JAMIE CAMPBELL BOWER as Arthur
Rougishly handsome 23-year-old Bower made his film debut opposite Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street and was last seen on the big screen in Twilight: New Moon as Caius, leader of the Volturi Vampires. The Brit returns to the cinemas as Gellert Grindelwald in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (he is engaged to Bonnie Wright, who plays Ginny Weasly), but for now, in his first leading television role, the former model is finding that uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
How does it feel heading up a production as lavish as this? As a self-professed geek, is it hard to cut a kingly figure?
I remember calling my mum about a week into it and saying, "Mum, I don't know if I can do this. I just don't feel like I can be the leading man." I was like, "Send me home. They've made a mistake. They're joking." I'm not very cool. I'm quite clumsy; shunned from the cool crowd at school.
There were a lot of days spent in front of the mirror trying to look big and macho. And then at the back of your mind there's always this, "What are you doing? Idiot. Stop that. We know what you're like." You have to put those demons to rest and absorb yourself in this role. And now, I feel like I fit the character.
What's been the coolest moment during the shoot so far?
I got to climb a waterfall. I never got to do any wire-work before this - there was a flip involved. And on camera it looks amazing but you can't really see that it's me. But I know it's me. And my mates know it's me because I've told them!
What's working with Joseph Fiennes like?
He's one of the finest actors that I think I've ever had the pleasure to work with. Don't tell him, because he doesn't know, but I do watch him very, very closely and go, "That was good. Maybe I can do that later".
The relationship between Arthur and Merlin, it's sort of an Obi-Wan-Luke-Skywalker kind of thing. And, yes, at the beginning there's a lot of tension, but as the series progresses, Merlin and Arthur come to understand one another. And by the end of the show, there's a real appreciation for each of their strengths and weaknesses. But that hasn't happened in (real life) - I don't think Joe has any weaknesses.
If you became king tomorrow, what's the first thing you would do?
Free cheese. For everyone!
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