Questlove's appearance on Finding Your Roots had a big impact on Watchmen

Men's Health

Damon Lindelof is obsessed with the PBS celebrity genealogy series hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr., who has a cameo on Watchmen as the U.S. Secretary of Treasury. On the Watchmen podcast, Lindelof vividly recalled Questlove's episode. "As he's telling the story, Questlove starts to have this incredibly emotional reaction," Lindelof said. "He says 'I feel like I know who I am.'" (Questlove actually said, "Until an hour ago, I didn't know who I was.) Lindelof said of watching Questlove: "Suddenly, I was like that feels very Watchmen to me."