Like its protagonist, “On Becoming a God in Central Florida” is something of an underdog. The journey to bring it to the public was one full of ups and downs. Originally developed for AMC, the show…
, whose previous credits include “Battle Creek” and “Masters of Sex,” had a deal at Sony and was brought in to meet the guys.
For Dunst, the attraction to the project was that “it was grounded but it was going to be surreal and weird, and I like all of those things: I like all of the things you can’t really place.” But she, too, saw a lot of potential in the “really strong written” character of Krystal who she calls “flawed, and that’s why she’s a fun character to watch. She’s all over the place, and we’re watching her figure it out together.
Although Krystal is certainly the entry point to the world for the audience, Spalding was cognizant of not painting her too firmly on either side of the moral compass to cement her as a traditional hero or antihero. While she certainly wants the audience to understand why Krystal makes the choices she does, she was interested in doing some “moral calculus” with her.
Collaborating with the creators of the show as well as Dunst herself became imperative to fleshing out who Krystal was. In fact, Spalding credits, pieces of Krystal’s backstory are hinted at in the earliest episodes just in Dunst’s performance. These inspired the actual flashback to Krystal’s past that comes mid-way through the season. “The way she reads the pamphlet, you know everything about how she was raised: No one ever read a book to that girl when she was a child,” she points out.
Adds Dunst: “Each episode felt like its own little indie film because they gave us the freedom to do whatever we wanted to do. We just kind of did our thing.”
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