jamesvega:

Ricky Whittle interviewed at NYCC ‘17 | during American Gods panel:

“It’s an important show, and we were just very fortunate. The book came out in 2001. We wrapped before the inauguration and all kinds of shit hit the fan, to be quite honest. We were just fortunate that we happened to feature all these themes in our show. And it’s very important that we don’t make this normal, this kind of way of life that we seem to be living at the moment. We were like, ‘Never gonna happen.’ But it did! ‘It’s not gonna get worse.’ It did! ‘Yeah, but they don’t do that.’ They did! That can’t ever, ever, ever, ever become normal, where we’re just like, ugh, what’s happening today? No. Excuse my language, fuck that. No.

I was really inspired yesterday morning. 

I was in the gym, and a soldier was talking to me, and he said, ‘I didn’t put my life on the line for anyone to tell people–free people, never mind the president–what they’re allowed to kneel for in their life.’ It’s not about the flag. It’s not about the anthem. Colin Kaepernick and all these sports stars love America. They love the flag. They love the anthem. It’s never been about that, and we need to focus on what it’s about. And with our show, we’re keeping stuff in conversation which needs to be happening. We’re talking about immigration. We’re talking about racism, sexism. We’re talking about homophobia. We’re talking about gay rights. We’re talking about gun control. All of this stuff matters. All of this stuff cannot be normal. We need to be having these conversations every day. And not just having conversations–how about we start making stuff happen?” [x]