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I hope they don't screw this up.

from Wired.com

Sir Ian McKellen: I’ve seen it work. But there’s no point in wondering how am I going to measure up to the other Number Twos, because it’s just a different script altogether. My man is called Number Two, because that character was originally called Number Two. But he is Number One.

Wired.com: That seems a bit, uh, different.

Sir Ian McKellen: And then even as I said that, it’s not quite true. It’s a very difficult thing to talk about without beginning to disentangle it, and I don’t want to do that. But it’s a fabulous project. Number Two is very ironic. At times, he’s very loving and bewlidered, because he’s confused. He’s not convinced that he’s doing the right thing, because it causes him a lot of pain. And that’s the sign of a mature script. Jim was saying in an interview that it is easy to see Number Six is right and that Number Two is a dreadful man. But then, in the next scene, one can see it from a different point of view.

Hhhmmm... this show has a cult following which AMC is trying to cash in on, however if you mess with the batter too much the cake falls apart. In the original there were several #2's specifically to illustrate how cunning our protagonist, #6, really was. All leading up to a shocking finale that I will not spoil for you. Without that revolving door of personalities and change in antagonist this seems a bit skewed. I get it, Sir Ian Mckellen is a fantastic actor and who wouldn't want to see him all the way through the series, but I think they may be missing the point. I would rather watch Mckellen as #2 then Jim Cavezal as #6. He's certainly no Patrick Macgoohan, not by a long shot.

Wired.com: Number Two is more complicated in the reboot, because now he has family.

Sir Ian McKellen: He’s got a wife, and a son. You find out a lot more about him. The fact that he’s got a family is absolutely central to the fact that there is a village. And about that, I can’t say another word. [Laughs]

Que? What?! Not your daddy's Prisoner, that's for sure.

Mckellen goes on to say that this is basically a re-imagining of the Prisoner and is set in a not too distant future. Yeah, shoulda known Hollywood is all about re-imagining things these days.
Once again, they better not screw this up!