Pablo Schreiber was hesitant to join American Gods

Pablo Schreiber said he was initially hesitant about doing "American Gods". The actor said it wasn't an "immediate yes" to take on the character of Mad Sweeney, a leprechuan god, when he got the call once more.

"By that point, there were a few other things going on for me. There were a few other possibilities that were in the works, and that is when I asked for a few more episodes. In the pilot, there's just one scene.

"It's a great scene and you're like, 'Wow, this could be a really cool character,' but you have no idea where it's going.

It was really just one scene in a pilot, and at this point in my career, when I said no to auditioning for it, the feeling and the thought was that I'd gone past the point where I should be auditioning for one scene in a pilot," Schreiber said.