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Maggie Service interview with Ekaterina Spiridonova for ADAR, July 2024

You starred in the first season of Good Omens. Very soon, Season 2 is coming out, in which Neil Gaiman wrote the role of Maggie especially for you. Wow! Please share your impressions about it.

— Season one was a blast. Even with my having to wear a satanic wimple, glued on eyebrow, moustache and beard hairs and a wart I was in a joyous mood filming it. The first Season felt like a love letter from Neil Gaiman to Terry Pratchett so there was a very special atmosphere on set. I honestly thought it was a stand alone series as we’d told the entire story of the book. So to receive an email from Neil in the middle of lockdown, when I couldn’t imagine a world in which we’d get to work in the creative industry again, saying that he was writing Season two and was writing a part for me called Maggie so that there’d be no confusion in who would be playing her felt very special indeed.

Were there any behind-the-scenes stories on the set of season two that you can tell us about?

— The sets built for the show were magnificent, they built the streets of Soho in a studio in Scotland. Neil and I took a stroll on a break one day and discussed where there was probably an underground bar and what the name of our underground band would be. I reckon we should try and make that a reality one day, it would be pretty epic!

Describe your character Maggie in the new season in 3 words.

— Open. Kind. Loyal.

If you can play any existing character, which one would you like to choose and why?

— Probably Shax who you will meet in season two played by the brilliant Miranda Richardson. She’s funny, scary, silly and edgy.

So, this man set out to build himself an underground bar. 

The room takes shape.

And, here it is covered. Actually, the upper part can be a patio. 

But, he opted to completely conceal it. 

Stairs are in, walls going up. 

And, here’s the finished product, ready to party. 

Of course, there’s a giant screen.

He’s got quite a professional, well-stocked wet bar.

A dining area.

I think he could use more comfy seating, though.

I could be wrong, but I think that the entrance is in that black shed. The yard is back together, and no one is none the wiser. 

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