Michael Hirst is clear: “I do not like fantasy.” He wrote the screenplay for the film ‘Elizabeth’ (about Elizabeth I of England) was exalted on television as creator of ‘The Tudors’ (Henry VIII) and also produced the first season of the series ‘The Borgias’ (Pope Alexander VI ).
– Who wants to ‘Game of Thrones’ taking history?
– Exactly. For me, the most surprising fact is always that fantasy.
The last delivery this British author called ‘Vikings’ and repeats Wednesdays at 22:30 on TNT since last week. In the U.S., where it has been programmed by History Channel, and has renewed for a second season.
Michael Hirst, on the phone from London, ELMUNDO.es speaks for his latest project: “It is a documentary and do not know much of the time because they are the dark ages-from ‘The Tudors’ knew everything, but The series is based on historical research and that is very important to me. had a chat with a head of Scandinavian studies, a Swede, a Boston radio station. And I thought this guy would have much critical history .. . thing was finally did congratulate me. I said first Scandinavian culture had taken seriously “.
This series, signed by a British and recorded in Ireland, delves into the past of the Scandinavians, with an Australian and Canadian papers of the main characters. So, apparently, the XXI century television. Travis Fimmel, underwear model interpreter also bears the brunt of the story in the role of Ragnar Lothbrok, a legendary figure who appears in the literary sagas of these people not as barbarians.
“They were much more democratic than the Saxons and the Franks. Kept large public meetings where they discussed everything that had to do with the community, such as laws and land ownership, and voted on important issues. It is true that they were slaves, like other cultures, but there were free men and women. Regarding females, were more advanced than its neighbors, “highlights Hirst convinced that in the first season the prestigious Irish actor Gabriel Byrne , who plays the troubled Earl Haraldson.
Curiosity, non-violence
‘Vikings’ missing no murders or rapes, but it rescues the firm culture hidden behind wooden shields, as indicated by the author: “Ragnar is a different hero, because there is a historic Ragnar, the real person existed, someone convinced that descended from Odin. Odin was not only the god of warriors, but also of curiosity: he sacrificed his eye to see in the world of knowledge. “
Hirst continues: “My character is like Odin and fully motivated by curiosity. travels west not to steal and rape, but because you are curious. Viking culture was very curious were the first to early America, hundreds of years before the arrival of Columbus , and invented a new generation of amazing boats. My main character is not a devil, but a kind of complicated, fascinating. “
‘The Tudors’ endured four seasons on the air, but Hirst save even more ambitious expectations for his new series: “I wish there were seven. Ragnar had many famous sons and did amazing things. ended ‘The Tudors’ with the latest wife of Henry VIII, but ‘Vikings’ goes much further. “
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