Today, Neil Gaiman tweeted the latest casting update from the set of Good Omens announcing that Reece Shearsmith will be joining the production as 16th century playwright William Shakespeare.
Delighted to welcome @ReeceShearsmith to the Good Omens family as an Elizabethan playwright whose name escapes me. #alrightItsShakespeare pic.twitter.com/sjcaUk3Iug
— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) November 2, 2017
Interestingly Shakespeare does not appear in the 1990 novel, but Gaimain confirmed that the series will be covering elements of Crowley and Aziraphale’s story previously unexplored in other mediums.
There are things about Crowley and Aziraphale’s doings over the last 6000 years that were not revealed in the book. This is one such thing. https://t.co/0Nnw3RiSEt
— Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) November 2, 2017
