Warning: contains spoilers forDa Vincis Demonsseason two.
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So,Da Vincis Demonsseason two left us with another major cliff-hanger.
And what kind of timeframe are we looking at for the whole season, start to end?
So that siege takes place over multiple episodes?
It goes over the whole season.
So youre definitely not going to get to the Bonfire of the Vanities or Michelangelo then?
Which is something that I wanted to do.
In some ways it might work better because the actors will have aged a bit more.
Would that still be with Starz if it happened?
So the doors not firmly closed?
Someone else was asking about why it ended and its not always a clean question of commerce.
I think the main reason was… well, there were three reasons.
It takes like sixteen days an episode.
Thats like twoWalking Deads.
It was really hard on me and my family.
I just couldnt physically do it, at least immediately.
What theyd call an event series?
So you were instrumental in the decision to bring it to an end at this point?
It was an open discussion with everyone.
Its not going to be another cliff-hanger?
[Laughs]
You cant tell us that!
Its certainly not a cliff-hanger in the way that season one or two were.
You know how series three ofLutherended?
It had a very satisfying ending, but I believe theyve just gone and done more.
There are two more episodes coming.
I think itll feel the same way with this one.
From the outside, it seemed to be performing, so the assumption was that it would continue.
No, it wasnt really.
I mean, look, Im not going to lie, the show was expensive.
Youre a really busy man.
There must be a sense of relief sometimes when something ends?
I think theyre all really talented and I think many of our cast will become very big stars.
Presumably youre in line to direct one of the upcoming DC features?
Im not directing one of the features, no.
I think it absolutely was.
I think if that script had come over the transom a couple of years later…
It was completely ahead of its time.
By the way, everything I see aboutSuicide Squadlooks fantastic and its a different story.
But it was absolutely ahead of its time.
That makes no sense.
Whatever happened to that idea?
We just stopped hearing about it?
It just didnt have…itwasahead of its time, to be quite frank.
We dont want to make any other characters.
Its natural that eventually someone was going to make a villain movie, so thats just what happened!
What do you make of Starzs decision to release the entire third season ofDa Vincis Demonsat once online?
Whether or not it would cannibalise the audience?
That said, my wife and I tend to binge-watch most things.
We rarely watch anything when its actually broadcast so it seems to be working.
In some ways its helping cultivate audiences.
Where should we be looking in season three?
Thereare, but Im not prepared… Jeez, oh Pete.
Ive put you on the spot
Im trying to remember.
If people really think about it and think about what happened, theyll go Holy shit!
I think thats pretty cool
That brings me to the last question then.
History is a lie was kind of the shows mantra.
Your revisionist approach when youve done previous interviews seems to be Wouldnt it be cool if?
Looking back atDa Vincis Demons, what was the coolest thing the show pulled off?
In terms of modifying history or in general?
I think its bonkers that the show went to Peru!
[laughs] That we were running around with the Inca.
I love the fact that they were parachuting out of the Vault of Heaven.
I just think its crazy that we did that.
Its a real gear that people are rumoured to have created.
In some of the Inca tombs there were these objects that look eerily like modern-day airplanes.
I also think, I dont know if I can swear or not…
I just love the fact that we did that in the show, that we did somethingthatcrazy.
David Goyer, thank you very much!
