“They used to be like us,” she tells Newman. “Radiation has made them retreat inside these impregnable metal shells, and now they hate everything that isn’t like them. All they know is how to lash out.”
“The nature of the piece is spectacularly dark and has been enjoyable to play. He is a character that has fallen through the cracks and is responsible for some serious crimes. But he is not what he appears. He belongs to the night.” ~ Peter on his character in The Devil’s Hour. (x)
Great to get a chat this morning with Peter Capaldi, Jessica Raine and other cast from #TheDevilsHour and see a clip of this creepy thriller coming to @PrimeVideo(x)
FINALLY some interviews! Thanks to @annabolinas for finding these!
Right so some things to take away:
Jessica Raine read a biography of Catherine for this role! The way she speaks of her is with a tone of admiration and she talks about the hardship she’s faced so this makes me hopeful that Catherine will not, in fact, be portrayed as a one-note villain
Jamie mentioned that he intentionally didn’t watch other portrayals of Robert to make his portrayal his own which honestly I get - I would be pretty intimidated too if I felt like I had to follow in Tom Hardy and Jeremy Irons’ footsteps lol and its better for an actor to make his own sense of his role rather than trying to base it on something else. He’s an actor, not a historian after all.
Is that inscription by Catherine Parr that Jessica is talking about real??? I’ve never heard of it. Any thoughts @katherynparr?
Tom Cullen mentioning the huge codpiece he had to wear lmao lmao of course Seymour would
Jamie saying that he still couldn’t dress himself by the end of shooting yeah my guy that’s why Robert had manservants haha!
This whole emphasis on the script/story feeling modern is annoyingly anachronistic but we do have to remind ourselves that this is a show for entertainment, not a documentary. And unlike with Emma Frost and co, the BE crew doesn’t seem to be making pretentious, grandious statements about the people they’re portraying. They’re just telling a historical story for a modern audience and like eh, fair enough
Jamie Blackley talking about working with an intimacy coordinator … HMMMMMMMM
On that note, it does seem like the focus of the sexiness will be Thomas Seymour and Catherine Parr so if that’s true, that’s a relief (not that I ship them or something but it’s better than him and Elizabeth at the very bottom most least)
