I loved Bernard Cornwell's books.
It's normal when there's a new show on the air to say this is the new 'Game of Thrones' or this is the new 'Vikings,' because we need to put things in boxes.
My mom was a history teacher when I was a kid, so I hated history out of rebellion.
People who are creating history don't realize they're creating it at the time it's happening.
I don't really feel an allegiance to any of the countries I have lived in, even though I feel like part of them, and part of them is in me.
Every actor strives to be in the moment, and when you're on a horse, you constantly have to communicate with it and assert your authority.
We know they took their look very seriously - tweezers and combs were found in Viking graves. The warriors would file their teeth down to make them pointy, use kohl to make their eyes look darker, and red pigment on their teeth to make them look bloody.
As a child, it was really hard because I'd be thrown into a new school and have to make new friends, or I'd sit in class for months without speaking the language, but as I got older, I welcomed the possibility of discovering new cultures and languages.
