Alex Garland and the Devs cast on the show's alluring world

Known for his heady sci-fi thrillers Ex Machina and Annihilation, writer and director Alex Garland has a knack for creating worlds just a hair removed from our reality that are both alluring and t errifying. His latest, Devs, is an eight-part series with FX-launching exclusively on Hulu on March 5-that similarly invites its audience in with a sense of eerie beauty and intrigue that can be hard to resist. The series centers on a quantum computing company called Amaya, and its employee Lily Chan (frequent Garland collaborator Sonoya Mizuno) who gets tangled up in a conspiracy when her boyfriend mysteriously disappears at work. At this week’s Hollywood premiere of Devs, we spoke with Garland about Amaya’s aesthetic influences, and learned how his background in writing novels felt similar to writing a season of television. We also has time with some of Devs supporting cast who told us why they found it difficult to say no to Alex Garland, and revealed some of the real-world problems they wish tech companies would actually fix.
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[@asherwilkins465]

This show is probably my favorite work of art ever, I've seen it so many times it gets better each time for some reason

[@dgundo]

Think about nearly every week since watching it. It is truly art at it's finest.

[@neoscencez]

Just started Devs and I love it. Gets my mind rolling..

[@magikdo]

THIS IS NEXT SUPER HIT..- BRAVO TO ALEX WHO CREATE SOMETHING..DIFFERENT FROM THE.. OTHERS...- BRAVO FOR HIS..VISION...

[@kisslena]

I love their excitement! The love for the work shows! Thank you cast and crew for an amazing ride!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 😘

[@1MrBryn]

Wait, did that dude go to the premier without a shirt on?

[@kevindeanschrooders]

1MrBryn I was wondering the same😂

[@moldypizza]

1MrBryn He was wearing a strapless dress. You can see it in other videos.

[@1MrBryn]

@@moldypizza that makes a lot more sense now. I thought he was taking casual to a whole new level.

[@moldypizza]

1MrBryn You can see it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3aVeXeJgZ5sfqc

[@bodyofhope]

I thought the same thing!🤣🤣🤣

[@rishisagar4695]

Just noticed but Zach Grenier (Kenton) looks exactly like Anton Ego from Ratatouille!

[@CitizenDevi]

I love what Alex Garland and his crew does.... Can't wait to finally see Devs once it's out where I'm at.

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

Best series I've watched and that's including early lost episodes

[@philsowers]

Early lost episodes? As in... what?

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

@@philsowers as in the series "lost" it was very good but not as good as this

[@philsowers]

@@RubyMarkLindMilly lol, LOST episodes, not "lost episodes" I was thinking there were missing episodes of Devs

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

@@philsowers sorry I thought that's what I said no worries

[@philsowers]

@@RubyMarkLindMilly I was just hoping for more "lost" Alex Garland content! 😁 👌

[@ThePharaohsCat]

Need more like this... #GhostDancenovel

[@AGASI999]

Jin Ha is hawt!!

[@jasonaus3551]

The acting from the female lead is mostly horrible. Concept is great

[@aaron4820]

I've seen this view a few times, why do you think that? Is it because you think her character is too weird / awkward in a way that is not believable, therefore understandably conclude the acting to be the reason?

[@jasonaus3551]

I don't believe her as the character, hence bad acting

[@matatmat]

@@jasonaus3551 i think she is a bit of an unbelievable character but thats just based on the fact she's so intelligent and it's hard for me as a normal person to conceptualise what a highly intelligent person working for a tec firm would be like. i can give you one example of how i disagree with the bad acting comment. Where she pretended to have a psychosis in the security head's office. I've seen multiple psychosis' before and it impressed me with how believable it was.

[@tavopasquali]

@@matatmat totally agree! I think she's amazing.

[@efrankjames]

In other interviews, Alex Garland states that her persona and odd demeanor is explicitly deliberate. If you know what some of the socially inept tech engineers in San Francisco are like, she'd be more believable. Many folks out there are like that.