When I Was Offered The Part In

Merlin Is Really At The Forefront, In That Regard. We Get A Glimpse Into The Dark, Machiavellian Corridors Of Power. I Like The Fact That, Although He Has Powers, His Powers Are Almost In His Political Guile As Much As What He Relies On, In Darker Forces.

Conditioning Can Be Not A Big Heavy Thing. (for Instance:) I've Got A Brand New Pair Of Shoes, By Mistake You Step On It And You Make Them Muddy And Dirty, I'm Conditioned To Go "hey, What Are You Doing?" That's My Conditioning, I Have A Response. So, Maybe We Have To Learn To Find The Pause Before We React, Because Reaction Is Our Conditioning.

Maybe We Need More Dialogue In Terms Of Our Faith, In Terms Of Those Who Are Believers, Or Even Nonbelievers, About That Aspect, And What That Might Mean If You Were Interpreting. You Don't Have To Believe It; Maybe You Could Draw A Metaphor From It.

When I Was Offered The Part In Shakespeare In Love A Voice In My Head Said 'not Another Tights Role!

I Read As Much As I Could, But Really Just Spoke To Chris Chibnall And Asked All The Pertinent Questions. That Made Me Feel Like We Weren't Going To Do An Off-the-peg Camelot, Which Has Been Touched Upon In Many Films And Tv Series Before. I Really Just Picked His Brain And, In Doing So, I Got Fired Up By Tackling Merlin In A Fresher Angle.