Tim Blake Nelson Reveals His New Character for HBO’s Watchmen Series

Tim Blake Nelson has revealed key details of his role in Damon Lindelof’s much-anticipated Watchmen series for HBO. In an interview on Empire Podcast, Nelson revealed that he is playing Looking Glass, a new character who doesn’t appear in the original Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons comics.

“My character’s name is Looking Glass, and it’s a really interesting, intriguing character,” Nelson told Empire. “I don’t really completely understand him, and that’s intentional. Damon Lindelof metes out facts about your character as you go along […] so I’m learning as I go along who this guy is, and trying to … It’s almost like fresco painting. The clay is always wet.”

According to reported casting call information shared by Empire, the character description reads as follows:

A good looking cop, the native Oklahoman isn’t simple as his rural accent makes him appear to be. A top interrogator and behavioral scientist, he may also be a bit of a sociopath.

Series Damon Lindelof penned an open letter to Watchmen fans in May, in which he discussed his intentions for a “remixed” interpretation of the groundbreaking Moore and Gibbons title, and also revealed that he was introducing new characters for his not-quite adaptation of the comics.