Vikings: Valhalla is a massive technical undertaking, from recreating Viking weaponry and battles to costumes to, yes, the boats. Fortunately, the crew making the show is working with what's apparently the largest fleet of Viking ships in the world at the moment.
At IGN Fan Fest, actor Sam Corlett -- who plays Leif Erikson in the upcoming show -- talked about getting to film scenes on the giant boats.
"I was unaware that we actually have the largest flotilla of Viking ships in the world," he said. "And to be able to see the craftsmanship there and to be able to play on that as actors, but also it almost suspended you from having to act. Because some of the practical effects where we'd be in a massive tank in the back lot with a crane holding two sides of the boat, pulling us up and over things, wind coming through, a crane causing waves, there was a lot of colliding of many different people creating this moment."
The boats aren't the only major setpiece the actors got to work with. Frida Gustavsson, who plays Freydís Eiríksdóttir, talked about "Viking team building" exercises the actors had to go through including crash courses in axes, saying they did most, though not all, the action themselves. And later on, showrunner Jeb Stuart described a massive London Bridge set piece for season 1.
"[The London Bridge Piece] took 18 months of planning from start to finish. We had to build multiple parts of the bridge, we had to shoot it over many many days and weeks, it's just a very exciting to see how the action components come to play in the actual telling of a story."
Vikings: Valhalla is set to premiere on February 25 on Netflix, and we got a first look at the opening scenes from the historical drama during the full panel at IGN FanFest.
Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.
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At IGN Fan Fest, actor Sam Corlett -- who plays Leif Erikson in the upcoming show -- talked about getting to film scenes on the giant boats.
"I was unaware that we actually have the largest flotilla of Viking ships in the world," he said. "And to be able to see the craftsmanship there and to be able to play on that as actors, but also it almost suspended you from having to act. Because some of the practical effects where we'd be in a massive tank in the back lot with a crane holding two sides of the boat, pulling us up and over things, wind coming through, a crane causing waves, there was a lot of colliding of many different people creating this moment."
The boats aren't the only major setpiece the actors got to work with. Frida Gustavsson, who plays Freydís Eiríksdóttir, talked about "Viking team building" exercises the actors had to go through including crash courses in axes, saying they did most, though not all, the action themselves. And later on, showrunner Jeb Stuart described a massive London Bridge set piece for season 1.
"[The London Bridge Piece] took 18 months of planning from start to finish. We had to build multiple parts of the bridge, we had to shoot it over many many days and weeks, it's just a very exciting to see how the action components come to play in the actual telling of a story."
Vikings: Valhalla is set to premiere on February 25 on Netflix, and we got a first look at the opening scenes from the historical drama during the full panel at IGN FanFest.
Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.
Continue reading...