I've been offered quite a few network shows, over the past couple of years, and always turned them down because I never wanted the commitment. The way that it works in America, you do a pilot and then you wait, and I just thought that wasn't really what I was interested in doing, in that moment.

On network, you have limitations for how raunchy it can get and how violent it can get.

There are so many sitcoms. So, when you get to be a part of something that feels exciting to you, you just want to be a part of it.

As the show [Dracula] goes on,Jonathan Harker gets darker and darker, and further into that side of it all. All of the worlds end up colliding and meshing together.

Nowadays, everything is so gratuitous. The violence is suggested, and it's much more impactful than showing everything.

Dracula isn't just another vampire show. It's something entirely different that I personally feel I've never seen on American TV before.

When I read the script, I said to one of the producers, "I know you probably want Jonathan Harker really fluffy, but I'm not gonna do that. It needs to be a mask. There needs to be a duel between Harker and Dracula."