Katheryn Winnick Talks Lagertha's Evolution and Big Changes in "Vikings"3 of 8
Going back to the beginning, what drew you to the role of Lagertha?
My agent sent the scripts to me, and right away they got my attention. It was the end of pilot season, and I’d been reading probably like 15 to 20 scripts a week. So, when I got these two scripts, I knew instantly that something was different. First and foremost, the fact that Michael Hirst wrote them and his name is on the cover.
I'm a big fan of "The Tudors" and Elizabeth. So, I knew that it was going to be something special. I've always been curious about the Viking culture and didn't know much about it, the details of how they lived, and how women were portrayed. All that was new to me. To come across a character as strong as Lagertha, where, when I first read it, she's a housewife and the next scene she gets two guys out of her house by using a fishhook, I thought that that's such a powerful way to introduce the character. And also to the domestic dispute with her husband, where she went and pulled out her shield and beat him silly to try to get what she wanted, which is really to go raiding with him.
My agent sent the scripts to me, and right away they got my attention. It was the end of pilot season, and I’d been reading probably like 15 to 20 scripts a week. So, when I got these two scripts, I knew instantly that something was different. First and foremost, the fact that Michael Hirst wrote them and his name is on the cover.
I'm a big fan of "The Tudors" and Elizabeth. So, I knew that it was going to be something special. I've always been curious about the Viking culture and didn't know much about it, the details of how they lived, and how women were portrayed. All that was new to me. To come across a character as strong as Lagertha, where, when I first read it, she's a housewife and the next scene she gets two guys out of her house by using a fishhook, I thought that that's such a powerful way to introduce the character. And also to the domestic dispute with her husband, where she went and pulled out her shield and beat him silly to try to get what she wanted, which is really to go raiding with him.
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