Just Jonas Interviews
- every magazine and newspaper interview collated on one page.
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Live Magazine 2007
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Arena Magazine 2007
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Robins back
on target - 2007
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Freeview TV Guide 3rd October 2007
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Whats on TV Guide 2nd October
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It's a
man's world: Jonas Armstrong [online source]
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By STEPHANIE
SMITH
[He always give a good interview
when it's a female journalist. Thanks Stephanie]
TV's Robin Hood on fitness,
fashion and football and his near miss with a big green leprechaun
tattoo
I
only wash my jeans every eight months. I've got a pair by Nudie and
you're not supposed to wash them for eight months at a time to preserve
the colour. They're really dark denim. Instead of washing, I just hang
them out from time to time. It sounds a bit weird, but they're great
jeans. Either those or Diesel is what you'll usually find me in.
When
I was 14, I almost had a big green leprechaun tattooed on my forearm. Thank God I didn't
– it would have been a nightmare to cover up as an actor. I
went with a group of mates and, being Irish, thought a leprechaun would
be perfect. I'm the only one of my friends who doesn't have any tattoos
now, but I'm not against the whole body-art thing.
I'm a big fan of the
Adidas three-stripe old-school zip-up tracksuit tops.
I've got several for everyday wear, including an olive-green one, a
burgundy one and a cream one with leather arms. They go with
everything.
Plain white T-shirts do it
for me every time. You can spend anything
from£3 to £50 on a T-shirt, but I've bought some
great ones from H&M, as well as shelling out on Duffer Of St
George and a Polish label I discovered while filming Robin Hood in
Hungary called Scotch And Soda. They do interesting styles –
my current favourite has a gorilla's face on in.
I'm
a real trainers freak. For Christmas when I was ten
all I craved was a pair of SPX trainers. Luckily, Santa Claus obliged
– and I've been into trainers ever since, usually Nike or
Adidas. Sometimes I'll even go for non-branded pumps that I'll pick up
in a department store.
Finding out there were no
tights in this version of Robin Hood was a real relief.
I'm so skinny, people would be turning off in droves. The soft leather
outfits are a lot more flattering. It was a shock when I was picked
– I thought they'd go for some meaty 6ft 4in guy with flowing
blonde hair, instead of a slim six-footer.
If I don't go to the gym
and work out, I look like a bag of bones. I go three
times a week usually and it's nearly all weights work to help with
definition. As far as keeping fit goes, I've never had a problem
really, and everything we do on set keeps us fit when we're filming.
Jewellery's
not a big thing for me. The only
thing I wear is a gold cross on a chain that I got for my 21st
birthday. You have to take it off every day for filming, but that's the
only time I'm not wearing it. You won't find me in rings, bracelets or
earrings.
I suffered a traditional
footballer's injury on set. I did a Wayne Rooney and
broke a metatarsal bone in my foot. He broke the fifth, I broke the
third, which is more unusual. It was during a swordfight with Richard
Armitage, who plays Guy Of Gisborne. It wasn't really his fault
– I fell badly. But I did smash a bench over his back in
revenge.
It's flattering that there
are lots of internet fan sites about me. I'm a bit of a
technophobe and I don't even own a laptop, but it's probably a good
thing I'm not logged on, checking up on what everyone is saying about
me. [the
AH forum girls can breathe easy!]
I've
always been a stubble man, I don't do clean-shaven. So having a beard for most of
the past two years hasn't been too much of a stretch for me. What you
see on screen is about two weeks' growth and it's well looked after by
the make-up people, as is our skin, so I don't worry too much about
creams, potions and moisturisers. I suppose I'll have to think more
about that when I'm not filming.
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BBC News Website
Interview - Talking Shop - 6th October 2007
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Q:
It's been suggested that the mood of this series is different?
A: Yes, people have talked about
it being a lot darker this year. The writers wanted to make the stakes
a lot higher which is evident especially in the first episode, that is
quite dark. So the mood and the feeling about the show is not quite so
cheery.
Q:
Does that mean your character has had to change?
A: Yes, it has really. The way
it's been done before is that Robin doesn't have a care in the world.
This guy has a lot worries about the state his environment is in. He
can't go around being smiley all the time. It is better for me because
you get to play that and I think it's a lot more interesting and
believable.
Q:
Does that mean you've had to change physically?
