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00:00It's been 10 years of hard work for her.

00:02I know it looks easy, but there's a lot of work going into this.

00:05I'll be a mixologist at the beach bar while you go off scuba diving.

00:08Guys, congratulations on the show.

00:10Oh, first and foremost, Jeremy, I must say, I never get my parents to watch anything.

00:14So when I go home for Christmas, it's a strain.

00:17We watched War Horse recently.

00:19Well, not recently, it was Christmas.

00:21Oh, that's very sweet.

00:22It's the same horse people who did that, that are doing this.

00:26Really?

00:26Yeah, and they did say that some of the horses from War Horse are still just about kicking around.

00:31I think there's one that's still on our show.

00:34Really?

00:34I need to go and reconnect.

00:37Not Chopper's?

00:37I can't remember the name.

00:38No.

00:40There was no dramatic reunion.

00:43You're filming to see this horse comes bolting over the fence.

00:47Steven Spielberg is sprinting after him.

00:49Yeah, no, no, no.

00:50That would have been good.

00:50We did all that on camera for the movie.

00:53What was it like?

00:54It was interesting seeing you back in World War One again, and I thought that must have

00:58been a bit of a nostalgic trip, because it was right at the start of your career.

01:02It must have been this incredible experience, and then suddenly you're back in all the garb

01:05explosions going off.

01:06It was one of the things where I realized the scale of this production, because I walked

01:10onto the set.

01:11It was the first thing that we shot, the big First World War sequence, and it was pretty

01:16much the same scale and sort of epic size as War Horse.

01:20It was, yeah, it really reminded me of it.

01:22And I sort of went, oh, wow, they've got a budget, this TV show.

01:26Like, they're really going for it.

01:28So, yeah, very cool.

01:29How did you guys prepare to be in a show like this?

01:32Brand new show, but seven series, going to be eight series of the original, a lot of

01:37lore, a lot of baggage, a lot of fan base, all that kind of stuff.

01:42Where do you start?

01:44Do you just try and keep it completely fresh, or did you bury yourselves in there?

01:46Did you go to a Kaylee?

01:47Like, what's the way to...

01:49Go to a Kaylee.

01:49Yeah, I got pissed at several weddings.

01:52Perfect.

01:52So you're hired.

01:53Well, we had two time periods to span, obviously.

01:59So we kind of, we had to, most of our research, probably, I would say for me at least, was

02:03World War I, because once we get to the 18th century, we're not really meant to know what's

02:08going on, I suppose.

02:09Yeah, they're fish out of water by that time.

02:11Yeah, didn't have to kind of look into the customs, per se.

02:14We learned to ride.

02:15We went and did all that, like a lot of, you did a bit of a fighting training.

02:19I didn't do any fighting training yet.

02:21But, you know, what's also really important is our chemistry, and so 10 years ago, me

02:25and Hermione started being friends, just building up to this moment, and it's been 10 years

02:29of hard work for her, but, yeah, we've, finally it's paying off, eh?

02:34Yeah, exactly, yeah.

02:35Going method, I mean, that's, that's perfect.

02:37That's how you get results, guys.

02:38It is.

02:39That's how you get an Emmy.

02:40It is.

02:40I know it looks easy, but there's a lot of work went into this.

02:44When you guys signed up for this, was there a part of you which had a side relief that

02:47you weren't playing Scotsman?

02:51Yes.

02:52Because, like, Harriet's got a fantastic accent in this, but being surrounded in Scottish

02:56actors, there would be this voice in my head going, oh, please don't be ruining this.

03:00I'd be, every little sideways glance, I'd be like, oh, and I ruined that sentence.

03:04That's a lot of work, you know, to really nail an accent in the way that, you know, Harriet

03:09has done.

03:09That's a lot of work, and, yeah, I've got to say, it was nice not to have that pressure

03:15on me, personally.

03:17Yeah, I actually originally auditioned for Ellen, because I did, I did an indie playing

03:22a Scottish, playing a woman from the Hebrides, although the accent, they wanted, like, more

03:27of an Edinburgh, Glasgow, yeah, I'd say more like a sort of Glasgow accent, so, I had done

03:35it before, and that was a heck load of work.

03:37I mean, I love doing accents, it's a great way to get into character.

03:41I think so, I think it takes you away from yourself a bit, which I really enjoy.

03:45Yeah, well, I mean, we've changed our voices slightly for this.

03:48Yes, we've been more, a bit more RP.

03:51Yeah.

03:52We might get into character, like, the clothes are a big thing.

03:55Anytime I've worn, like, an outfit, a costume, it's always felt, like, very ill-fitting and

04:02itchy and whatnot, but for you guys, I know it's kind of your bread and butter for getting

04:06into a character, so what did you enjoy about that?

04:08Did you prefer the, kind of, World War I stuff to the old, kind of, Scottish Takamari stuff?

04:12But that you only get to do when you're on set, so actually, the getting into character,

04:15you actually don't have that until you're actually filming, by which point, you probably

04:18should have done your homework and figured out what you're doing.

04:21Yeah.

04:21I mean, yeah, if you're figuring out your character the morning of shooting.

04:25Which some films you do have to do that, because you don't watch characters you're

04:28playing until you're in a costume fitting, which I've had before.

04:30Yeah, oh, really?

04:31Top seat, when it's, like, so secret, you don't know what you're doing.

