New Prime video series 'House of David' is like biblical “Game of Thrones”, says the Creator -Weis

House of DavidPresent The series of Prime Video about the life of the Biblical King David will debut three episodes on Thursday. It shows how Shepherd Boy David is the king of Israel, while another king, Saul, is on the throne. In this way they show the creator Jon Erwin says it's similar to another Epic series about the struggle for power.

“I think it's a bit like Game of Thrones “,” Erwin says. “The drama of a boy who was chosen by this prophet as king in a nation that had a king. … this is immediate dramatic tension. And it is a struggle for this throne and who is the choice of man? Who is God's choice? So there are some of these drivers of the same story. “

Erwin feels that too House of David tells a story that is a blueprint for everyone who followed.

“No matter whether it is Luke Skywalker or Harry Potter, Frodo … The journey of the classic hero in many ways … has its roots, at least something, in the life of David 3,000 years ago,” he notes.

Newcomer Michael IskanderThe David plays, says that he went straight to the source to prepare to present such a historical figure.

“I always went to the Bible and I am simply furnished who was David as a person,” he says. “What is his character? What ultimately is he looking for in life? And what did it get him where he was? “

The background of Iskander in Broadway musicals and his family background also helped him prepare him to play David, who is also a musician.

“I knew that everyone who would play David would have to sing the psalms in Hebrew because it had to be in the original language. It has to be on a lyre. It must be with this eastern ornament, ”he says. “I had a little experience in it. I grew up in Egypt. I know how this music sounds. “

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