Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWhen Yahya Abdul Mateen II first signed onto Damon Lindelof’s small-screen “Watchmen” adaptation, he had no idea he’d end up playing the iconic Dr.
Manhattan. Coming off “Black Mirror: Striking Vipers,” for which he is also Emmy eligible, Abdul-Mateen took on a role that appeared to just be the loving husband to Regina King’s Angela Abar aka Sister Night.
His true identity wasn’t revealed until the end of the seventh episode, with the subsequent one (“A God Walks into Abar”) dedicated to explaining how the two got together and why their relationship was fated to have a tragic end.
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