{"id":48347,"date":"2024-03-22T18:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2013560"},"modified":"2024-03-22T20:16:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T19:16:51","slug":"3-body-problem-author-gave-approval-for-netflix-adaptations-biggest-changes","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/3-body-problem-author-gave-approval-for-netflix-adaptations-biggest-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Body Problem author gave approval for Netflix adaptation\u2019s biggest changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The series is very different to the original novels. <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 22 March 2024 at 17:00 PM<\/p>

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If there\u2019s one thing about to hit fans of the Three Body Problem novels<\/a> when they watch the Netflix adaptation<\/a>, it\u2019s that it\u2019s\u00a0very<\/em> different.<\/a><\/p>\n

The characters<\/a> are different, the setting is different, and we\u2019re completely taken out of China for the most part in favour of scenes in modern-day London and New York \u2013 which might seem strange when you consider how important China is to the novels.<\/p>\n

However, creators David Benioff, DB Weiss<\/a> and Alexander Woo have revealed that Cixin Liu, the author behind the iconic series (and apparently a huge Game of Thrones<\/a> fan, helpfully), actually approved all of their major changes from the very beginning.<\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Woo said: \u201cWe had an early meeting in 2020, during the pandemic, so it was over Zoom, with Cixin Liu. And he recognised a number of the challenges, which is not always the case with the novelist, that the novel form and the television form are fundamentally different.<\/p>\n

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Three Body Problem author Cixin Liu<\/span><\/figcaption> Wei Liang\/China News Service\/VCG via Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cHe knew that adaptations would have to be made, he recognised that some of the male characters might be better served being female and he recognised that, because we were doing the English language adaptation, there would also be changes made in terms of setting and characters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe opportunity that it afforded us was that was that we could tell a story about humanity facing a global existential threat from an extraterrestrial civilisation, and if we\u2019re going to represent humanity, we should represent all of humanity.<\/p>\n

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