![]() ![]() ![]() “She is smart and strong and incredibly powerful, and that’s what we wanted as Mel,” Buhler says. Jodie Turner-Smith plays Melantha, the only member of the crew who stands a chance of surviving the onslaught of a murderous unseen force, though showrunner Jeff Buhler points out she was not cast for the color of her skin but instead because she is “the improved model.” ![]() Martin is glad the Syfy series is finally getting it “right,” though. I could’ve done more, I suppose, but I did want my book to sell.” “I said, ‘This is wrong, you should change it.’ And to my discredit, and something I was a little ashamed about for many years, I don’t think I protested hard enough when the editors back in the early ’80s said, ‘Well, do you want your book to sell? No one will buy a book with a black woman on the cover.’ I gave in. “I got a white, blonde woman on the cover when she’s clearly described as a black woman,” says Martin. Taking its cue from that cover, the 1987 film adaptation followed suit. Martin originally envisioned Melantha that way in his 23,000-word novella written in 1980, but when it was published, she was whitewashed on the cover. ![]()
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