Hi, guys. How are you?
Good, thanks.
Good, good. Very, very good.
Very, very good. Congratulations on the show.
Thank you.
We're very proud of it. You liked it.
Hope you enjoyed it.
No, it was terrible.
That's the end of the interview (!)
No.. it's good fun. That's right.
That's exactly the kind of answer I give to questions you're about to ask.
So let's the
I love my costars
as I would like this,
guys. It's fantastic.
It's a real kind of epic journey.
I was kind of sucked into the world almost immediately.
So I wanted to ask you about maybe Laura, which try to see you first.
How does it feel for you as a as an actor when you're outside in the real world
with your mobile phone and you know, all the luxuries that we get now to then
step onto the set and step into this world, that must be an experience
itself, let alone then being in the world and acting in the world.
Yeah. Yeah.
No, it is really it's been a dream come true, really.
Like all these amazing sets that they build,
all these costumes they created the whole story.
Like, the scripts are amazing.
It's really a dream come true. And
as you say, it was also a great experience.
Like a great chance to experience how the life back
then was because we don't know much of that time.
And getting the chance to actually live there is is.
It's fantastic.
Yeah. How was it for you, David?
Stepping back in time
Well, I actually live in a waffle and build hut,
so I've had to hire this this flat for the for the purposes of this interview.
But otherwise, my horse is out back and I'm going to be eating gruel tonight.
So it's it's basically I do what I do for a living and I do it when I'm on screen.
Always nice when the job comes along where you can
you can mash work and life together.
Well, exactly.
It's why most the time I turned on jobs where my trousers have pockets
no need pockets as I come on now.
And obviously you follow in the show beforehand.
Are you are you guys aware of just how big that the fan base for that show is?
Because I was doing some Googling today.
I know about the show and I've watched some episodes, but
there's a there's a kind of a fervent fan base for this show.
And equally so for for your one.
Are you guys ready for for that to enter your life?
Maybe.
David, I'll I'll start with you and your and you're far more with your horse
and I'll ask the pickup to be quiet and I'll ask the question.
And I think one of the great things about playing a Saxon or Norman
indeed in this show is that a substantial amount
of the fan base from the previous show is hung up on all those Viking characters.
So we've got less of a hurdle to jump.
It's going to be slightly easier for us.
No, I think there is plenty
for everyone in the original show set up by this new one.
And I think by bringing in Jeb [Stuart] to write it by hand
in the moment for Michael, the Jeb you have, I mean, I would challenge
anyone who likes Vikings to say they didn't like Die Hard or The Fugitive.
I mean, the truth is that the pull the pull across to Valhalla
is substantial and mighty and has film heritage in his back pocket.
Yeah, I did.
I did have written down about the fact that it's Jeb Stuart who wrote Die Hard.
And immediately it's like, yeah, I'm in for this
a lot of the great work going on, I was to say for Laura,
your character, Emma, she straight away, I was kind of drawn to her in her story.
For you as a as an actor, what compelled you to want to play her?
So I would really fascinated me about I'm
from the beginning is that she is a strong character.
She's so ambitious and very, very intelligent,
which is her biggest strength, I would say.
And what makes her really extraordinary , also,
she, in a
good way, uses her mind, her intelligence as
as a weapon, but not in a not in an aggressive way, but in a good way.
I hope you understand what I mean.
And that was something that really fascinated me about her.
Excellent.
I've got these questions for everybody now.
A quick quick one answer question, a true or false answer.
So I wonder if you guys can about
what might have gone into the History Channel and got some Viking stats.
So I'm going to ask everybody individually.
So the question is true or false?
Gentlemen in that age preferred to be blonde .
What do we think?
False.
Brunetet all the way I say it's true,
Laura is correct.
Apparently prefer to be blond.
I thought that was a fascinating fact.
Gentlemen prefer to be blond.
Never mind, guys.
Thanks so much for your time and good luck with the show.
Thanks, guys.