He carries a tremendous amount of authority.
The only one he serves is the Lord God.
But I had questions.
Ultimately, Lang was impressed by what he heard.
Its not easy to get a read ontextureor the things that go into making a cinematic experience, avisualexperience.
Thats where the creative teams moreinterpretative approachcame in, thankfully for Lang.
And I think its perfectly permissible, and wise, to then extrapolate from them.
Theres no way to really understand the character of Samuel other than to speculate and to imagine.
Lang compared the approach ofHouse of Davidto how history and legend often blend together in storytelling.
This is very much where history and legend really come together, he said.
Whether it be Joan of Arc or the Alamo, legend and history are not distinct.
They coalesce and form something.
You feel closer to thesourceof all of this, he added.
Ive played a lot of fairly ruthless characters over the years, he said.
Samuel presents a real platform for that kind of thing.
House of Davidpremieres on Prime Video on February 27.
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