Update: March 6, 2017
First Look at Orlando Jones as Mr. Nancy in Starz's AMERICAN GODS
Like many self-described “nerds,” actor Orlando Jones came across Neil Gaiman’s sci-fi/fantasy classic
American Gods well before Starz decided to turn it into a series from genre TV buffs Michael Green and Bryan Fuller.
But despite his Gaiman love, Jones never expected in his wildest dreams he’d land the role of Mr. Nancy/Anansi—one of the book and show’s many imported old-world deities vying for the increasingly fractured attention span of modern-day Americans. And Jones is attacking the role of the arachnid African trickster god with all the glee you would expect from a true fan.
Mr. Nancy/Anansi is the only one of Gaiman’s American gods so far to warrant a spin-off novel—2005’s
Anansi Boys—and speaking with
Vanity Fair, Jones reveals his character
might get the TV spin-off treatment as well.
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood...ncy-anansi-orlando-jones-anansi-boys-spin-off