On Tuesday night, the stars of Amazon’s Good Omens — the small-screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s 1990 novel — walked the grass carpet for the show’s world premiere in Leicester Square in London.
Good Omens is a darkly funny satire on religion, about a fussy angel, Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and the loose-living demon, Crowley (David Tennant) who join forces to prevent the coming of the Apocalypse. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse show up riding motorcycles, there are some hilariously inept witch-hunters…it’s a good time.
Gaiman took the opportunity to remember his friend and coauthor. “Terry , who never asked anything of me in all our years of friendship wrote to me and said ‘you have to do this, you’re the only person out there who has the passion and understanding for Good Omens that I have – you have to make it into television because I want to see it before the lights go out’ I thought I had six or seven years of Terry left, but then he died, which suddenly turned [Good Omens] into his last request.”
Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer attend The World Premiere of Amazon Original Series, Good Omens, in Leicester Square ahead of its release on Prime Video this Friday
Michael Sheen talked about the angel-demon relationship at the heart of the show. “One of the interesting things about the coupling is how they rub off on each other, they’ve been on for Earth so long and them to The Beatles, nobody else knows what they’ve been through, but each other – just like The Beatles!”
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I’m not entirely certain what point he was making about the Beatles but I’m pretty sure there was one.
Michael Sheen attends The World Premiere of Amazon Original Series, Good Omens, in Leicester Square ahead of its release on Prime Video this Friday
Speaking of Tennant, here he is looking dapper and playing against type in angelic white:
David Tennant attends The World Premiere of Amazon Original Series, Good Omens, in Leicester Square ahead of its release on Prime Video this Friday
Mad Men star Jon Hamm plays the smug Archangel Gabriel. “It seemed to me that there was an opportunity for to portray this guy as the boss that everyone has, but everyone hates – who is constantly smiling and telling you ‘great job,’ while also subconsciously saying ‘you’re terrible’,” he said.
John Hamm attends The World Premiere of Amazon Original Series, Good Omens, in Leicester Square ahead of its release on Prime Video this Friday
Adria Arjona plays Anathema Device, a witch who teams up with Aziraphale and Crowley to try and stop the end of the world.
Adria Arjona attends The World Premiere of Amazon Original Series, Good Omens, in Leicester Square ahead of its release on Prime Video this Friday
Brian Cox (Succession) lends his voice to the role of Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Brian Cox attends The World Premiere of Amazon Original Series, Good Omens, in Leicester Square ahead of its release on Prime Video this Friday
Miranda Richardson plays Madame Tracy, a part-time medium.
Miranda Richardson attends The World Premiere of Amazon Original Series, Good Omens, in Leicester Square ahead of its release on Prime Video this Friday
Alfie Taylor (Wensleydale), Ilan Galkoff (Brian), and Amma Ris (Pepper) all play friends to Sam Taylor Buck’s Adam Young, aka the Antichrist. It’s gonna get wacky!
Alfie Taylor, Ilan Galkoff and Amma Ris attend The World Premiere of Amazon Original Series, Good Omens, in Leicester Square ahead of its release on Prime Video this Friday
On hand for the premiere were the Chattering Order of St. Beryl, a satanic group of nuns.
Satanic Nuns attend The World Premiere of Amazon Original Series, Good Omens, in Leicester Square ahead of its release on Prime Video this Friday
Below, the nuns take it a capella. Is this show on yet?
Back to the world premiere: Terry Pratchett’s hat was given a place of honor in the theater.
The iconic hat of author Terry Pratchett sits on a seat reserved for him at the World Premiere of Amazon Original series, Good Omens, ahead of its release this Friday
All six episodes of Good Omens were written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Douglas Mackinnon. Below, the pair of them introduce their work for the crowd:
Neil Gaiman and Douglas Mackinnon attend The World Premiere of Amazon Original Series, Good Omens, in Leicester Square ahead of its release on Prime Video this Friday
Good Omens kicks off this Friday, May 31, only on Amazon Prime. All six episodes will be available at once. Later they’ll air a week at a time on BBC2.
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