The legend BBC series Merlin is based upon might involve some right raunchy stuff, but according to Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy, we're unlikely to see all the incesty bits on the small screen.
Good job they've got Bradley James to keep us happy, isn't it.
Speaking to Sci-Fi Now, Capps said: "I’m not sure it would appeal to us. What’s great about Merlin is it has that sense of wonder and magic and I think to tell the real version of king Arthur and all it’s blood and incest is not something that would appeal to us.
"Game of Thrones is a little bit different in that it is a genuine fantasy, a more violent one than Merlin, we’re great admirers of it but it’s a totally different thing. What we’re trying to be is like a PG-13 Hollywood film and I don’t think we’ll ever take the program to a place that isn’t that."
The pair also revealed that, despite having only originally planned five series' for the show, this next won't necessarily be the last.
"At the time we were pitching the series and talking to Judy Gardener about it we thought that we want to be ambitious and do a five year plan, it doesn’t mean to say it will only last for five series, it was just how we conceived it at the time," said Capps.
"It was all about slow-burning all the character arcs and the legends and the mythology of the series so we didn’t do that thing that happens in British drama a lot, which is piling up the story and burning the character arc too quickly so it certainly doesn’t mean that Merlin will only run for five series."
More Merlin can only be a good thing in our book. Bring it on!
Good job they've got Bradley James to keep us happy, isn't it.
Speaking to Sci-Fi Now, Capps said: "I’m not sure it would appeal to us. What’s great about Merlin is it has that sense of wonder and magic and I think to tell the real version of king Arthur and all it’s blood and incest is not something that would appeal to us.
"Game of Thrones is a little bit different in that it is a genuine fantasy, a more violent one than Merlin, we’re great admirers of it but it’s a totally different thing. What we’re trying to be is like a PG-13 Hollywood film and I don’t think we’ll ever take the program to a place that isn’t that."
The pair also revealed that, despite having only originally planned five series' for the show, this next won't necessarily be the last.
"At the time we were pitching the series and talking to Judy Gardener about it we thought that we want to be ambitious and do a five year plan, it doesn’t mean to say it will only last for five series, it was just how we conceived it at the time," said Capps.
"It was all about slow-burning all the character arcs and the legends and the mythology of the series so we didn’t do that thing that happens in British drama a lot, which is piling up the story and burning the character arc too quickly so it certainly doesn’t mean that Merlin will only run for five series."
More Merlin can only be a good thing in our book. Bring it on!
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