‘Penny Dreadful’ Creator Talks Season 3, Vanessa’s Demons and the American West

 


"One of the things [Showtime president] David Nevins first talked to me about and really taught me was, let the show be an active verb. Let it be an active organism. Don’t look at it like a movie or a play. Respond to what you see, to what inspires you. Not only who the audience responds to, but what I respond to, as actors or characters.

With me, it’s never visual. It’s always about the truth of the characters and the emotional [experience]. It’s always about trying to put the characters in the most interesting and the most emotional situation. From when I wrote my first play when I was 18 until today, I’ve always said I have one job, which is writing scenes for actors. My goal is always to write great scenes for actors. Everything else is secondary. "

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