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'Downton Abbey' is just one cliche after another, and it is a really, really poor piece of drama. But that's only me talking. That's... →
Everything in 'The Tudors' is initially based on my historical research, and the fact is that the most unlikely scenes were the ones which... →
For 'Vikings,' we have to do so much outside shooting, and it's normally - I think with American shows, it'll be 60 or 70 percent... →
I couldn't give 'Vikings' away - I mean, I love these people. And I'm not sure anyone else writing it would necessarily have the same... →
I felt that a lot of Viking culture had been caricatured and misconstrued. After all, they were far more democratic than the Saxons and the Francs... →
I got interested in the Vikings, and then you realize that there isn't much to be read about them because they did not write their history. It... →
I wasn't setting out to write a documentary; if I had, I would have done it in a completely different way. I was asked to write a drama that... →
I've found that using historical material and being rooted in historical material is liberating because I always think to myself, 'Well, this... →
My instinct is to absolutely recoil when talking about writing in a mechanistic way. Nothing could be dumber than writing a film or TV script based... →
Of course I had written a film about Elizabeth I, and I loved the Tudor period, and I think at the time Working Title and I had debated on whether to... →
People offer me loads of stuff, and some of it I like, but I just can't do it because I can't write it all. So I might get in the position... →
The American obsession with 'Downton' amuses me slightly because it's such a fiction. I've always been questioned about my historical... →
The key for me with historical characters is they're interesting because they're human beings. A little bit of Hemingway goes a long way... →
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