Joss Whedon's return to TV for the highly anticipated HBO series The Nevers had gone a bit quiet of late, but series co-star Nick Frost has offered a candid update of what to expect. For a refresher, The Nevers is described as "an epic science-fiction drama about a gang of Victorian women, known as “The Touched,” who find themselves with unusual abilities, relentless enemies, and a mission that could change the world." Frost stars as Declan Orrun, aka The Beggar King, a ruthless leader of the criminal underground of London, he occasionally offers assistance to The Touched, but he'd just as quickly sell them out. Here's what Frost had to say;
“I just finished my stuff like a month ago. We started shooting in October 2019, and then I did like a week on it. And then that was kind of my stuff done. And then in January, we started to get a sniff of lockdown, and then they just shut down. So I didn’t do anything for a year. And so I picked up my scenes like a month ago and finished the season. It looks f***ing crazy, it looks amazing. I think the script is fantastic. My character’s like a serial lunatic.
Joss is amazing — like as a person, not as a director. He’s really giving and generous of spirit and of time. But when he’s on set, he’s so driven and focused and mumbly. And a lot of the time it’s like, ‘Oh my god, I’m not sure what you want!’ Especially when you’ve got a face mask on as well. It’s a kind of amazing way to work. But I love it. I love the character, and I think people are just gonna f***ing love it. It’s complicated and it’s fresh.”
The Nevers had been set for a late 2020 launch, but much like every production this year, it has been delayed. Starring Laura Donnelly, Olivia Williams, James Norton, Tom Riley, Ann Skelly, Ben Chaplin, Pip Torrens, Amy Manson, Nick Frost, Eleanor Tomlinson, and Denis O'Hare, The Nevers will arrive on HBO sometime next year. Meanwhile, there's not long to wait to see Nick Frost back on our screens as his long-awaited reunion with Simon Pegg, Truth Seekers, arrives on Amazon Prime on October 30th.