00:00Basta fumo, yeah.
00:18Hi, nice to meet you.
00:19I'm Valentina from Italy, Rome.
00:21So I have to ask, I'm sorry.
00:24I know everybody's asking this,
00:25but how do we often think about the Roman Empire now?
00:30Now?
00:31Yes.
00:33I never don't think about it.
00:36Never think about anything else.
00:39And it's interesting how entertainment here
00:42is almost like a danger
00:45because it distracts people from the important stuff.
00:49And I think that today is almost the same.
00:52So do you believe that entertainment
00:54sometimes could be dangerous?
00:56Depends who's using it,
00:59that, of course, we do need entertainment,
01:03but it could be music,
01:05it could be painting.
01:07But when it comes to sports,
01:11what it triggers in the humankind is,
01:14you know, it's to be together.
01:16But it's true that it's interesting
01:18how that kind of entertainment
01:21became a tool for politicians
01:23and to, yeah, to manipulate also
01:28by keeping their mind away
01:32from the important thing
01:34that they specifically use
01:36this kind of entertainment.
01:38Yeah, I think entertainment has always been
01:42a tool for distraction.
01:46So I think it's no different now
01:49than it was then,
01:50except perhaps it's just more,
01:53less obvious now.
01:54I think in the Roman days,
01:56it was like,
01:56there's a riot.
01:57Yeah, quick!
01:59You know.
02:00And that was it.
02:02Everyone's forgotten about the riot.
02:04So it's,
02:05and then they have a riot
02:06and they do more games.
02:07So it's,
02:08yeah,
02:09if an emperor wanted
02:10people to like him,
02:12he'd throw some games.
02:14So it's as simple as that,
02:15whereas now it's a lot more complicated,
02:17I think.
02:18But, you know,
02:19but in a way,
02:20and with populist politicians,
02:23they are the entertainment themselves sometimes
02:25and what they say
02:26and they bring themselves
02:28as the entertainment
02:29and that's what people are drawn to then.
02:31And so it disguises then
02:33their inadequacies
02:34or their,
02:35you know,
02:37how actually they're a horrible person.
02:39It's so true.
02:41And Tenaxa says that
02:42he teaches the kids
02:44things that they need to know.
02:47Do you think that this TV show
02:49can teach us something?
02:50And what is it,
02:51in your opinion?
02:51Yeah,
02:52I think,
02:52I think it,
02:53well,
02:53I think it can,
02:54I think it,
02:55first of all,
02:55obviously it can teach us
02:56about ancient Rome
02:58and that particular period
03:01and,
03:01you know,
03:01the kind of inner workings
03:02of Rome
03:04as a,
03:05as a,
03:06you know,
03:07of a cross-section of Rome
03:09rather than it just being
03:09about a family
03:10or about,
03:12a specific aspect.
03:14It's about,
03:14you know,
03:14you really get a picture
03:15of all of Rome
03:16in that time.
03:17But I think,
03:17you know,
03:18teaching us that we're not that different
03:19is still incredible factionism.
03:22People fight each other
03:23over just what they believe in
03:25and,
03:26you know,
03:28and yeah,
03:28so I think we're,
03:29we're seeing,
03:30you know,
03:30I think it often shows,
03:32shines a light
03:32and perhaps things aren't
03:33as different now
03:34as,
03:34as we,
03:35we like to think
03:36and with all of our technology
03:38and sophistication
03:39we are still human beings
03:40that are corruptible.
03:42Do you believe that
03:43in this TV show
03:44fists are stronger
03:46than words
03:47or not?
03:49It depends
03:49who's wielding them,
03:50I think.
03:51I think,
03:53you know,
03:53obviously there's,
03:56there's
03:57a form of oppression
03:58in those times,
03:59you know,
03:59the army,
04:00you know,
04:01if you mess with someone
04:01they bring in the army
04:04but if you're a very clever
04:06politician
04:07then you can manipulate that
04:09and I think you see that
04:10in this show actually
04:11with sort of
04:12the dynastic struggle
04:13is the,
04:14is the,
04:15is directly
04:16the difference
04:17between brute force
04:19and manipulation
04:20through intelligence
04:21which is the words
04:24the pen is mightier
04:25than the sword.
04:26And I,
04:26I think my character
04:27would absolutely defend
04:29the fact that
04:30intelligence
04:31would be
04:32better than
04:34strength.
04:36Like,
04:36she definitely,
04:37she believes in her son
04:38even if he's not
04:40the bigger
04:41guy in the room
04:43but,
04:43you know,
04:44knowing him
04:45to be intelligent
04:46and fast
04:48in his move
04:50and in his mind
04:50that's how he,
04:52he gains.
04:54I mean,
04:54that's how he,
04:55he,
04:56he becomes a good gladiator
04:58but definitely Kalash
04:59can't use her strength
05:03but her mind
05:05can,
05:05you know,
05:06put down
05:06everyone else.
05:08Since you shot in Italy,
05:09do you know
05:09any Italian words now?
05:13Ewan knows
05:15Italian perfectly now.
05:17Yes,
05:18we know
05:19Basta Fumo.
05:21Basta Fumo,
05:22yeah.
05:23Yeah,
05:23we know that one.
05:24That's probably the thing
05:25I've heard the most.
05:26That's the thing
05:27we heard the most
05:29during eight months
05:30on the show
05:31we were struggling
05:31with that.
05:32Yeah.
05:32The others say
05:33the same thing.
05:34Thank you so much.
05:35Thank you.
05:35Valentina.
05:36Thank you.
05:36Bye bye.
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