Netflix’s new supernatural show sees Death and Despair from a different angle.
Warning: This article contains spoilers forDead Boy Detectives.
Yeah, I snuck off to Canada, Howell-Baptiste says impishly.
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I shot on a different show!
How long were you there?
I mean, I flew in, I shot, and I left the next day.
George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri on ‘Dead Boy Detectives’.David Bukach/NetflixDavid Bukach/Netflix
Its been a family secret!
It feels…kinda weird, Sturridge says.
In his defense, this wasnt always supposed to happen.
In fact,Dead Boy Detectivesshowrunners Steve Yockey and Beth Schwartz were originally told itcouldnthappen.
I mean, it happened in a matter of weeks.
I’ve never seen a TV transaction happen that fast.
More than that, Gaiman himself helped script the scene where Howell-Baptistes Death appears in the series premiere.
“Neil wrote the first draft of that scene, so that was a total pleasure, Yockey says.
He did a beautiful job, but then Kirby was a pleasure to have on set.
She literally just becomes that character, in such a warm way.
It’s just such a magical thing to be able to have in the pilot.
I think Beth and I are both still kind of a little bit shocked when she pops on screen.
It’s like, ‘Oh, right, we got to do that!'”
Whats interesting about Deaths role inDead Boy Detectivesis that viewers get to see her from a different angle.
InThe Sandman, shes the supportive big sister both to Sturridges Dream and also to viewers.
But inDead Boy Detectives, that familial connection is gone.
I had a great time filming.
Those guys are fantastic, Howell-Baptiste says.
I think what was really nice about that was we talk so much inThe Sandmanabout Death’s job.
I have to go do my job and this is what it entails.
Her sister Despair also appears in the season finale.
“I got the idea of what this show could be in terms of scale.
It was quite surreal to be in the physical space.”
Dead Boy Detectivesis streaming now on Netflix.
