Will Thorne Staff WriterAndrew Scott is swapping his dog collar for a shaman’s cloak.The “Fleabag” star is the latest addition to the HBO-BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy, playing the mysterious Colonel John Parry.
Scott said the spiritual themes of the original novels were a large part of what drew him to the show.“The books deal with religion in a very strong way and talk about how you can be a very kind, generous, soulful, wonderful person and that doesn’t necessarily have to do with an organized religion,” Scott told Variety during a video interview, which you can watch above. “Goodness is about one’s soul and I think that’s a wonderful thing for children to understand.” In Season 2, premiering Nov.
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