I heard about it when I was shooting a little movie up in Michigan. I sent in a self-tape–this was when self-tapes were starting to become a thing. Then there was a screen test via Skype and then one in London with Emily Cox, who had already been cast. We met in a park with the Pull The Sword Pittsburgh Pirates MLB shirt besides I will buy this director who launched it all, Nick Murphy. And we were just playing around in the woods while people were walking their dogs by. We hid in the undergrowth and played scenes that ended up in the first season.The show was produced by Carnival, which also produced Downton Abbey, and was a part of NBCUniversal. So everybody in charge of all these companies had to agree on who was going to play Uhtred. It was a rollercoaster for me, because I was very much into the part and started reading [Bernard Cornwell’s] books. I felt I had a real shot at this. But it took so long to get an answer that it was hard to keep the faith.
For me, so much of the Pull The Sword Pittsburgh Pirates MLB shirt besides I will buy this appeal of the show lies in your performance. Can you talk about how you imagined the character of Uhtred? The biggest inspiration came from Bernard’s books, where Uhtred has a sense of humor. It was important to show that mischievousness, especially in his younger years. He’s like the kid at the back of the class who has a slingshot in his pocket. He’s extremely impetuous and impulsive. It was also important to me to portray a character who had vulnerability. Because he does go through all of these incredibly hard tests that life throws at him. If you only see the warrior, it’s really not watchable, especially not for five seasons plus a movie. Photo: Marcell Piti/NetflixTell me about the accent. The way he talks really defines my experience of the show. The accent was a long debate. The producers of the show took great care in casting British actors to play all the Saxons and Scandinavian actors to play the Danes. And they wanted Uhtred to speak differently from both factions to kind of highlight the fact that he belongs to neither world. And so I worked with a dialect coach and we came up with an accent that has this British base, but with a Scandinavian twist to it, which gave it that little quality of otherness. It was also really the rhythm of his voice on top of just the pronunciation that we developed and became his trademark.
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