nebula, vertebral stoker, "new york times" bestseller.eil gaiman is a rock star of the book world. attach 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 ar