{"id":24726,"date":"2022-10-28T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1729443"},"modified":"2022-10-28T10:31:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T08:31:09","slug":"the-devils-hour-writer-reveals-why-peter-capaldi-asked-for-rewrites","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-devils-hour-writer-reveals-why-peter-capaldi-asked-for-rewrites\/","title":{"rendered":"The Devil\u2019s Hour writer reveals why Peter Capaldi asked for rewrites"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 28 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The writer behind Prime Video<\/a>\u2018s new supernatural series The Devil\u2019s Hour<\/a> has revealed he rewrote the scripts at the request of star Peter Capaldi.<\/p>\n

Capaldi plays Gideon, a nomadic criminal who believes he can predict the future, in the six-part thriller created by Tom Moran.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was writing, we sort of knew for the most part that Peter was going to be playing Gideon, which was lovely, because I really had him in mind when I was writing those lines,\u201d Moran told RadioTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cGideon is scary, intimidating, he might be crazy, he might not be crazy, he probably is<\/em> a little crazy\u2026 he\u2019s capable of very dark things but he has this real humanity to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Peter Capaldi as Gideon in The Devil\u2019s Hour<\/span><\/figcaption> Henry James\/Prime Video<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Moran described how Capaldi asked for more of the character\u2019s humanity to be drawn out and explored across the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things Peter said when he first read the scripts was that he wanted to find even more of that, so I did a pass on all of [the episodes] based on his first read, just to really nail that more human, softer side which he really brings out. He plays a beautiful balance between the two sides of the character.\u201d<\/p>\n

Capaldi himself explained that he wanted to ensure Gideon felt like \u201ca human being\u201d in order to ground the fantastical aspects of the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe great trick with any supernatural or fantastical show is to make it believable, because it\u2019s really about suspension of disbelief,\u201d he said. \u201cThe more complex you can make the characters, the more you can play that trick.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf characters are projected into a supernatural or fantastical environment, they have to respond as a human being might, even though the environment is very different, so I just wanted to reflect more of how a human being would respond.\u201d<\/p>

The Devil\u2019s Hour explores the surprising link between the character of Gideon, a woman (Jessica Raine) suffering from waking nightmares, and a detective (Nikesh Patel) investigating a string of brutal murders.<\/p>\n

Capaldi previously teased that viewers would need to watch all six episodes before discovering Gideon\u2019s true nature<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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