The first time IndieWire spoke to Daniel Radcliffe and Simon Rich about the new TBS comedy “Miracle Workers,” it was January 2018, and they were early into production — and the early days of doing publicity for the show.
“This is all unspoiled territory,” the globally famous star of the “Harry Potter” series said.
“It’s like our first hour of press,” Rich added.
“You can’t describe your character differently every time,” Radcliffe continued. “I have to come up with something fairly quickly soon.”
The origins of the TBS comedy, which imagines a version of Heaven run like a too-recognizable corporate entity, came after Radcliffe read “What in God’s Name,” the novel which inspired the series. His girlfriend, a huge fan of Rich’s writing, had given him a copy — it was actually the second of Rich’s books that she had given Radcliffe.
“I reached out to Simon after...
“This is all unspoiled territory,” the globally famous star of the “Harry Potter” series said.
“It’s like our first hour of press,” Rich added.
“You can’t describe your character differently every time,” Radcliffe continued. “I have to come up with something fairly quickly soon.”
The origins of the TBS comedy, which imagines a version of Heaven run like a too-recognizable corporate entity, came after Radcliffe read “What in God’s Name,” the novel which inspired the series. His girlfriend, a huge fan of Rich’s writing, had given him a copy — it was actually the second of Rich’s books that she had given Radcliffe.
“I reached out to Simon after...
- 2/20/2019
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
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