The hilarious way Alexander Dreymon welcomed new The Last Kingdom cast members
The Last Kingdom season five dropped on Netflix last week, as the Saxon story finally draws to a close (until the film, at least.) In a new interview, the cast have revealed the unique way they introduced new actors to the production - and the prank sounds kind of hilarious.
Cosmopolitan UK caught up with Mark Rowley, Eliza Butterfield and Alexander Dreymon, who play Finan, Queen Aelswith and Uhtred respectively, to hear about all the behind the scenes secrets from season five.
In one hilarious anecdote, Alexander revealed the prank he played on a new young actor when he first joined the show. "I can tell you how we welcomed Harry Gilby, who plays Æthelstan," he joked. "He's awesome. It's always easier to play pranks on people right at the start because they don't know yet that you're full of s***.
"We knew that his makeup test was coming up, which is when our makeup designer makes him up for the first time and sends pictures to all the producers to approve... We found this picture of Prince Arthur in The Spanish Princess [with a black bob and fringe]."
Alexander continued, "We got [our makeup artist] to prepare this wig for him and we fitted him with the wig. He had this little haircut. He was too shy at the beginning.. He didn't know yet how much he could push [back] or how much influence he could have on it.
"He kept saying, 'Are you guys sure? Because I feel like he's supposed to be a warrior and it doesn't really look like a warrior. He doesn't feel tough enough.' We kept it going for a long time.
"Since then he doesn't believe in anything we say anymore."
That is equal parts evil and hilarious.
The Last Kingdom season five is now streaming on Netflix.
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