Leo Suter and Frida Gustavsson against a vikings: valhalla poster backdrop
The Big Picture Two and a half years after Vikings: Valhalla, a sequel series to the hit historical drama Vikings, hit Netflix, it's hard to believe that things have already come to an end. And yet, come to an end they have. Vikings: Valhalla — a hit series in its own right — sailed into the sunset on July 11 after three seasons, wrapping up Harald , Leif , and Freydis's arcs while teasing what awaits all three of them as Europe enters a major period of change.
JEB STUART: I'm a fan of the show, too, so it's kinda like, “What do I wanna do next?” It's not just a matter of, “Oh my god, we've got to top that!” I believe in the review that you wrote, you touched on something that I connected with, which is that Valhalla, for me, was always a character-based action set. So, the more important piece was just getting these characters wrapped up in a way that I felt was really important to their arcs. The action I can always weave in.
So, I think for people who only think of Vikings as being sequestered in the cold Baltic, to be able to see that azure blue water of the Mediterranean is an important piece because they did get there. They not only got there, they thrived there for over 100 maybe even 200 years, depending upon what history you believe.
STUART: Without a doubt, the pulling down of London Bridge required a lot of planning. That's big for a movie, much less a television series. What we had to do is take resources, and I was very fortunate to work with not just great visual effects artists but great special effects artists in Ireland because we had to build lots and lots of pieces to that, and we had to plan it. You’re having to work with a director who's like, “Just trust me, this is gonna work.” That type of thing.
I know you conceived of these three seasons as sort of a triptych, to use a word that you've used before. If I remember correctly, Seasons 2 and 3 were filmed concurrently, or very close together.
What Goran gave us is a much more cerebral Erik. He’s a guy who has the physicality to fight and kill and do whatever he has to do and live up to his legend. But he is also the fellow who could send these two very powerful ships off into the world and then see what comes back to them. And he's surprised. I think what comes back to him is a daughter who went out as sort of a clone of the father and comes back a totally different woman shaped by so many different other issues.
One romantic relationship I just want to touch on, and you touched on it, was the great one between Canute and Emma, which really happened. It looked on paper like this was an arranged marriage that would benefit both people, but they fell madly in love with each other, and they were married for, I think, almost 30 years. It was an amazing relationship that reaped all sorts of benefits.
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