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such_heights) wrote2010-12-03 06:23 pm
such_heights) wrote2010-12-03 06:23 pm
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This interview with Julian Murphy is so aggravating.
One of the biggest revelations of the series was how great an actress Angel Coulby is as Gwen. You suddenly realised how underused she’s been before now.
“I think she has done fantastic stuff. It’s always difficult with those kind of characters. In the first two series with Gwen and Morgana it was hard to give them big and meaty roles. Now Morgana is evil it’s much easier to give her proactive, proper stories. And in Gwen’s case, now that she has a real status of being Arthur’s future queen – well, potentially – and her role a growing and increasingly important one, I think you can see what Angel really can do as an actress.”
Angel and Katie McGrath (Morgana) still complain in every interview that they want to do more swordfighting.
“Yeah, they’re always saying that.”
So, are you going to let them?
“I do let them do a bit. Well, Morgana. They did do a lot more riding in this series. But, yes, I’m conscious of it, and I’d love for Gwen to do more action, but I think for the audience we’ve always got to stay within the bounds of fantasy credibility. If we can engineer it, we’ll do it. If we can’t, we have to be realistic.”
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Eesh, I cannot wait for this season to be over so I can get on with my life. And not even touching all the 'ew, fans' stuff because WHATEVER.
Stupid show with its stupid yet adorable characters who I am still invested in and thus cannot let go! OPEN CANON FANDOMS ARE STRESSFUL, ACK. But tomorrow is the finale and then, sweet sweet hiatus.
One of the biggest revelations of the series was how great an actress Angel Coulby is as Gwen. You suddenly realised how underused she’s been before now.
“I think she has done fantastic stuff. It’s always difficult with those kind of characters. In the first two series with Gwen and Morgana it was hard to give them big and meaty roles. Now Morgana is evil it’s much easier to give her proactive, proper stories. And in Gwen’s case, now that she has a real status of being Arthur’s future queen – well, potentially – and her role a growing and increasingly important one, I think you can see what Angel really can do as an actress.”
Angel and Katie McGrath (Morgana) still complain in every interview that they want to do more swordfighting.
“Yeah, they’re always saying that.”
So, are you going to let them?
“I do let them do a bit. Well, Morgana. They did do a lot more riding in this series. But, yes, I’m conscious of it, and I’d love for Gwen to do more action, but I think for the audience we’ve always got to stay within the bounds of fantasy credibility. If we can engineer it, we’ll do it. If we can’t, we have to be realistic.”
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Eesh, I cannot wait for this season to be over so I can get on with my life. And not even touching all the 'ew, fans' stuff because WHATEVER.
Stupid show with its stupid yet adorable characters who I am still invested in and thus cannot let go! OPEN CANON FANDOMS ARE STRESSFUL, ACK. But tomorrow is the finale and then, sweet sweet hiatus.
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Then the next part, at his “Yeah, they’re always saying that”, I had a long white blank while trying to see something after that sentence. Surely it must be white text on white background. No way he'll just say that and stop there.
Had I been the interviewer, I would have snapped the next question, or maybe try to say it really slowly. Then possibly do exactly like in that gif, at least mentally, at his answer.
Thank you so much, Katie and Angel, for bringing much more into the show than what this guy can ever imagine for you.