A:
I did my best to put on a bit of meat. They've got me a trainer here
who does "iron man" competitions and my stunt double is always watching
what I am eating so that I don't lose weight. By the end of last year I
got down to nine and a half stone and I looked terrible.
Q:
What challenges have you found the most difficult? The sword fighting?
A: The best thing to do is to
try to have a laugh with it. The stunt men are brilliant to fight with
anyway. Sometimes it messes up, but you just pull out a move and kick
them wherever and they don't complain.
Q:
You broke a metatarsal bone in your foot on set. How did that happen?
A:
I was supposed to have tripped over a tree root in the forest, but I
was actually doing a fight scene. There's a bit where I get thrown
against the side of a hut. I was supposed to hit it full on my back but
I didn't turn in time and my foot kind of hit it full pelt.
Q:
Has Robin's relationship with the sheriff changed? Keith Allen [who
plays him] was trying to suggest he's become more political?
A: Yes, he has. His position's
changed within the country and he's trying to raise a dark army to
overthrow the king. I think Robin's position has to become stronger to
match his. The relationship has become more intense.
Q:
Were you surprised by the reaction back at home after the first series?
A:
I was. It's great when children get really excited and come up to you,
while others are so nervous they can't talk to you! It shows the
appreciation they have for the programme so you know you're doing
something worthwhile.
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TV
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TV Times Online [courtesy
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TV Zone November 2007
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Strong
Bow - Newcomer Jonas Armstrong is on target in BBC America Robin Hood
by Ryan A. Berenz April 2007
 When I met British actor
Jonas Armstrong at a Los Angeles-area hotel, he had just celebrated his
birthday on New Year's Day (he was reportedly the first child born in
Ireland in 1981). "I
took my little brother away on holiday. We went to Egypt," he says of
his birthday celebration. "I have to say that I was a bit pissed off,
because I just turned 26, my brother's 19. So you kind of have a short
list of what you want on a holiday, and on that that short list of what
there was, we didn't manage to check any boxes. There was just nothing
there. There were no women, there were no bars, there was no sun, the
beach was full of rocks, the water was cold, it was cloudy and it was
expensive and the food was crap. So all and all it was a bit of a
downer."
Hopefully Armstrong's first
trip to the U.S. for BBC America's Robin Hood presentation at the
winter cable press tour was more fun than the Egyptian excursion. On
the flight over, he met British comedy queen Jennifer Saunders, and
later in the evening there was a party with buxom wenches serving mead
and TV writers being coaxed into reluctantly dancing what must've been
Shakespeare's version of the Electric Slide. Huzzah!
BBC
America's Robin Hood is a modern take on the legend of Robin Hood
(Armstrong) and his Merry Men, who go about righting wrongs and
subverting the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham. In this adaptation,
Robin, Earl of Huntingdon, returns from battling in the Crusades, only
to find England fraught with greed and poverty, and the peasantry
oppressed by taxation and unscrupulous lawmen. Robin and his band, with
the lovely Maid Marian (newcomer Lucy Griffiths), try to fix England's
ills -- with plenty of action, adventure, romance and even some
cheekiness along the way.
One might think that landing a
the starring role as a legendary English figure in a BBC series would
inflate an ego, but Armstrong is charming, humble and committed,
understanding how hard he's worked to get this opportunity. Upon
finishing work on a series called The Ghost Squad in 2005, Armstrong struggled
to find steady work as an actor. "I spoke to my agent and
said, 'I'm getting a bit worried. I'm having meetings but I'm not
hitting them. I'm not getting them. I've lost a bit of confidence.' And
I'd just been in a meeting for this thing called Losing
Gemma. And I said, 'It was
crap. They hate me. It was awful. I felt really embarrassed. I didn't
perform properly.'" But a week later, he was offered the
part in the film. It was about the same time that the BBC was casting
Robin Hood. "I
got a call saying I've got a meeting for Robin Hood. I knew the BBC
were doing it, so I went along. My agent said, 'It's for Robin.' I
said, 'That's ridiculous. I'm never going to get cast as Robin Hood.
