Showrunners on Starz upcoming series American Gods reveal their approach to sex scenes and how the network encouraged “equal opportunity” nudity in the series’ debut season.
Based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Neil Gaiman, American Gods introduces Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) as he’s about to be released from prison.
But, while sex scenes aren’t a new phenomenon – especially on premium cable networks like Starz, HBO, and Showtime – the American Gods creative team wanted to make sure their show’s sex scenes were important to the progression of the story and offered “equal opportunity” nudity.
With the offer of a job, Mr. Wednesday subsequently pulls Shadow into a conflict between the new and old gods that exist in America.