-Talks about Ross Poldark and how he's well-respected by working-class and aristocracy.
-On Eleanor Tomlinson(who plays Demelza):“Eleanor is a brilliant actor. Everyone was fantastic, but she just had something. We just kind of clicked. It didn’t feel like she was acting. It felt like she was reacting, and that we had something going on.”
-He studied paintings from 18th century. He also researched King George III, mining and hard lifes of miners.
-On dancing: “We learned the Gavotte and Allemande. All these dances really depict how you hold yourself. Everything I knew about dancing is for the man to be strong, the weight is in the legs, and he leads. But this is completely opposite. All the weight is in the toes, and it’s kind of like a poker-in-your-back thing, wearing pumps and tights. It just didn’t seem very masculine to me. But then again, that’s what they did and that’s when men were men.”
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