Jester Lavorre smiling slightly in The Mighty Nein episode 2
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The Mighty Nein showrunner Tasha Huo explains the most important parallels between the show and the original Critical Role campaign. The story of The Mighty Nein is pulled from the second Dungeons & Dragons campaign from Critical Role, the players of which reprise their roles as their characters in the show. It includes many events familiar to the source material.
In an interview with ScreenRant's Grant Hermanns, Huo explained how translating the complexities of The Mighty Nein's characters onscreen was an important part of making it true to the Critical Role campaign. The showrunner unpacked how the characters' development is a "long game," the show's format allowing for surprises in their development similar to how the campaign approached them:
ScreenRant: When I was talking with the Critical Role team, they could not stop singing your praises. For you, both from a creative standpoint and a fan standpoint, what was one of the biggest things you really wanted to make sure stayed true in the translation from The Mighty Nein campaign to the screen?
Tasha Huo: Oh, gosh, so many things. For me, I think it was my experience of the characters. You didn't really know who they fully were until well into the campaign. During the live show, these characters are all full of so many secrets, and one of the joys of watching the Mighty Nein was seeing that unfold in a very slow, gradual way - where you think you know who this character is, but then they do something completely over here that makes you realize you don't know who they are at all. It really keeps you on your toes, and it really invests you in who these characters were. I was very excited to get to play the long game with these characters and make people fall in love with them the way that I did so hard.
Huo's approach to the adaptation is already paying off: as of writing, The Mighty Nein reviews from critics have scored it a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. The audience score also sits at an impressive 95% based on over 50 ratings. With three episodes released, the adaptation is already proving itself a noteworthy translation of the campaign to the screen.
Nott the Brave looking up and holding a bottle in The Mighty Nein
Much like the campaign, the fantasy streaming series is approaching the core party of The Mighty Nein through the gradual revelations of who they are. As Huo states, the most intriguing element of the show is not knowing what decisions the party will make in various scenarios. It keeps the audience on their toes while fleshing out important heroes.
This makes the show both similar to The Legend of Vox Machina's story, and a tale standing on its own. While the campaign shares the same world as the original series, the two don't intersect that often, allowing for deeper creative freedom for its characters. The same can be said for the TV adaptation as the party starts aligning each other.
Huo is also known for being the showrunner of Netflix's animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Laura Croft.
Because of how lengthy the campaign is, the animated series will no doubt explore multiple facets of its heroes, doing so in much the same meticulous way the original did. This will make for an intriguing story, pulling from the original's biggest, sometimes even most shocking moments to help shape and define the party as events play out.
With five episodes left in The Mighty Nein season 1, it remains to be seen how the series will approach its characters and their development. But, based on Huo's statement, it seems it'll align with how the Critical Role campaign originally did so. This means plenty of familiar twists and turns, brought to life within the animated adaptation.
New episodes of The Mighty Nein air Wednesdays on Prime Video.
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