Never.' She goes, 'Well, go in and see them. They want to see you.' So
I went in and I wasn't nervous because I didn't think I was going to
get it. And I just went in, read, and I think because I was that
relaxed, that probably put me in a good state of mind. I was quite
pleased with what I did. And of course, I got that [part] as well. So
that was in a month and a half I got two jobs which I didn't think I
would ever get. And that just pulled me out of the depths of despair,
and so I was off working for eight months solid. It was great."
After going to India to film Losing Gemma, Armstrong was off to
Budapest, Hungary, to attend "Hood Academy" -- a two-week training
regimen in archery, fencing, horseback riding and unarmed combat.
Armstrong studied stage combat in drama school, but playing a legendary
archer convincingly would take considerably more training. "When we arrived, we were
hopeless because none of us had ever done it before," he says of the
cast's lack of skill with a bow and arrow. "We'd go off if we had a
spare 15 minutes ... and we'd try to hit the trees and stuff. And we
started to get better and better, and we could actually hit the tree."
Armstrong was a novice on a horse, too, but became a pretty good
horseman with practice. "I'm quite able now. They don't get worried
when I'm on the horse," he says. "I'm able to kind of get him up on two
hind legs and turn around and kick him, and off we go. That is probably
my favorite aspect of the show, is getting on my horse."
With all the running around in
Sherwood Forest, clanging swords and throwing punches, there were
plenty of chances for the cast to do some damage during filming. "Thank God, I was OK,"
Armstrong says, relieved. "A few of the other guys didn't fare so well.
Keith Allen -- he plays the Sheriff -- he came off a horse and damaged
himself. I'm not going to say where he damaged himself but it was right
kind of in the midsection. [laughs] So he damaged himself. And Sam
Troughton, who plays Much -- he was forever falling over. And that's
just simple things like running around, which you'd think any
able-bodied male below the age of 50 would be able to do, but obviously
he wasn't able to do it, bless him. And, hits wise, you do get the odd
knock. You do get the sword smacks around your knuckles, which hurts.
You're with these hard men, these Hungarian stuntmen, and you try to
show no pain because you don't want them to see you as a wimp. And they
were all that much bigger than us, and we felt a bit inferior to them
in terms of physical status, so you have to just get by the by. And I
didn't have any serious injuries. I had bruises and bumps and knocks.
It's a bit painful now and again, but that comes with it. That comes
with the job. And it's a great job to have running around fighting. I
just enjoy it."
 This month finds Armstrong
and the Robin Hood cast and crew back in Budapest filming the series'
second season, and Armstrong will take what he's learned about
surviving a six-month shoot in Hungary to good use. "I've learned not to wear
undergarments underneath the costume," he says. "Because it gets
baking. It gets that hot. Middle of Europe, once you get past April,
the temperature just soars." He'll also eat more to keep
up his weight and strength, and drink less to keep up ... well, to keep
up. "It's hard to
do that when you're a young, single male with loads of other lads
around. You want to go out and you want to drink. You have to allow
yourself that now and again, but you have to discipline yourself,
because the late nights and the early mornings will take its toll. You
have to be disciplined. I was disciplined, but I'll be more so this
time."
Season 1 of Robin Hood
premieres March 3 on BBC
America.
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Swashbuckling show's star
aims to be a merry man
TERRY MORROW, morrow2@knews.com
original
source
Friday,
March 2, 2007
 PASADENA, Calif. - Don't try
to get rising star Jonas Armstrong to smile, because he's having none
of it.
"My New Year's resolution
is to be happy," says the 26-year-old Dublin, Ireland,
native, who's starring in the BBC America production of "Robin Hood,"
making its U.S. debut Saturday night.
"My
mom thinks it's something spiritual with me. She says, 'You've got the
money. You're able to go and meet girls and all that. You're doing
well.' But sometimes I just sit here, and I get so angry."
The
revelation comes 20 minutes into an interview in which Armstrong has
been nothing but pleasant, jovial and smiling.
A
bachelor who's not dating anyone at the moment, Armstrong talks about
how he enjoys playing the swashbuckling Robin Hood and how it's been a
boon to his career.
"Robin Hood" became an enormous hit for the BBC in England. Now the
period-piece adventure, with some comic elements, is coming to American
audiences.
So the world seems to be Armstrong's oyster. Is his nice-guy demeanor
during an interview all an act?
"I
don't know what it is," he says.
"I
just spent a bit of time in Egypt, where I was doing a bit of
reflecting, and I thought: 'You're doing well. You've got a job. Just
be happy.' I'm learning to just (expletive) enjoy myself."
