it really worked it really worked it was really nice it's more challenging this season for

00:44sure the stakes are higher and and the drama is deeper but uh but other than that it was

00:49it was lovely to be back it's like going back home it was really nice and it was so great to work with

00:54lucy again oh yeah i mean she's just amazing yeah she's wonderful i think it was the perfect way

01:00to get back into the world and set up the what if yeah lucy's a lot of fun to work with

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