Gaiman only intervened in extreme circumstances, but did the pilot otherwise do American Gods justice?
Gaiman recalls reading the script then phoning Fuller and Green, up in arms, raving that Shadow would never do such a thing.
An early draft of the American Gods pilot, for instance, had protagonist Shadow accept a blow job from Audrey (Betty Gilpin), his dead wife Laura’s heartbroken best friend, right on top of her grave site.
As evidenced by his sitting here today, Fuller and Green yielded.