Zachary Quinto Tells Us Why His ‘NOS4A2’ Villain Is So Obsessed With Christmas

TCA 2019: “He genuinely believes that he’s giving [the children] a better life, which is obviously really f—ed up,” actor tells TheWrap

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Zachary Quinto’s villain from AMC’s upcoming horror series “NOS4A2” is really into Christmas.

Like, very into Christmas. So much so that the name of the place where Quinto’s Charlie Manx deposits what remains of the children whose souls he feeds off of is called Christmasland.

“It’s a place that Manx has created with an actual deep belief that it’s a destination of joy,” Quinto told TheWrap Saturday during the Television Critics Association press tour. “He genuinely believes that he’s giving [the children] a better life, which is obviously really f—ed up.” Especially because the children — or whatever is left of them after Manx is done feeding off their life force — are rendered as barely-human ghoulish creatures.

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