Nrama: Are you excited for Cumberbatch as Stephen?
Hammer: Sure. I mean, how excited am I going to get when I can't play Strange or write it, but with that aside, I think Cumberbatch is awesome and I think he'll do great in the role. You know what, though? If you have told me we'd still be on the air and be everybody's favorite underground cult TV show? Wouldn't have f----n' believed it. That's what I can't believe.
Publick: I wouldn't have believed there was a Doctor Strange movie! When we started there was the first Spider-Man movie and the second, and best, X-Men movie. That's all there was. That's why we got too many notes about being too nerdy.
Nrama: You actually got notes saying you were too nerdy and to town that down?
Hammer: Oh absolutely. In the first season, yes, but let it be said after that we were trusted to do whatever we want to do.
Publick: In the first season, yes, but let it be said after that we are trusted to do whatever we want to do. There was a lot of pushback about White and Billy's nerd banter.
Hammer: I mean, we work for one of the greatest networks and when they saw it working and understood the zeitgeist, we never got that note again. We don't work for morons, but also not complete dorks like we are.
Nrama: Especially with characters like Augustus St. Cloud roaming around.
Hammer: Clearly we've enjoyed the ability to outnerd ourselves. And I mean 21 is deep nerdcore.