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Escapism at its Finest

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And why did the value plummet, Marissa? Why did it plummet?

Would like to know how exactly she wouldn't fuck up Netflix or Hulu

What does that even mean? PDF as in Portable Document Format?

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i cannot stress enough that i dont think yahoo even knew what a pdf was

hello Mr Gaiman!

so I read that for the burning bookshop scene, there was an actual controlled fire and you actually burnt the furniture and books. Can I ask why you decided to do this instead of just editing it all in?

also thank you (and terry) for creating good omens!! It’s one of my favorite things :) can’t wait for season 2!! :D

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What does "editing it all in" mean?

We set things on fire because it made it real in a way that having David Tennant acting in front of a Green Screen wouldn't have done. Digital flame is convincing up to a point. But only up to a point. This was real.

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I know it looks more real, but wasn't there the risk of damage to David Tennant? Like, smoke inhalation?

You can decide which of these answers you want to go with.

A) No. The flames you are seeing in the shots with David in them are coming out of carefully placed and hidden gas jets and are turned on and off. In the shots of books and furniture burning, David is not on the set and everyone is appropriately dressed and guarded. Smoke you see in scenes with David in them is coming from smoke machines and not from burning objects.

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B) honestly, David loves being set on fire. You can't keep him out of the flames. It's his happy place. He laughs at smoke and grins at small explosions.