An adaptation of Marvel’s Inhumans comic series is upon us, and when viewers see it this fall, they’ll be watching a group of superheroes unlike any other.

Marvel’s latest TV series will be premiering its first two episodes exclusively in IMAX theaters on September 1, prior to its debut on ABC beginning September 29. As the first trailer showed us in June, the series will open with the Royal Family on the moon before a military coup leads some of them to Hawaii.

This past April, Hypable had the pleasure of visiting the show’s set and production offices in the beautiful 50th state (tough gig!). While there we spoke with co-stars Anson Mount, Serinda Swan, Iwan Rheon, and others.

There’s no doubt that Inhumans is one of the most unique comics in Marvel’s arsenal, and anticipation to see Marvel TV’s interpretation of the series has been high. There are characters like a giant dog (Lockjaw!), a guy whose voice can kill anyone around him should he utter a syllable (Black Bolt!), and a woman whose hair can kick as much ass as someone who fights with arms (Medusa!).

These aren’t your typical weapon-wielding heroes, but the show is unique for many more reasons. When Hypable spoke to the cast in an old Hawaiian military base, home of Inhumans production, we learned how the story stands out from an increasingly expanding library of Marvel adaptations.

A lead with a dangerous voice

Medusa actress Serinda Swan spoke to us about the relationship between the red-headed character and her husband — the latter of whom cannot speak without risk of great damage to anyone or anything about him. (It’s like an “atomic bomb,” in Anson’s words.) To communicate, the Queen of Attilan and her husband built “a language together” after years of “love and this amazing connection.” Medusa will then speak for the King.

As Serinda notes, it’s rare for a lead to not be able to use his voice. “You realize if they get separated, Black Bolt can’t communicate with anybody,” she said. “It’s a codependence between two very independent people.”

An original language was developed between the two characters at the suggestion of producer Jeph Loeb, and it’s presented unique challenges for Anson. “It creates homework and it creates choreography and it creates getting things into the muscle memory,” he said. “I have to get it so into my muscle memory because I can’t be thinking about it and acting at the same time.” While the language is not ASL, it’s built on some of the “underlying rules” to make sure the new language works efficiently.

A unique take on the superhero genre

Iwan Rheon told us that while this may be a “superhero” show, it’s not the type you’re expecting.

“They’re not really superheroes that are going out to save humanity and help against evil baddies,” he explained. “They’re a race of people that have been living completely separate on the moon away from the world. They don’t want anything to do with humans, and they’re hiding from them essentially. We pick up the story with the sort of threat of them [humans and Inhumans] meeting, and how that will pan out through the series is very interesting. The two worlds sort of start colliding and it’s a very interesting sort of dynamic in how two segregated groups sort of interact and how then you integrate them.”

Added Anson, “I like how their ‘powers’ are, I don’t really look at them as powers. I think that that endears us to them as well.”

‘Inhumans” Maximus versus ‘Game of Thrones” Ramsay

Iwan Rheon is best known for his role as Ramsay in Game of Thrones, so naturally, our roundtable of journalists couldn’t resist asking him how Ramsay and Maximus compare to one another.

“Maximus starts off, he’s an opinionated, passionate young man who wants to change things, and he wants to do it peacefully. He’s ruthless in his plans. Ramsay is a very dark, twisted individual who got pleasure from inflicting pain on people. He didn’t have any real political ideas. He was all about, ‘I’ll go in there, kill all them, and then we’ll be sorted and figure out the next plan.'”

By contrast, “Maximus is very considered. He’s a politician; he thinks. He doesn’t do his own dirty work; he manipulates people to do things for him. He doesn’t run into a room with a knife. That’s not who he is. So I guess there are fundamental differences. He’s not evil. He doesn’t want bad things to happen to people. He’s a young passionate man.”

And who would win a fight? “Oh, Ramsay would kill him,” Rheon replied with confidence. “Maximus would just be running away.”

We’ll have much more from the set of Inhumans in the months ahead! Inhumans premieres on ABC September 29.