

So we have Vampires of Wellington and the new one is Vampires of Staten Island.* I think of it as one of those housewives shows: Housewives of…. But there’s a lot of similarities as well. Yeah, they’re different characters and it’s a different environment.


What’s different about the show compared to the movie? We also couldn’t resist asking about his Flight of the Conchords origins, including the first song the Kiwi musical comedy duo ever wrote (make your best guess now because you’re definitely wrong.)Ī screenshot from FX's 'What We Do in the Shadows' spin-off series. In a recent phone interview, Inverse spoke to Clement about all of that and more. He also scored a recurring role on another FX show, Legion, played a singing fart on Rick and Morty, and co-stars in the screwball comedy An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn with Aubrey Plaza and Craig Robinson. The New Zealander musician, actor, and writer went on to star in the vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows with director Taika Waititi ( Thor: Ragnarok), and currently serves as showrunner on a TV adaptation with a new cast of vampires set to premiere on FX next year. Jemaine Clement might not be “classically handsome” like his Flight of the Conchords counterpart Bret McKenzie - at least according to their superfan Mel on the short-lived HBO series - but that hasn’t held him back in the slightest.
