“People online are like, ‘Scott’s the worst character. Scott’s the villain of his own story,’ ” said O’Malley. “They really love to harp on that now, which no one mentioned in the 2000s. But yeah, so we thought let’s give them Scott as the villain of his own story, let’s do it proper.”

Having never read the novels, but being a fan of the film, I was looking forward to this series.

It was odd and wacky and colourful.

“That New Casting” was a great surprise.