Earlier than Father Time involves reset the clock for one more 12 months, Starz and Steve DeKnight will unleash a return to kind for Spartacus followers with Spartacus: Home of Ashur. Launching occasions from a reconfigured timeline, Home of Ashur retains all of the blood, fight, sacrifice, and Shakespearean drama that made the unique collection a must-watch within the 2010s. To assist have a good time the arrival of Spartacus: Home of Ashur, we sat down with a number of of the present’s main gamers, together with Nick E. Taranby (Ashur), Tenika Davis (Achillia), Graham McTavish (Korris), Claudia Black (Cossutia), India Shaw-Smith (Viridia), and Jaime Slater (Cornelia), in addition to Steven DeKnight, the present’s creator and government producer.
Whereas talking with Nick and Steven, we contact on them reconnecting for Home of Ashur after years of being aside. We additionally talk about the present’s overwhelming gore and estimate the quantity of blood and guts used within the present. Nick additionally provides us a crash course on delivering the present’s intricate, Shakespearean dialogue. Lastly, DeKnight reveals what it’s about Rome, royalty, and gladiatorial fight that makes for such compelling storytelling.
We additionally spoke with Tenika Davis, who performs the world’s first gladiatrix, Achillia, in Spartacus: Home of Ashur. Whereas discussing her character, Tenika shares with us the fun of taking part in a personality with pre-existing strife, which fuels her highly effective efficiency. We additionally delve into her likelihood to play a personality who embodies all the societal racism and misogyny which might be rampant within the present, and the way Achillia makes use of that negativity to actual revenge on those that cross her.
Whereas talking with Graham McTavish, we talk about Korris’ tender relationship with Opiter and what it’s about their scenes that makes them so particular. We additionally discover mixing hyper-masculinity and charisma to create a memorable character that might simply grow to be a curmudgeon, however doesn’t.
After we discuss with Claudia Black, India Shaw-Smith, and Jaime Slater, we talk about the fun of taking part in somebody from the elite, the perfect half about starring in a interval piece, the present’s elaborate set design, and extra.
Spartacus: Home of Ashur premieres on December 5, 2025, with the primary two episodes out there to stream on Starz within the U.S. You’ll be able to try our evaluation of the primary 5 episodes right here.
