5.12 US press releases with quotes from Bradley & Katie. Bradley's favorite TV shows article.
Media outlets in the US have issued press releases for 5.12 'The Diamond of the Day Part 1', featuring quotes from Bradley and Katie. Full stories can be read by clicking on the article titles. (Warning: small spoilers).
SciFi and TV Talk: This Week on Merlin - "The Diamond of the Day (Part 1)" - (Syfy US)
Many members of the cast cited the final two episodes as their favorites of the epic, five-year, 65-episode series. Katie McGrath (Morgana) and Bradley James (King Arthur) were particularly vocal in praising the two-part finale for its action, humor and emotional impact - all traits that made the series extremely popular in more than 180 countries around the world.
Chicago Tribune: 'Merlin' finale preview, part 1: It's a slugfest!
James said his best memories of production were from the final two episodes. "I think my best week on 'Merlin' was filming the big battle for the finale," he said. "We knew it had to be huge and great, and everyone stepped up their game. The attention to detail was a little bit higher in the way it was shot, and we got to spend an entire week concentrating on the battle." It was also a last chance for glory with the Knights of the Round Table, he added. "It was fun to fight alongside the guys one last time--a lot of it was myself and Rupert (Young) fighting side-by-side, and that was great.
It was important to put an emphasis on such an important, prominent part of this story within the series." Although the final moments of the series raised eyebrows among some fans when it aired in Britain, James says "Merlin" always has been an unexpected retelling of the legend of a "once and future king." "I'm happy with the way it ends," James said. "And I think it will live in people’s memories. Things haven’t fallen the way things you'd expect them to, and that applies to the end of the series, as well."
Fanhattan: Merlin: New Photos from the Two Hour Series Finale
“It’s such a privilege to tell the ending of a story,” McGrath explains. “A lot of times a series gets cancelled before it can finish, or it keeps going beyond where it should. Our producers/creators, Johnny (Capps) and Julian (Jones), always had a five-year plan, and we’re grateful to have been allowed them to tell the full story. It’s been such a pleasure playing Morgana from the beginning to end - it’s rare that you get to put a proper full stop on a character. Such great characters, such good stories. I know the fans will miss MERLIN - I shall miss it, too”
Bradley was this week's featured celebrity in Jenna Busch's Fanhattan column "This Week's Celebrity Watchlist". Merlin and Homeland are amongst his favourite shows.
SciFi and TV Talk: This Week on Merlin - "The Diamond of the Day (Part 1)" - (Syfy US)
Many members of the cast cited the final two episodes as their favorites of the epic, five-year, 65-episode series. Katie McGrath (Morgana) and Bradley James (King Arthur) were particularly vocal in praising the two-part finale for its action, humor and emotional impact - all traits that made the series extremely popular in more than 180 countries around the world.
Chicago Tribune: 'Merlin' finale preview, part 1: It's a slugfest!
James said his best memories of production were from the final two episodes. "I think my best week on 'Merlin' was filming the big battle for the finale," he said. "We knew it had to be huge and great, and everyone stepped up their game. The attention to detail was a little bit higher in the way it was shot, and we got to spend an entire week concentrating on the battle." It was also a last chance for glory with the Knights of the Round Table, he added. "It was fun to fight alongside the guys one last time--a lot of it was myself and Rupert (Young) fighting side-by-side, and that was great.
It was important to put an emphasis on such an important, prominent part of this story within the series." Although the final moments of the series raised eyebrows among some fans when it aired in Britain, James says "Merlin" always has been an unexpected retelling of the legend of a "once and future king." "I'm happy with the way it ends," James said. "And I think it will live in people’s memories. Things haven’t fallen the way things you'd expect them to, and that applies to the end of the series, as well."
Fanhattan: Merlin: New Photos from the Two Hour Series Finale
“It’s such a privilege to tell the ending of a story,” McGrath explains. “A lot of times a series gets cancelled before it can finish, or it keeps going beyond where it should. Our producers/creators, Johnny (Capps) and Julian (Jones), always had a five-year plan, and we’re grateful to have been allowed them to tell the full story. It’s been such a pleasure playing Morgana from the beginning to end - it’s rare that you get to put a proper full stop on a character. Such great characters, such good stories. I know the fans will miss MERLIN - I shall miss it, too”
Bradley was this week's featured celebrity in Jenna Busch's Fanhattan column "This Week's Celebrity Watchlist". Merlin and Homeland are amongst his favourite shows.