Matthew Goodehas appeared in his fair share of literary adaptations fromBrideshead RevisitedtoWatchmentoDeath Comes to Pemberleyand more.
One of the things shes been so graceful with is giving this over to an adaptation.
Just being able to ask her questions about the world what would he be thinking at this point?

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Does he sweat as a vampire?
Its just like those minutiae questions that crop up all the time.
Were fine most of the time, but we just adore her, he elaborates.
Goode has also done a fair bit of research on his own.
), DNA, and more.
It is pretty fascinating stuff.
But he assures us hes not hitting the books too hard.
Im not sitting at home looking at medical books and stuff like that, he adds.
Because you dont want to be blase.
But Im not sitting at home pounding science books.
It was actually Harkness who first had the idea of casting Goode as her dashing leading man.
At the authors suggestion, producer Jane Tranter (Doctor Who) set a meeting with Goode.
And also, I loved that she was already talking about And in season 3.
I was like, Thats quite confident.
So yeah, she had me at season 3.
A Discovery of Witchespremieres on Shudder and Sundance Now on Thursday, Jan. 17.