“So whether Goliath was a son of the Nephilim, that is what Israel would have attributed to him,” Erwin said. “Therefore, that is the fear he would have struck in them. So we go with that [in the episode].”
Gunn said, “You want to show him as big as the legends really made him be, because that’s how they perceived him.”
“That’s why, when we tell the story in Episode 6,” Gunn added, “we don’t tell it as truth, but it’s the legend that is being told. That would be how he was perceived in that time, and how the Giants were perceived.”
“Certainly it is defensible. It’s in the Bible, and it would have been a part of the fear Goliath would have struck within the Israelites,” Erwin concluded.
RELATED: Dallas Jenkins Reveals Which Scene From ‘The Chosen: Last Supper’ Was the Most Emotional To Film
“House of David” is now streaming on Prime Video. The show has been watched by over 22 million viewers in its first 17 days.
