You see, Heaven annually sends angels to exterminate their numbers, a practice Charlie wants to end.
Sabina Graves, io9: Take me back and tell me about the inspiration for Hazbin Hotel.
Your fans embracing the pilot online to get it to series is such an amazing journey.
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Vivienne Medrano: Honestly, it was.
Ive always been really, really influenced by adult comedy.
It really just changed the entire trajectory of my career.
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Its been incredible to see the response.
And that has really carried the production of that original pilot into this incredible new series.
Medrano: I loved it because I really love mythos, and I really love adaptations of mythos.
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Demons as a concept are so broad so you might really design and do things how you want.
So I wanted to make my hell kind like a big circus.
It just makes it a little bit more fun.
The main city is a mix of New York and Vegas, but only the sleazy partslots of neon.
io9: Charlie is incredible and relatable.
What was your inspirtation for her character specifically?
And so I just took a huge pivot.
That affected her design and her personality and the way she performs.
I love her, I think shes such a fun character now.
I love getting to to write for her and see Erica perform her.
io9: The show has such an incredible castJeremy Jordan, Keith David.
Tell me about your reactions to these actors coming on board.
Were they people who were on your wish list?
Jeremy was definitely one of them.
So he was an immediate cast.
io9: Thats so cool.
Lastly, we love to talk about first fandoms at io9.
Can you tell me what are your first pop culture loves and how did they inform your career?
Medrano: Oh, thats a fun one.
And then obviously, Invader Zim was huge for me around the same time.
Looney Tunes is massive for me.
[As far as movies go,] Jurassic Park and Roger Rabbit [were] influential.
And just the entire, like, Disney renaissance with all the musical films.
Hazbin Hotel is now available onPrime Video.
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