But it's Ethan Hawke, who plays a writer and bookstore owner named Lee Raybon, who's the real treat of the show. Lee, so beyond category in the world of media that he calls himself a "truthstorian," is equal parts good intention and questionable judgment. He boasts a dogged commitment to the truth but often makes the wrong choices, finds himself in bad situations, and has to bluff his way out-not always successfully.
First introduced in season two of "Interview with the Vampire," the Talamasca is an organization made up of scholars and spies that watch over the supernatural. While surveilling witches, vampires, and demons, they do everything they can to remain unseen and observe these creatures without interfering with the natural order of things or dying in the process. At the Talamasca's London headquarters, Helen (Elizabeth McGovern) is sent a severed eyeball in the mail.
If you don't already know Dr. Sandra Lee, a.k.a. "Dr. Pimple Popper," you for sure know her videos-those kinda gross but oddly satisfying, up-close-and-personal clips of clients' pores as the doc extracts pimples, cysts, bumps and the epidermal like. Those videos have garnered the doc a massive online presence, with nearly 9 million YouTube subscribers and over 6.4 billion total video views, plus nearly 17 million followers over on TikTok and another five million on Instagram.
"It is going to have all of the same energy and the same love and the same fun of the original run of the series, so fans can really expect to find everything they loved about the original run plus a lot more."
In a statement about the casting, Harry Potter showrunner Francesca Gardiner and director / executive producer Mark Mylod said that they were delighted to have finally found their leads after 'an extraordinary search' that saw 'tens of thousands of children' audition for the roles.
"We're doing Good Omens again. We're going back to do the final, we're doing a finale. There's been a slight rejig with the personnel, but we still get to tell that story."