On the set ofPeacockhorror seriesTeacup, everyone is mindful of spoilers.
The crew is tight-lipped.
Actors skirt around key plot details.
Even the thespian dogs are careful not to bark anything that would tip the press off.
There will be consequences for letting secrets slip.
Now the mystery is closer to being revealed.
The below interview was condensed and edited for clarity.
If you love it, then well see what we can do.
And now were here.
McCullochs choice had nothing to do with the quality of the original story, however.
It was simply too big for the screen.
The book is huge, in all manner of hugeness!
And its all big setpieces.
If you made a very strict adaptation of the book, it would cost $500 million.
Its a good song.
That story of isolation and survival without being prepared: that was more interesting to me, says McCulloch.
The hardest part was the mythology.
By the end of the third episode, you probably have a good idea that it might be.
One more immediate question viewers and readers might have concerns the title of the show: whyTeacup?
McCulloch explains that its both a thematic concept and a desire to differentiate the TV series from the novel.
Basically, its the barrier.
Tempest in a teacup is a turn of phrase.
Ive always wanted to make something called Teacup, but I didnt know what.
Its a real amount of remix.
I wanted to give this its own identity.
The first four episodes of Teacup are available to stream on Peacock now.
Episodes 5 and 6 premiere October 24 and episodes 7 and 8 premiere October 31.
