“Morgana has extreme views in one direction Uther has extreme views in the other direction.
“I think that there are characters within the show who have very extreme views,” he said. As actors we learned from his experience as an actor, and as a person what he’s been through in life, he and Richard have always been there if we ever needed advice,” James said, complimenting Head and Wilson, who plays Merlin’s mentor Gaius.Ĭomparing the king Uther was to the king Arthur becomes, James said Uther’s extremism spurred his son’s more moderate views, and laid the groundwork for Arthur to become a better ruler than either his father or Morgana (played by Katie McGrath). “Working with him has always been lovely. The actor also touched on working with Anthony Head, best known in the United States as Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, who played Arthur’s father King Uther in the first four seasons of Merlin and returns for a special episode on Season 5. “I think we both need that breather to realize there are other people and other ways of telling jokes!” “I imagine myself and Colin, when we do manage to get some time away from each other, we try to separate ourselves from each other as much as possible,” he laughed. It’s helped out no end with what audiences see onscreen because inevitably that’s going to carry itself onto the screen as well. “We are quite ridiculous in our humor sometimes, which I think only the pair of us can relate to, but ultimately we have gotten on quite well because we had to spend so much time together anyway with filming the show. “We share a lot of laughs and we have a lot of fun,” James said. “There’s only two people, and that would be Merlin and Guinevere, who could say, ‘By the way, I am a sorcerer,’ or, ‘I have magic.’ I think those are the two people who stand the best chance of receiving some sort of understanding from Arthur,” he said.Ī smile spread across the actor’s face as talk turned to his real-life relationship with Merlin actor Colin Morgan. However, James said he thinks if Merlin ever revealed himself, he might be surprised by Arthur’s reaction. Also the greatest enemy of Camelot being Morgana, being magic, you find yourself in a place where it’s difficult to accept it when it’s being used to kill people and it’s being used to terrorize a country.”Īdd to that the obstacle of the death of both Arthur’s parents by magic and, “You’d be pretty miffed about that, I think!” James laughed.Īs magic remains taboo, Merlin still must act in secret. The problem is, for every person who uses magic for good it appears as though there are ten people who use it for the wrong reasons. “You have someone who is beginning to understand the people who use it.
“I think with Arthur you have a lot more leniency towards it,” he said. Picking up three years into Arthur and Guinevere’s reign, the season begins in Camelot’s Golden Age as the young king rules wisely and far more compassionately than his father, although as James explained, magic is still outlawed. “But I’ve repeatedly said that makes terrible television! So we’ve picked up when the danger and drama of the situation comes into play again, and that comes into play in the form of Morgana, but there’s also the added element of Mordred this year.”
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“Arthur’s been king now for four years when we get to the start of Series 5, so he’s relaxed, he’s settled in, everything’s been going well, Camelot’s where he wants it to be and life is good,” James said, before continuing with a grin.
4, Spinoff Online had an opportunity to spend some time with Arthur himself, 28-year-old British actor Bradley James, who can’t wait for American viewers to see what’s ahead. Merlin has spent the past four seasons on BBC One and Syfy putting a new spin on Arthurian legend with a Camelot where magic is banned and a young Merlin protects his friend and king entirely in secret.Īlthough the fifth and final season of Merlin doesn’t debut in the United States until Jan.
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