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An unpredictable journey through time and space with the Time Bandits
I’m enjoying this fresh take on a children’s classic — so I looked up what the creators Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement say about it.
In the new Time Bandits, Lisa Kudrow (Friends) stars as the leader of a gang of time travelers who steal across the continuum. This mission shifts with the addition of 10-year-old Kevin (Kal-El Tuck), a history buff, and the threat of apocalypse posed by two supernatural beings: The Supreme Being played by Taika Waititi, and The Wrongness played by Jemaine Clement, two of the creators behind Apple TV+’s new series adaptation of the original 1981 Terry Gillam (of Monty Python) film.
Originally, the plan did not include the co-creators in the series.
Waititi jokes, “I usually insert myself into everything I do,” but this time, it was a late decision. “We considered actors like Grace Jones and Ian McKellan, but logistical challenges made it more feasible for us to take the roles.”
As The Supreme Being and Pure Evil, Waititi and Clement have limited screen time. Clement shares a fun fact:
“We initially had the opposite roles, so the concept art shows me in Taika’s costumes and him in mine.”
