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01:05Your real name is Walker, like as in one who walks because he can't fly anymore.
01:14Set in Los Angeles against today's celebrity-obsessed culture and 24-hour news cycle, Powers takes place in a world
01:21where everybody with a superpower is searching for fame and fortune.
01:24So if you live in a universe where the standard of greatness is, you can fly. It's easy to see
01:30where those would be, you know, venues to becoming famous.
01:33And the thing that superheroes often don't have, because they are by definition superhuman, they're often physically invulnerable. But in
01:44this show, they have all the vices and virtues of regular mortal beings.
01:50In Powers, we have a story where people have powers and they don't care what they do with them.
01:55Just like real humans do in this world, if they get to a position where they have fame, then some
02:01people just do what the hell they want with it.
02:05These kids, you don't have to respect them, but respect the fact that a fireball can come shooting out of
02:11someone's chest if he gets worked up.
02:15As with any great comic, the story of Powers begins with a great origin story.
02:20Before he was a fan favorite on some of Marvel Comics' biggest properties, Brian Michael Bendis created Powers as a
02:26passion project with his good friend, artist Michael Avon Oming.
02:30The early issues of Powers, it's just us. I lettered the book. Like, you're doing everything you can to get
02:37the book published.
02:38When my son was just born, I needed to bring in some extra income, so I chose a job where
02:42I could still continue to get away with drawing, kind of like when I was in high school.
02:47So the first couple of issues was actually drawn in a security guard booth in the middle of the night,
02:52in the middle of a giant sea of cars.
02:54Its unique point of view on the world of superheroes earned Powers the prestigious Eisner Award for Best New Series
03:01and a huge cult following.
03:03A passionate fan base made casting for Powers especially pressure-filled.
03:08But the show's creators weren't focused on matching the look of the comic book characters.
03:11It was always about the acting choices first and the visuals second.
03:16This was about the characters from the inside out, not from the outside in.
03:21Charlto Copley plays the fallen power-turned-detective Christian Walker, and he, for one, relished taking on the role.
03:27Walker is a guy who used to have superpowers and lost them, and he's now a cop working at a
03:37police unit called Powers Division, which is responsible for, in as much as they can, policing the behavior of Powers
03:45in the universe.
03:46And this guy, when he had his powers, he was a bit of an asshole.
03:50And so losing him humbled him, and he's kind of wondering, how would he be if he could get the
03:55power?
03:56Would he be a better person this time?
03:59What the hell was that?
04:01Unlock the car.
04:02What did he mean?
04:03Powers!
04:04Okay?
04:05He has my powers!
04:09Walker is accompanied by his hard-hitting partner, Dina Pilgrim, played by Susan Hayward.
04:14The response to Dina was anything you'd ever want as a storyteller.
04:19But that made casting, I won't say difficult, but like, you know, what are we going to do?
04:23Like, we've got to find Dina.
04:24When we saw Susan Hayward, her audition tapes, within 10 seconds, we were like, am I crazy?
04:29Like, am I getting too excited about somebody that quickly?
04:32But she immediately felt like Dina.
04:34I played Dina Pilgrim.
04:36She is a police detective who gets paired up with Christian Walker, who was an ex-power.
04:43And so my job is to find a way to make that partnership work and solve cases.
04:48The biggest star in the powers' world is the beautiful and iconic retro girl, played by Michelle Forbes.
04:55She's truly altruistic about what she's doing.
04:58She truly believes in doing good in this world, which I think is also what causes her so much suffering.
05:03And what superhero story would be complete without a feeling?
05:08In Powers, Eddie Izzard plays Wolf, the killer with a complicated past involving Walker.
05:13How does it feel, Christian?
05:16In your heart, I mean.
05:19How does it feel to be powerless?
05:22Known for telling high-quality stories within video games, PlayStation was looking to create its first original scripted series.
05:29And as we were kind of trying to decide where we might want to find a place for it, who
05:34else might be interested in it, PlayStation came in and they said, this feels like it's a great fit.
05:39Working with PlayStation and Sony directly, we're completely involved.
05:43So this is our vision on screen.
05:46And by debuting on PlayStation Network, the show creators knew that they could take the kind of risks that a
05:51regular cable network might not allow.
05:54We are a rated-R independent comic about superheroes at their worst, and we needed a home like PlayStation.
06:00The fact that it's on PlayStation hasn't affected how they make the show.
06:05If anything, it's given us more license to kind of make the show a little more gritty, a little darker.
06:09The immense scale of the show's production rivals anything you'll see on TV.
06:14The scale of the physical production in the show is epic.
06:20Fans of the Powers comic should keep an eye out for Oming's art, along with that of other famous comic
06:25book creators seated throughout the background of the show and in the props.
06:31There's such a richness and such a wealth of material there, and such interesting characters, and I think they've been
06:37able to draw on all of that and at the same time create something completely new out of it.
06:43Every detail serves to enrich the story and the characters.
06:48In this world, not everyone has power, or even wants it, but everyone is affected by it.
06:54When I originally pitched the show, I told people exactly where this thing was going, so I can close my
07:00eyes.
07:00I can see very clearly, you know, who's left standing.
07:05Fair warning, everybody. I'm not a happy-ending guy.
07:32This is for the players.
07:34It's for the players.
07:34This is for the players.
07:34Cheers.
07:35Yeah.
07:35Cheers.
07:36Cheers.
07:36Nice.
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