Katheryn Winnick Talks Lagertha's Evolution and Big Changes in "Vikings"4 of 8
What made you say, "I have to play this person”?
Lagertha is a character that I always wanted to play, in the sense where I get a chance to use my background and my history of martial arts. I studied taekwondo since the age of 7. I got my first black belt at the age of 13. I'm a third degree black belt in taekwondo, second in karate, and was teaching actors martial arts on movie sets. I loved the physical side of things, but I hadn’t found a role that was as complex and as interesting as this, that also had the external elements. I just knew instantly that this was for me, and nobody in my head would be doing a job as well, just because I identified with this character.
Lagertha is a character that I always wanted to play, in the sense where I get a chance to use my background and my history of martial arts. I studied taekwondo since the age of 7. I got my first black belt at the age of 13. I'm a third degree black belt in taekwondo, second in karate, and was teaching actors martial arts on movie sets. I loved the physical side of things, but I hadn’t found a role that was as complex and as interesting as this, that also had the external elements. I just knew instantly that this was for me, and nobody in my head would be doing a job as well, just because I identified with this character.