Michael Hirst
Michael Hirst
people
With 'Vikings,' I had the task of making these people interesting and, to a point, sympathetic.
information
When I did 'The Tudors,' there was massive information available and a ready-made market.
difficult director friend god passion position welcome wrote
When you're a screenwriter working on a film, you're not really even welcome on set, even if you know... When I wrote 'Elizabeth' and Shekhar Kapur was a friend of mine, but I wasn't really welcome on set, because the director is God and it's a very difficult position for a screenwriter who's put so much passion into that, into the writing.
cliche piece
'Downton Abbey' is just one cliche after another, and it is a really, really poor piece of drama. But that's only me talking. That's just my take on it.