04:33Oh, it was after Star Wars, was it?

04:34Yeah.

04:35Yeah, I can imagine that one.

04:36Oh, that's what I am, I'm saying.

04:40But, yeah, I think it definitely helps.

04:42I always find, like, when you're in a costume fitting, it's, like, it's always a discussion,

04:46isn't it, really, with, like, the costume designer, like, do you think they'd wear this?

04:50Do you have which handbag?

04:50Like, so it does, it definitely, like, I think informs certain things.

04:56Yeah.

04:57How do you feel about joining a show that has such a, kind of, history and a, you've both

05:03done things, but, I mean, going into Star Wars, there's pretty much nothing in the world

05:06that's going to have the same amount of, kind of, of baggage and fan base and expectation

05:12as something like that.

05:13So, I imagine that was, like, a pretty good training for doing something like this.

05:18But there is a certain level out there and there's a lot of expectation on a show like

05:25this.

05:26So, yeah, has that been a fun part of it, a fun side of it?

05:29Have you seen any of that interaction between, kind of, those original OG fans yet or not?

05:34Well, yeah, but we sort of film in this bubble in Scotland.

05:37Yeah.

05:37And, you know, it's very easy to forget that anyone's actually ever going to watch it

05:41when we're sort of working in that enclosed, sort of, I don't know, close-knit group.

05:46Yeah.

05:46And then, for me, it was only when we started doing press.

05:48And we sort of went out to New York and L.A. and stuff.

05:51And, you know, in the States, it's just, it's so popular out there.

05:55Yeah.

05:55And it's such a privilege, you know.

05:57Normally, you're just praying that somebody watches the thing that you spent a year of

06:01your life working on.

06:02And to have an existing audience, I just feel very, very lucky.

06:06I'm amazed that the Americans love it as much as they do because I know, like, people love

06:11a sweeping romance and throwing a bit of, kind of, like, timey-wimey stuff in there,

06:14all the better.

06:15But, like, they don't, like, they don't, they don't smooth off the rough edges of, like,

06:20the Scottishness of it.

06:22Like, it's...

06:22I'm amazed they can understand any of it.

06:24I think some people said they need subtitles.

06:26Yeah.

06:26I've had, when we went to American Screening, I had people being like, yeah, definitely going

06:29to need some subtitles on that.

06:33But I think people like that.

06:34I think people like the fact that they haven't, you know, polished it up too much in terms

06:39of...

06:40And if you think you've got Scottish heritage, which I think, so to say, a lot of Americans

06:44do, then, yeah, I guess it's a Scottish romance thing.

06:48A lot of Americans think they've got some heritage from, like, 300 years ago.

06:50Yeah, I'm Irish.

06:51I'm like, ah, I don't know.

06:52I think you've got a great, great, great, great, great grandmother might have been Irish.

06:55When pressed, I'll try and push that, I'm part Scottish as well.

06:57So I think we all do it, don't we?

06:59I mean, yeah, my grandma was Scottish.

07:00There you go.

07:01You see, you're doing it too now.

07:02You see, we're all guilty of it.

07:03But she had a thick Preston accent by the time I came along, so I can't cling on to it

07:07too much.

07:09One thing I did learn about the original series is that they kind of sort of like jumping

07:13all over the place.

07:15I thought it was just like set in Scotland.

07:16They were in one place, then they were in Scotland, and that's where it was, but they

07:19end up in America and all sorts.

07:21And it made me wonder, that must be quite exciting as an actor to think, oh, we're going to explore

07:26this topic or in this place.

07:28So is there another area of history where you guys would like to see your characters

07:31crop up in and sort of make a home for themselves in?

07:35Well, we were thinking some kind of like Brazil or...

07:39You want to go to Brazil?

07:40Somewhere hot.

07:41Oh, yeah, no, somewhere nice to film.

07:42I'm thinking we end up in Australia.

07:43Oh, Greek islands.

07:44Greek islands.

07:45Yeah.

07:45Maybe something like that.

07:47Yeah, I think they probably would.

07:48I think they would, and I think they would work in some sort of cocktail beach bar.

07:53Let's just workshop this now, and the producers will be watching.

07:56They'll be taking notes.

07:56Yeah, if we can...

07:58I think Julia becomes like a marine biologist that has good diving.

08:04Great.

08:04Yeah.

08:05What do they call those people who make cocktails, but they give themselves like a scientific name?

08:09Oh, if you're called a mixologist?

08:12Mixologist, that's the one.

08:13I'll be a mixologist at the beach bar while you go off scuba diving.

08:16Diving, yeah.

08:17Just call it ologist.

08:17Yeah.

08:18Yeah.

08:19Guys, I'm looking forward to that series.

08:21Lovely.

08:21A spin-off for the spin-off.

08:22Why not?

08:23Yeah.

08:24But good luck with this one.

08:25Really enjoyed it.

08:25And hopefully I'll catch you guys in 12 months time, maybe.

08:28Absolutely, yeah.

08:28Yeah.

08:29Talk about where you've ended up then.

08:30Yeah.

08:31Lots to come.

08:32Thanks so much.

08:32Thanks, mate.

08:33Lovely stuff.

08:34It was great.

08:35Good luck, mate.

08:35Cheers, mate.

08:35Yeah, yeah, you too, buddy.

08:36Yeah.

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