{"id":61968,"date":"2014-06-30T06:59:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T05:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=61968"},"modified":"2014-06-30T12:22:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T11:22:15","slug":"constantine-wont-smoke-in-hellblazer-tv-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/constantine-wont-smoke-in-hellblazer-tv-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Constantine won’t smoke in Hellblazer TV show"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Constantine enjoying a fag on the cover of Hellblazer, art by Simon Bisley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

According to Dog Soldiers<\/strong><\/em> and The Descent<\/strong> <\/em>director Neil Marshall who directed the Constantine<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>pilot, the TV incarnation of DC Comics’ no-good occultist won’t be a smoker.<\/p>\n

That’s pretty core character trait considering one of his best-known comic-book arcs – the one that partially inspired 2005’s Constantine<\/strong> –<\/em> sees him scrabbling to defeat lung cancer.<\/p>\n

“On network it’s the one thing,” Marshall told Collider<\/em><\/a>. “You can’t smoke on network. That’s one of his character traits. We’re working around that.<\/p>\n

“We’re trying to get aspects of it in there as much as possible. We’ll see… the smoking is very frustrating. Who knows where it will go; where the story will go; where the character will go? There’s still lots of options.”<\/p>\n

It’s political correctness gone mad, you just couldn’t make it up, etc. Where’s Richard Littlejohn in all of this?<\/p>\n

You can buy Hellblazer: Original Sins<\/em> for £11.99 at Amazon.co.uk<\/a> and find out more about the comics that inspired the film with new digital magazine Uncanny Comics<\/a><\/strong>. <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>