WARNING: The following contains minor spoilers for the series premiere of HBO's Watchmen.

With HBO's Watchmen already vying to fill the gap left behind by Game of Thrones, lead actor Regina George explains why showrunner Damon Lindelof is the perfect man to lead the next chapter of the Watchmen universe.

Known for his work on the likes of Lost and The Leftovers, Lindelof has the prestigious honor of continuing the critically acclaimed story that was started by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons back in 1986. Although Zack Snyder previously brought the world to live on the silver screen, Lindelof is taking a different and more political approach with the TV series.

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Speaking to the Watching Watchmen podcast (via The Independent), King says Lindelof was the only person she trusted to write the series. Asked if she'd have had reservations playing Detective Angela Abar if a different white writer had penned Watchmen, King said, "Absolutely – 100 percent."

Instead, King said she completely trusted Lindelof's vision for Watchmen's freshman season. She added: "If it was another white writer -- even other ones out there who I truly respect and I think are talented -- I probably would have needed to know what the entire game plan [was]. I [would have needed] to know what all nine episodes consist of, where we land halfway through, and why. I would have had to ask so many more questions."

Despite trusting Lindelof, King admitted she still had some trepidation when it came to the show's sensitive subject matter. King concluded, "Sure, I asked questions about it with Damon after reading the first episode, but I never had any doubt that I was going to do it, because I knew Damon was not going to tell the story irresponsibly. He's a collaborator --  he told me very early on what the writing team was [and] the writers he was surrounding himself with, who were challenging him and would not allow him to irresponsibly tell a story like this."

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Race is at the very center of Watchmen and makes King's Sister Night the focus of the sequel. Unlike the comics, Watchmen puts more emphasis on people of colour. Elsewhere, the pilot opens with the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, while the bloodthirsty Seventh Cavalry has reportedly been inspired by Rorschach's journal defending the Ku Klux Klan.

Whereas the original Watchmen was a clear representation of the American dream, Lindelof's show takes the story further and tackles some very different issues while keeping the legacy of the comics. It looks like Watchmen will continue to tackle white supremacy in America, and if King's words are anything to go by, Lindelof has handled the entire arc with great care.

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Developed by Damon Lindelof, HBO's Watchmen stars Jeremy Irons, Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Tom Mison, James Wolk, Adelaide Clemens, Andrew Howard, Frances Fisher, Jacob Ming-Trent, Sara Vickers, Dylan Schombing, Lily Rose Smith and Adelynn Spoon. The series airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT.