One of the questions I ask Justin [Pollard, historical advisor on Vikings] when I’m developing a character or a storyline is whether it’s plausible.
You can’t always say whether it’s accurate, because nobody knows, but you can ask whether it’s plausible.
In the last season they had to hoist two-tonne boats up cliff faces, and they really did it.
I’m not writing fantasy – this isn’t Game of Thrones; I don’t have dragons.
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