Lisa Kudrow stars in “Time Bandits,” an upcoming Apple TV+ series based on the 1981 movie written by Monty Python legends.
This image released by Apple TV+ shows, from left, Tadhg Murphy, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Lisa Kudrow , Kal-El Tuck, Kiera Thompson and Rune Temte from the series"Time Bandits." “The series version of a film means you’re gonna expand and really go into some more details about that world, and that’s what I was excited about,” Kudrow said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “It was really fun.
They ultimately went with different actors. Clement said the creative team wrestled with the casting decision, referencing “two big sides of this debate”: “Whether it’s right to stereotype little people as magical creatures, and then also whether, by not doing that, you’re cutting out jobs for smaller actors.”
Waititi and Clement both appear in the series themselves in recurring roles. The duo is known for their work onThe child actor who holds the show together as Kevin is Kal-El Tuck, who had appeared in a handful of short films before he was cast as the series' leading character. He said he didn’t watch the original film as he didn’t want it to color his performance.
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