neil gaiman is a rock star of the book world.ttach brian fuller, "pushing daisies," "hannah ball," incredible resume. michael green, one of my favorite films, "logan." "alien: covenant." "blade runner 2." you want to be a part of that. fortunately i was the first cast before anyone else. >> a few auditions though. >> a few. >> as i mentioned. >> the most arduous process i've been through. >> why so many auditions? >> i'd like to ask why so many auditions. is there something you want to put in about that? it was like "american idol," every week a different song. i'm doing happy scenes, sad scenes, crying scenes, angry scenes, a mr. wednesday scene, a laura scene. they just wanted to -- a character, an actor, who could take this character through the emotional roller coaster he's about to go on. he hits serious highs, crazy lows. he's a shadow of his former self, he's lost everything in the world. he didn't know his father, his mom died when he was young, he had his wife. he traveled around america until he met laura and she was tr