I think with The Magicians, the Harry Potter and Narnia influences are obviously there.

- Hale Appleman

I think for Lev [Grossman], C. S. Lewis was a huge inspiration from his childhood. I know that Brideshead Revisited is a book that he's incredibly fo…

- Hale Appleman

I grew up loving fantasy, adventure, and children's book series. At the time, I was in a place in LA where I wasn't working and I kind of thought to …

- Hale Appleman

My intention is always to honor the character that Lev [Grossman] created in the books and my greatest concern, honestly, is that the fans of the boo…

- Hale Appleman

I think The Magicians takes these conventional ideas from this Christian literature of good vs. evil and it sort of shakes it up and asks a deeper, d…

- Hale Appleman