Harvey Guilln on with Waititi and Hamill – Exclusive – Looper

Without the 2014 film, co-written and co-directed by Taika Waititi alongside his longtime creative collaborator Jemaine Clement, we would have no "Guillermo Biermo." In the original film, Waititi playsViago Von Dorna Schmarten Scheden Heimburg, who returns on the FX series as part of the Vampiric Council. It's one of the most star-packed episodes of television ever with Harvey Guilln's Guillermo coming front and center to give the Council his testimony regarding the murder of the ancient vampire Baron Afanas (Doug Jones).

But Guilln worked with Waititi for more than just that guest appearance. Waititi was heavily involved in the first season of What We Do in the Shadows and although he's gone on to other projects (like working as an episodic director on Disney+'sThe Mandalorian and returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to write and directThor: Love and Thunder), Waititihelped steer the show in the right direction and leave it in good hands for season 2.

As Guilln told Looper, "Taika, he's busy. He has so many projects that he's working on, so we were lucky enough to have Taika and Jemaine the first season, and then in season two, Jemaine as well. He's busy and is working on his project. So we got lucky enough that we could pull him away for a couple of months to come do the show."

Waititi truly is immensely busy these days. Not only is he working on the fourthThor flick which will mark the first time a character in the MCU has received more than the standard three solo movies but he's alsoco-writing and directing a new Star Wars moviealongside co-scribeKrysty Wilson-Cairns.When we asked Guilln if he'd be down to work with Waititi on either project,the answer was a resounding, "Yes."

"I would love that," said Guilln, who has a loyal fan base of his own hoping to see more of him in action."Especially [since] someone just wrote that on Twitter. They tagged Taika and said, 'Taika, You need to give him a part in some action scene in the Star Wars movies because of the [season 2] finale.'"

Hopefully in the near future, Guilln will trade in wooden stakes for lightsabers.

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