If Marvel's Inhumans is inspired by any one comic book line, it is very clearly Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee's 1998 limited series Inhumans. But the TV show makes one major change from that source material, which is making Royal Family villain Maximus human instead of Inhuman.

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In the TV show, Maximus reveals that his Terrigenesis transformation rendered him human instead of granting him any special abilities. This is a major shift from the comics, which see him gifted special mental abilities and a superhuman intellect.So why the change? According to the show creators, it's to tell Maximus's villain origin story throughout Marvel's Inhumans' eight-episode arc. Showrunner Scott Buck told IGN, "When you’re doing a TV show, you have the opportunity to be a lot more complex than you might be in a comic book. It just offered us an opportunity to make a much more compelling character."Since Maximus isn't outright evil in the TV show, actor Iwan Rheon is able to portray him as a more sympathetic person. In fact, viewers might find themselves relating to Maximus's plight in early episodes more than his Inhuman counterparts in the Royal Family. In the show, the Inhumans' home on the moon, Attilan, forces its citizens to live in a strict caste system because of the limited space in their city. Maximus pushes for the Inhumans to expand to Earth, while his brother, King Black Bolt, won't explain his motivation for keeping them separate."[Maximus is] incredibly loyal to his brother and he loves his family, but he also feels very strongly about the world that he lives in and how he wants it to change and how he believes it should be, so that's where you get a sort of conflict," said Rheon during a visit to Inhumans' set in Hawaii. "We enter the world where, I guess, there are no villains. ... Maximus, he wants to help the people. He's actually genuinely out to help people in a system he believes is wrong and unjust. What's great about this show is it has sort of gray areas in terms of what is a villain, what isn't. It's not black and white."Both Rheon and Buck are adamant that Maximus is a very different type of character than Rheon's previous villain, Ramsay Bolton on Game of Thrones. While Ramsay was murderous, Maximus is "passionate.""We very specifically didn’t want to create a pure villain. We wanted someone more complicated, more complex, more real, and more relatable because as you watch the show you see that a lot of the things he’s saying make perfect sense and make him a lot more appealing than Black Bolt in some ways," said Buck.He added, "When you approach Maximus from a human point of view and he’s completely looked down upon by everyone else in the world simply because his Terrigenesis has rendered him human. In so many ways, you can’t help but put yourself in Maximus’s place."

Marvel's Inhumans is currently in IMAX theaters, and will premiere on ABC on September 29th. For more on Marvel's Inhumans, make sure to read how the series brought to life the 2,000 pound CGI dog Lockjaw , as well how the EPs created a way for Black Bolt to speak Terri Schwartz is Editorial Manager of Entertainment at IGN. Talk to her on Twitter at @Terri_Schwartz