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• Michael Hirst:

  The key for me with historical characters is they're interesting because they're human beings. A li

• Michael Hirst:

  The Vikings certainly didn't write anything about themselves; it was not a literate, but rather a p

• Michael Hirst:

  For 'Vikings,' we have to do so much outside shooting, and it's normally - I think with American sh

• Michael Hirst:

  I got interested in the Vikings, and then you realize that there isn't much to be read about them b

• Michael Hirst:

  'Downton Abbey' is just one cliche after another, and it is a really, really poor piece of drama. B

• Michael Hirst:

  If you're in America or Europe, walk for three blocks, and you'll pass about 14 Vikings. Their reac

• Michael Hirst:

  When I did 'The Tudors,' there was massive information available and a ready-made market.

• Michael Hirst:

  With 'Vikings,' I had the task of making these people interesting and, to a point, sympathetic.

• Michael Hirst:

  I felt that a lot of Viking culture had been caricatured and misconstrued. After all, they were far

• Michael Hirst:

  The American obsession with 'Downton' amuses me slightly because it's such a fiction. I've always b