I've got children and it's still this one thing that I feel incredibly proud about, when my children are in the playground with their friends and they know about 'Doctor Who'. It's a great feeling. I can sit down with them and watch the new 'Doctor' with my kids.

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It doesn't matter if a character is a lawyer, a cop or a geography teacher. If there's a story in there, where the character has a passion and a fire in his belly and story to tell, then it's enough for an actor to get excited about.

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With period dramas, it's very easy to get excited because I love to do them. I'm a history nut and I love to immerse myself in the research.

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Women are always murdered and maimed, and they’re never given their rightful place as lead characters! And I think [creator Michael Hirst] has just written what should have been written a long time ago. There shouldn’t be anything that different about Vikings, but there is, because there’ve just been so many shows that have not stepped up to the plate and given female actors and female characters equal footing.

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The cast of 'Vikings' is a real team, a true ensemble. It's a mad, eclectic, great bunch! But we support each other and trust each other completely. There are no egos.

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mad team real

I prefer to stay in shape through doing activities I enjoy, such as climbing, hiking and exploring.

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Working outdoors suits me, we came up with a routine that kept me out of the gym: weighted tail sprints, kettlebell farmer walks, using a sandbag for power cleans and presses ….

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It’s nothing too crazy, most of my stuff is cardio and circuit training. It’s not traditional bodybuilding.

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It doesn’t come from a vain point of view, I do it because Rollo is a berserker, when I’m the berserker it makes your blood boil and I want to do a quick blast of a workout before a take, because I want to look authentic. To physically scream and shout and get yourself into a berserker rage you need to get the blood pumping beforehand. It’s an ugly thing to go through.

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I come from a Muay Thai background, i used to be a professional boxer before I was an actor.

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I love to use whatever is around me, i use the rafters in the huts on set for doing pull ups, and different logs lying around for press ups.

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That was an incredibly tough scene, as Rollo I had to pretend to be drunk, so you’re not fighting at your best ability. Rollo has lost everything and it’s a form of self-harm. He wants to experience physical pain to escape his emotional pain.

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You have no time to be out of filming, even if you’re hurt, you have to bring your A game.

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When I found out I was going to be the guy who leads from the vanguard.

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I carry my resistance bands everywhere so I can do small installments of workouts in between takes.

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Clive and I had all this gear on, and there was a rain machine, and when the gear gets wet it gets heavy, and we were cold and soaking and had sand stuck in our clothes.

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'Doctor Who' is really close to my heart, and I felt like I was a part of it at the best time, with Russell T.

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My first press tour for 'Vikings' was pretty overwhelming. Between all the hotels, TV shows and talking a lot, I would get done and have to sit in silence for a while. It was exhausting, and you really have to focus.

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you focus silence talking

I hope to be acting until I am 90.

Clive Standen

until i-am acting hope