What would you do if your two roommates were a vampire and a werewolf? If you were creating a show for BBC you’d be a ghost, of course.

Being Human is about three such roommates who try and live normal existences despite their supernatural impediments, and if you live in the U.S. you’ll have access to it this fall when it bows on BBC America.

The series stars Lenora Crichlow as Annie the ghost, Aidan Turner plays vampire Mitchell, and Russell Tovey is the werewolf, George.

Although the series may sounds horrendously weird, it seems to work. “I think all three of us have been asked how we felt when we first heard about the show, but to be honest with you it’s in the scripts and the characters,” says Crichlow.

“It’s almost the most ridiculous idea in the world, but it just works,” adds Turner, who feels no pressure about playing a vampire in today’s culture, where vamps reign supreme.

“You read the books, you watch the movies. There are a lot of people who have played vampires and you want to get a grasp on all of them,” he says. “But that’s the thing about Being Human, there’s nobody else indulging in that hedonistic human lifestyle.”

“They were all over us [at Comic-Con]” adds Tovey. “We had no idea, it wasn’t expected at all. Maybe once they have a second season we can head back there —”

“— And they’ll be even more all over us,” finishes Crichlow.

Being Human begins this fall on BBC America.

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