And that he is.
While he's virtually unknown
in the States, he's highly popular in the United Kingdom - so much so
that he's ducking from paparazzi and being smeared over magazine
covers. In the States, he'd probably be well-suited for the CW
audience, with his chiseled looks and boyish charm.
Early
on, though, his show-business-friendly dimples and quick grin got him
nowhere in the real world.
While
he's found consistent work as an actor since age 19, he hasn't had such
luck in other careers, like washing cars or working the front desk of a
hotel.
"I've
been sacked from every job I had," he says with a laugh. "I never
smiled while I was at work. I don't know why."
His
legendary bowman's charismatic demeanor disarms foes almost as much as
his arrows do.
Such
a trait is something that seems to come naturally enough for Armstrong.
Growing up, he had the reputation as the class clown, for better or
worse.
"I
liked getting people to laugh. I liked doing it in a classroom, making
fun of the teachers and that sort of thing," he says. "I made school a
fun place for me. I did do the work. I was able, but I could have
concentrated a lot more than I did."
Armstrong
didn't get into acting until he was 17, when his parents - his dad
works in computers, and his mother is a counselor - thought it might be
the kind of thing in which he could redirect his energy.
He studied acting for three years at the Royal Academy in London. When
his time there was done, he got an agent and has had steady work since.
But the former grade-school funnyman has found his bread and butter in
more serious roles. He snared stage work and small TV roles in Great
Britain initially.
A year ago he got the lead in "Robin Hood," and his star took off. The
U.S. premiere of the show could open doors for him in Hollywood, which
is what he is aiming for.
Is he happy now?
"I am so far," he deadpans.
"It's not that far into the new year. Check back with me later."
Quote
from Terry Morrow:
BEST
MOMENT THAT KEEPS PLAYING IN MY MIND: Walking into my hotel room and
seeing British actor Jonas Armstrong, the BBC's Robin Hood, sitting
with strands of rope all over him, as if he'd been kidnapped. In
actuality, he was sitting in a chair where a lot of party favors had
been left behind
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60 SECONDS: Jonas
Armstrong - Andrew
Williams - Thursday, October 5, 2006
 Actor Jonas Armstrong has
appeared in TV programmes including Teachers and Ghost Squad but now
he's got his largest role yet, starring as Robin Hood in the BBC's new
big-budget version of the bow-slinging saga. Armstrong makes his
much-hyped debut in the first show, which can be seen tomorrow at 7pm
on BBC1.
Q.
Robin Hood is in the Dr Who slot. Do you feel under pressure to live up
to that show’s success?
Dr Who has rejuvenated that
slot. It’s done very well, so there is a pressure to emulate
that success. You’ve just got to look at it positively.
Q.
Why did you get the part?
I’m always polite in
auditions but I wasn’t like Oh, please give me the
job’ for Robin Hood because I didn’t think
I’d get it. I got told about the audition just a few days
before I went to India to film something else. I must have been a bit
cocky with it. I went into the casting room and perched myself on the
desk rather than standing there nodding. I didn’t think I had
a chance in hell but there you go.
Q. Why did you go into acting?
I was always doing impressions
of teachers at school. I was never one to knuckle down -I was always
the one who was more interested in being the dickhead at the back of
the room. I was always interested in films and thought that was the
path I should go down but I didn’t start pursuing acting
until I was 17. All my friends were choosing university courses but I
had no interest in anything other than acting, so I applied to go to
Rada. It’s got a reputation for having a certain type of posh
students but that image was smashed when I got there -everyone was from
different backgrounds and I made some really close friends.
Q. What training did you get
for playing Robin Hood?
I got there a week before
filming started and, as soon as I arrived, I was out on the horses,
then doing unarmed combat, archery and sword fighting every day. It was
an ongoing process. We practised every minute we got because
we’re all supposed to look very capable with the weapons.
Q.
How good are you at shooting arrows?
Pretty damn good now.
I’ve been doing it for quite a bit. I’m all right.
"The
Hungarian stuntmen are as hard as nails and want you to actually hit
them so they can react properly"
Q.
Can you shoot an apple off someone’s head?
No, but I can hit a tree from
a bit of a distance -that’s about it.
Q.
