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James Richardson, co-founder of Vertigo Films and executive producer on <\/em>Britannia, talks to <\/em>TV Drama about the Sky original series’ confident third season.<\/em><\/p>\n

The third and most recent season of Britannia<\/em>, a drama set in the first century that blends the historical with the mythological, is its most confident yet, according to James Richardson, co-founder of Vertigo Films and executive producer on the Sky original series. \u201cWe pushed into the areas that we really love about it: its humor, comedy, darkness, horror, irreverence, kind of rebellious spirit,\u201d says Richardson. Season three tackles \u201csomething from a macro point of view, which is huge: the beginning of a new religion.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this new season, viewers are introduced to Hemple, the wife of David Morrissey\u2019s Aulus, who is played by Sophie Okonedo. In addition to the power shift brought about by Hemple\u2019s arrival on the scene, Britannia<\/em> continues to follow Cait (Eleanor Worthington Cox) and her journey to find her true purpose in life. The character arcs play out against the backdrop of ongoing battles between the Celts, the Romans and the Druids\u2014and the rise of the new religion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is this epic and seismic paradigm shift in the religions,\u201d says Richardson. \u201cIn terms of [Britannia<\/em>\u2019s] relevance today, it\u2019s all about paradigm shifts, historical paradigm shifts. What\u2019s happening when things start changing or moving on different axes? Of course, we\u2019re seeing things now. Whether it\u2019s what\u2019s going on in Western politics or what\u2019s going on in the battles between the empires, with the U.S. and China, or what\u2019s going on with the battle between religions. They\u2019re all the same battles that were going on at the turn of the first millennium.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the battle of stories,\u201d he adds. \u201cWe see through history which stories win, whether it\u2019s religions\u2014if you\u2019re religious and you believe in religions\u2014or it\u2019s governments of states or empires. We thought that\u2019s a thrilling and exciting world to explore. Also, there are great characters. We can go really dark with some of our characters and be silly and funny with others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richardson, who sees Britannia<\/em> as a joyride of a series with a sense of fun driving its appeal, was keen to make an epic show with a sense of humor. Essential to creating the series\u2019 unique tone have been writers Jez and Tom Butterworth, with actor Mackenzie Crook lending his writing and directing talents to the third season as well. The playful tone favored by the writers enables Britannia<\/em> to deliver action-packed scenes filled with shocking twists and turns, as well as some silliness.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought, rather than look at this world and be really serious about it, there were some really stupid and crazy people [in the past] like there are today,\u201d says Richardson. \u201cLet\u2019s enjoy that. There\u2019s no reason we need to be po-faced as soon as it\u2019s set in the past. People actually did some crazy things and had fun in the past, as well as in the present.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also helpful creatively is a lack of source material to adhere to. \u201cWe don\u2019t have any books to follow; we\u2019ve got a blank page,\u201d Richardson explains. \u201cThat\u2019s really exciting. It means that we can just go with these great characters and come up with new ones and see where they go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The daring tone and storylines of Britannia<\/em> fit well into the main aim of Vertigo Films, which is to be \u201creliably rebellious,\u201d according to Richardson. \u201cWe try to make shows that are different. We\u2019re not going to make the kind of shows that lots of other companies are going to make, and we\u2019re going to do it really well and do them fantastically\u2026. The reliability element of that is that at the same time we\u2019re a production company that is itself reliable. If a broadcaster or a distributor gets a Vertigo show or film on their desk, they know what that show is, what kind of tone it\u2019s going to have, and they know we\u2019re going to deliver it.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Britannia<\/em>, Richardson says, \u201cIt\u2019s been an amazing journey. It\u2019s been great having Sky and all of our international partners behind the show and our fantastic cast and crew. I hope the fans of the show love [season three] as much as we do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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