Rupert Young talks the popularity of Merlin ahead of Supanova and plans for 2015
An interview by Sosefina Fuamoli for The Iris in the lead-up to Rupert’s attendance at the Supanova cons in Australia.
I mean, how often do you get to be in a show that, two years after you finish filming, people still want to meet you and still care about it? It’s very humbling.
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Rupert took part in a Twitter Q+A as part of the promotion for the Noel Coward plays Tonight at 8:30, in which he’s currently featuring at Nuffield Theatre in Southampton. If you can’t make it there, remember the show goes on tour throughout England. Details are in this post.
Unfortunately I completely missed the Q+A, but a good friend of mine has kindly compiled a transcript, which I’ve copied below (with her permission).
Q: Do you have any pre-show rituals or routines?
A: I do a singing warm up for half an hour then go through the script then get into costume at the quarter. 5 mins to myself before the show
Q: Are you superstitious?
A: Yes, every do often, like always taking a sip of water at the same points in the play each day.
Q: Which of the parts you play in #TonightAt830 is your favourite?
A: I love Karl in We Were Dancing, for instant audience reaction. Also Simon in Shadow Play and I love Alf in Red Peppers.
Q: From @DCTully Which play is your favourite?
A: My favourite keeps changing. Red Peppers is great to watch. Astonished Heart is an extraordinary play, all of them at some point! There isn’t a play in the nine that I don’t absolutely adore.
Continue reading Twitter Q+A with Nuffield Theatre for ‘Tonight at 8:30’ (2014)
An interview with Rupert focussing on his work in Merlin – and on the fact he isn’t related to Will Young – by Abz and colleagues for The Jitty.
Some guy did show me a photo of Will Young with his brother Rupert, and he asked me if I could sign it and I was thinking “Can you not see we’re two different people”, it was very weird, anyway.
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Another interview with Rupert prompted by the Merlin fifth season finale in the US – again by Curt Wagner for RedEye Chicago.
I’m waiting for my big moment, you know? I am waiting for the spinoff. I think it will be more ‘Games of Thrones,’ a little bit darker. So kind of a nine o’clock show. Maybe Starz can pick it up, make it a little bit more adult—more nudity.
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Rupert did a Merlin fifth season finale interview with Noelene Clark for the Los Angeles Times ‘Hero Complex’ site. It’s worth a read!
Leon was always a stickler for rules, who would probably be really annoyed if he didn’t win Knight of the Year award every year.
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The Hypable site ran a pared down version of this interview here on 31 May, titled ‘The knight who wouldn’t die’.
Rupert was interviewed by Curt Wagner for the RedEye Chicago website as part of Merlin‘s fifth season finale promotion. This interview in particular is nice and in-depth! (I love how the first direct question is about his hair…)
You heard I played a donkey? That’s very good knowledge. Yeah, that’s when I realized I was destined to the stage, I think. My mother made me an amazing donkey ears. I was always taken to the theater with my mum to see things. Theater seemed really exciting to me. … I’ve been so lucky.
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Rupert was interviewed by Curt Wagner for the RedEye Chicago website as part of the fifth season finale promotion in the US. You can read the interview and see the associated photo gallery here. However, I’ve also copied the text below for the sake of having it all in one place (all rights remain with the author and RedEye).
1. [photo of] Rupert Young, who played Sir Leon
Rupert Young had plans to get together with Eoin Macken the day of our interview, and with Tom Hopper the day after. “It really was like a kind of sibling relationship–especially with the knights,” Young said of the bond between the “Merlin” actors. “We can wind each other up but also we just have a real laugh together.”
2. Knights of the Roundtable, with Merlin
The cast and crew of “Merlin” finished filming the fifth and final season quite awhile ago, but that doesn’t mean they don’t see each other any more. According to Rupert Young, many of the actors still get together. With that in mind, I asked Young to do an exercise in which I said a co-star’s name (mostly those who played the Knights of the Roundtable) and he said what popped into his head.
Continue reading ‘Merlin’ star Rupert Young dishes on his fellow knights (2013)
Rupert was interviewed by Jenna Busch as the final episodes of Merlin were being broadcast in the United States. Among other things, Rupert said about the series finale:
I think we wouldn’t have done our job if people aren’t sad. I think people are going be satisfied. I think it could’ve gone on for another few series, but I think it’s good to end with people wanting more, so I think we end on a high.
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At last the true magic has been revealed! This show was actually about Sir Leon all along… Rupert Young explains the whole story to Bradley James in this fascinating interview.
With many thanks to MerlinOfficial for sharing such delights!
Rupert wrote an article for the BBC’s TV Blog website during the lead-up to the fourth season finale of Merlin. He talks about how he was cast for Sir Leon, and how the character has grown since then. Among other things, Rupert said:
Sir Leon started off as a very small role. I was only meant to be in one scene jousting Arthur, but at the read-through I was given a couple more lines. I arrived on the first day of filming series two, having learned my line for that day – “The King commands your presence immediately” – and when it came to my first take I fluffed it.
You can read the full article here.