Gecko


I really thought he was going to be an important character somewhere down the line. Or at least get a story or subplot or something. Did we even see him "perform" ? He just disappeared in season 2. I'm sure that character would have made a decent plot.

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Guess it all depends on acting ability vs. human interest. The actor had scales, and was an anomaly, but he probably didn't have much to contribute to the storyline.

I liked him, too.

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I'm pretty certain that the scales were prosthetic make up.
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True. Check out John Fleck's page. No scales! Prosthetics.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281387/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

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True. Check out John Fleck's page. No scales! Prosthetics.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281387/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

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There's a thread here with an interview with Knauf and this is brought up. Basically HBO told them to trim the characters before beginning season 2 so they had to drop Gecko and the twins even though he had plans for them, he also mentions Lodz was killed in season one for the same reason.

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Yes. I read the costs of producing Carnivàle were so excessive that's why they dropped it.

Cheapskate HBO.

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There's a thread here with an interview with Knauf and this is brought up. Basically HBO told them to trim the characters before beginning season 2 so they had to drop Gecko and the twins even though he had plans for them, he also mentions Lodz was killed in season one for the same reason.


I can understand there would be higher costs for the makeup for a character like Gecko, but it's strange that they cut characters from season one, but then just turned around and introduced whole new characters in season two - like (SPOILERS) Samson's ex-wife and her new husband.

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