David Tennant defends Good Omens after show was hit with furious blasphemy claims

David Tennant has defended Good Omens, which is returning for its second season this week, after the primary sequence of the show was hit with allegations of blasphemy.

The BBC Studios and Amazon Prime Video adaptation of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel returns on Friday (28 July), with Tennant, 52, taking part in a demon reverse an angel performed by Michael Sheen, 54.

Season one, which aired in 2019 and noticed the pair workforce as much as forestall the antichrist from bringing in regards to the apocalypse, prompted a petition – signed by 20,000 Christians – calling for it to be banned over issues it promoted satanism.

“Persons are very eager to be offended,” Tennant informed Radio Times in a brand new interview. “They’re typically in search of one thing to glom on to with out presumably actually inspecting what they assume they’re complaining about.”

He mentioned that those that instructed that the show glamourised the satan had not likely understood the sequence. “It’s not an irreligious show in any respect,” he mentioned. “It’s truly very respectful of the construction of that kind of spiritual perception. The concept that it promotes satanism [is nonsense]. Not one of the characters from Hell are to be aspired to in any respect. They’re a dreadful bunch of non-entities.”

The 2019 petition, arrange by US group Return to Order, had claimed that the show makes satanism seem “acceptable” and “mocks God’s knowledge”.

Followers have needed to wait 4 years for the second season of Good Omens, partly as a result of the show wasn’t renewed till 2021 and partly as a result of the brand new episodes transcend the supply materials.

This November, Tennant will even return to Physician Who for 3 sixtieth anniversary specials written by Russell T Davies.

In Might, BBC trailers for the anniversary specials, referred to as “The Star Beast”, “Wild Blue Yonder” and “The Giggle”, arrived.

The clips gave followers a glimpse of Catherine Tate’s return as Tennant’s sidekick Donna Noble.

In addition they teased loads of motion, and a few dancing, with Tennant’s Physician doing a jig and Neil Patrick Harris’s character sporting a prime hat.

Tennant not too long ago informed Radio Instances he wished to play the character once more earlier than he received “too outdated”.

“The specifics of coming again to Physician Who took a little bit of wrangling,” he informed the outlet, including: “However we had been all the time receptive to the notion. Initially, it was an off-the-cuff dialog going, ‘Wouldn’t or not it’s enjoyable to do a one-off?’

“Then Russell was again operating the show and abruptly it may very well be one thing larger. However there’s actually no stress. It’s a victory lap, in a approach – you get to take pleasure in one thing that had meant a lot to you, one final shot earlier than you get too outdated to do it once more.”