Critical Role's cofounders say they faced 3 big challenges making their new Prime Video series

Critical Role's cofounders say they faced 3 big challenges making their new Prime Video series


"To show all of the antagonists, the villains, the political intrigue that's going on around our characters, we needed a whole other plot line to show what was going on in the background," Riegel said. "We don't want to throw all those backstories in the audience's face right at the top, but we do want to tease out that they come with baggage and trauma and issues that they have to work through," Riegel said. "We had the opportunity to dig in with the writer's rooms and the rest of the creative team to collaborate on how best to see that now fleshed out and shown and explored with the audience through this animated series," Mercer said.

Author: Cheryl Teh


Published at: 2025-12-15 00:00:01

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