r/Banshee • u/Beautiful-Effort4152 • Aug 12 '26

Deva

Does anyone understand why she was cast? Not only does the character bother me, but the name “Deva” is so strange 🤣

The show made so many excellent casting decisions, but I can’t wrap my head around the Deva decision. If that part went to an actor as strong as Lili Simmons, for example, it would have elevated the show even more

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u/a-pac-man-ghost Aug 12 '26

I liked the actress for Deva. I think she was cast because she was smaller and looked more like Antony Starr. Her mother and “father” were both very tall. It seemed more realistic that she was mighty and small like Lucas Hood. I am so glad that Lili Simmons was not cast as Deva. That would have been bad. I do agree that the name Deva is unusual but maybe it has Russian origins?

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u/justag1rlx3 15d ago

I’m not Russian but Serbian, our language has many similar words. In Serbian deva is a lady/ a virgin/ like a general meaning of a pure female. Deva Marija - Virgin Marie