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Permalink: Just trying to keep Wee Moragh and me alive and it doesn’t hurt anyone who isn’t already... And even when he comes around to see a benefit to body-snatching, he's fooled into thinking Mr. Dalrymple is a good man when, in fact, he exploits the poor like Elsbeth and justifies it with his belief that they are all drunks. The Good Omens Script Book features quite a few things that ultimately never made it into the final version of the show. Most notably, the theme song was originally going to be "Every Day" by Buddy Holly (which would also be a reoccurring theme throughout the show itself), but this was eventually dropped in favor of the theme composed by David Arnold. A line from the song was eventually used as a tagline for the second season, and the song itself plays an important role in the plot of season 2. Disabled Character, Disabled Actor: Season 2 introduces Saraquel, an Angel who uses a wheelchair as their actress Liz Carr does in real life. In scenes in Heaven, their chair floats, and on earth they are able to do miracles that make inaccessible places accessible. Notably, the character was not written with any disability in mind— Carr was cast in Ability over Appearance for her pitch-perfect humor and sarcasm— and so their use of a mobility device is treated as a complete non-issue.
Just trying to keep Wee Moragh and me alive and it doesn’t hurt anyone who isn’t already dead. So you can shove your morals up your arse, Mr. MacFell. The Red Stapler: Fans are quite enamored of Crowley's sunglasses and Aziraphale's angel-wing-handled mug.Like Game of Thrones, the title sequence only lists the main cast members who actually appear in the episode as opposed to the entire main cast. So far, so good, but the third episode's title sequence is placed about a half hour into the episode, and lists Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith despite all three appearing in minor cameo roles that are over by the time the title sequence begins. War's introduction originally more closely followed the one in the book. It was even shot. However, people found it confusing, necessitating that it be rewritten and reshot. Jon Hamm was also a fan of the book and jumped at the chance to play the expanded role of Archangel Gabriel.
Similarly, the fourth episode's title sequence includes cameo performer David Morrissey after his role is complete. Concerning why demons have animals on their heads: One might as well ask "Why the animals have people shaped things beneath them to get from place to place?” - it's up to interpretation what's what and how much of it. Enforced with Harry the rabbit, who is in fact played by a rabbit named Harry. Since rabbits breed quite fast and there was some lead time before the scene would actually be filmed, when the director explained to the animal handler what the "role" was, the animal handler just bred a white rabbit and named him Harry . Refitted for Sequel: Inverted. In an interview with GQ , Neil Gaiman said that certain elements — like the expanded roles of some of the angels like Gabriel, Uriel and Sandalphon — were ideas that he took from a sequel to the book that he and Terry Pratchett had planned but never written. Played straight with the announcement of a second series, which Gaiman has indicated will use material from said unwritten sequel. Michael Sheen has been a big fan of the book since it came out (and has hinted at a certain level of familiarity with fanfic and fanart).
Role Reprise: Josie Lawrence played Agnes Nutter in the 2014 radio adaptation of the book, and plays her again here. The relationship between Aziraphale and Crowley has been written as a love story from the Garden of Eden onwards.
Crowley: Gravity. It’s a thing that happens when objects are pulled together. In this case, they’re all pulled downwards because the Earth is the largest thing around.Ascended Fanon: Hellfire destroys angels in the same way that holy water destroys demons. This was a staple of fanfic, but never mentioned in the original book. What we see happening in Heaven is simply what our limited human brains can approximate. This was to explain why Michael has perfect photos of Aziraphale and Crowley's meetings in times when the camera hadn't been invented.
The second season was written with Sandalphon returning alongside the other angels. When Paul Chahidi turned out to be unavailable the character was dropped as he wasn't vital to the plot. Saraqael was created to fill out the ranks of the angels. Dueling Shows: 2019's Miracle Workers (Season One) had a similar concept about two angels trying to stop God from ending the world, with heavy emphasis on comedy. Both shows were adapted from novels, although Good Omens predates What in God's Name by 22 years. Season 2, though, reveals that they actually met before Crowley fell (well, sauntered vaguely downwards), during the Creation. Rule 34 – Creator Reactions: Michael Sheen is infamously supportive of Crowley/Aziraphale shippers, and has been known to retweet shippy fanart and even slashfic.Crowley: Uh, honestly, I don’t remember. Seemed like a good idea when we were all talking about it. So things will stay where you put them? Not just drift off? Real-Life Relative: David Tennant's father-in-law Peter Davison appears in "The Clue" as Job. Ty Tennant, David's oldest child and Peter's grandson, plays Job's oldest son in the same episode. Crowley: That only works if you start everyone off equal. You can’t start someone off like that and expect her to do as well as someone born in a castle. Crowley's answering machine plays way too big a role to be jettisoned completely, so it's referenced as an antique he's hanging onto, and his cell phone also plays a part in the plot point. Self-Adaptation: Neil Gaiman, who was one of the co-authors of the original book, served as the showrunner and main writer for this series.
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