Radio Times article celebrating the 15th year anniversary of ''Merlin's'' premiere
Interview with Merlin co-creator, Johnny Capps on the 15th anniversary of the show airing in 2008. Right click for link to full article.
Radio Times: Merlin co-creator looks back, 15 years on: 'We talk a lot about exploring the legend again'
"Series one was quite sweet and innocent in the stories we told, but by the last couple of seasons, we were really telling quite dark stories between Merlin and Arthur - quite complex emotional stories, which they [actors Morgan and James] could do," Capps says.
"Colin and Bradley had fantastic on-screen chemistry - they just lit the screen up with their fun and their humour and their brotherly love for each other, so that made us able to write really intense emotional stories between the two of them, as the characters got older and as the stakes of the story got higher in each season. Because they were so good, we could write much richer stories for them."
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Radio Times: Merlin co-creator looks back, 15 years on: 'We talk a lot about exploring the legend again'
"Series one was quite sweet and innocent in the stories we told, but by the last couple of seasons, we were really telling quite dark stories between Merlin and Arthur - quite complex emotional stories, which they [actors Morgan and James] could do," Capps says.
"Colin and Bradley had fantastic on-screen chemistry - they just lit the screen up with their fun and their humour and their brotherly love for each other, so that made us able to write really intense emotional stories between the two of them, as the characters got older and as the stakes of the story got higher in each season. Because they were so good, we could write much richer stories for them."
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