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lonelybritAh, Merlin, as if I needed a little reminder as to why I do rather adore your cast.
There's a refreshingly blunt and not-quite-toeing-the-line interview with Bradley James covering: whether or not the cast were asked about a series 6, certain Gwen-plotlines past and present, and of course the persisting rumours of a possible Merlin movie.
Sounds like the decision to stop at S5 was not just one made by the writers/producers, which is somehow nice to know. The cast wanted to end 'on a high'. I also like that he seems quite unafraid to point out plotlines he basically thought weak; it's interesting to know, for instance, that the 'magic bracelet' was a late addition to the script when they wrote the Lancelot/Gwen episode. All in all it sounds like not so much as 'ending on a high' as 'getting out before they think up something even more daft'.
Which, while I adore the show to pieces, I cannot but applaud. The show was done of the basis of a 5-series story-arc, there aren't many instances where trying to go beyond your planned timescale ends well.
(That said, I too wouldn't be adverse to the original cast being tempted back by the 'right' script for a movie or two. Extremely unlikely I know, but hey, you can never tell...)
There's a refreshingly blunt and not-quite-toeing-the-line interview with Bradley James covering: whether or not the cast were asked about a series 6, certain Gwen-plotlines past and present, and of course the persisting rumours of a possible Merlin movie.
Sounds like the decision to stop at S5 was not just one made by the writers/producers, which is somehow nice to know. The cast wanted to end 'on a high'. I also like that he seems quite unafraid to point out plotlines he basically thought weak; it's interesting to know, for instance, that the 'magic bracelet' was a late addition to the script when they wrote the Lancelot/Gwen episode. All in all it sounds like not so much as 'ending on a high' as 'getting out before they think up something even more daft'.
Which, while I adore the show to pieces, I cannot but applaud. The show was done of the basis of a 5-series story-arc, there aren't many instances where trying to go beyond your planned timescale ends well.
(That said, I too wouldn't be adverse to the original cast being tempted back by the 'right' script for a movie or two. Extremely unlikely I know, but hey, you can never tell...)
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Date: 2012-12-05 02:14 pm (UTC)Glad to see that he's happy to go out on a high and move on and I think he's right that they've taken the original idea about as far as they can. Also I guess the cast feel that they've probably got plenty of other opportunities in the future to so they don't need to be scared of moving on from a steady job, which is good!
Intrigued about those last few episodes now...
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Date: 2012-12-08 08:53 pm (UTC)And yes! I'm very, very intrigued by the ending now; ALL the interviews seem to use variants of the word 'surprising' when describing the finale. Which considering how much the writers have rewritten legends already does make me wonder what on earth they've cooked up this time! Part of me really wants to know, and the other is a bit in dread as then that really will be it for the slash!dragon and co. Ah well :)