How good are you now at beating up people?
Much better. The Hungarian
stuntmen are as hard as nails and want you to hit them.
They’ve got the padding on but they want you to actually hit
them so they can react properly. Sometimes you’re worried
they’ll smack you back but they never do.
Q. When was the last time you
had real-life fisticuffs?
In my early 20s, about five
years ago.
Q.
Who came off best?
I can’t remember
[laughs].
Q.
But I guess you’re pretty confident now?
I’m not going to
start shouting my mouth off, inviting people to ‘Come and
have a go’. No. I’m not answering these questions
any more [laughs].
Q.
Robin Hood robs from the rich. What have you nicked?
I’m a clean liver,
I’m no thief. Kids go through phases of nicking stuff.
I’ve nicked stuff -most people have but I haven’t
nicked anything of significance.
Q. Colonel Tim Collins, the
former Army commander, visited the set. What tips did he give you?
He came over because some of the producers were concerned about how
they wanted us to behave with our body language, and so on. Robin Hood
is often seen as the hands-on-hips, archetypal, tally-ho hero. But,
realistically, the one calling the shots wouldn’t be at the
front shouting about it. He’d be the one you don’t
expect. Tim told us about that and I wanted Robin to be a more
believable understated leader because you’d have to be. And
he told us all about killing people [laughs].
Q.
Did you really see a ghost while making the series?
Sort of. We were in a forest
on a night shoot. It used to be used by thieves to stash their goods
-which we didn’t know about. It was dark and the lighting guy
took a picture. In the picture, about four trees behind us, there was
some kind of shape with quite a distinct face and musket helmet. That
freaked out me and the producer because we were the only ones there.
But when the others saw the picture, they said it was the lighting. It
didn’t look like lighting to us.
Q.
There was a story the film tapes were stolen by Hungarian thieves. Was
it true or a publicity stunt?
It really did happen because
we started reshooting some of the scenes. It’s hard to go
back and try to do stuff if you think you’ve done it well the
first time -but thank God it got sorted out. The people got caught and
the tapes were recovered.
Q. This is the highest profile
thing you’ve done. Are you ready to become a sex symbol like
previous Robin Hoods?
I’m a 25-year-old
single guy -I’m not going to complain if that happens.
I’m not saying it’s going to happen but if it does,
I don’t think that’s going to be a bad thing
[laughs].
Q.
What else have you got lined up?
The last play I did was nearly
two years ago, so it would be good to get on stage -either that or get
a part in a British film.
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Daily Mirror 13 October 2006 - ROBIN
NOT THROBBIN'
Star can't find love in real
life
Nicola
Methven And Polly Hudson
 HE'S the hot heart-throb in
BBC1's new hit Robin Hood but - gasp - Jonas Armstrong can't find a
real-life Marian.
Now
he's hoping that his swashbuckling role in Sherwood Forest will help
him to bag a bird.
It
turns out that despite looking like a boyband hunk, Jonas hasn't had a
girlfriend for yonks.
In
fact, the most love action he's had of late was when he filmed a scene
with a slave girl last month.
He
tells us:
"Afterwards I told her 'Yours is the only arse I've felt in the last
couple of months'." Blimey!
And
when it came to watching last weekend's opening episode, he didn't
snuggle up on the sofa with a special lady - he went home to Lancashire
to watch it with his parents. Ahhh.
But
now he's on screen, he's hoping that his luck is going to change.
Jonas tells us: "If doing this means more
women come up to me to have a chat then hey, who am I to complain?
"I'm
a red-blooded male and I'm single, so I'm going to enjoy it while it
lasts." However the actor, who starred in Teachers before landing his
latest plum role, draws the line at launching himself into cheesy
celebrity haunts like the Chinawhite nightclub in London.
"I'm not that desperate,"
he sniffs.
And
what about if women decide to start posting him saucy tokens of their
affection?
"If
it's not sent by nutters, then bring it on."
In
the show, Robin of Locksley is consumed with trying to win back
Marian's affections.
Jonas says: "He pretends that he
doesn't love her - but he does. The romance is very important, that's
the reason why he cares so much about what happens"
Now
he just needs to fall in love for real - so let's hope the only arrows
heading for Jonas are fired by Cupid.
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Lancashire Evening Post
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7th October 2006
Many were surprised
when the BBC signed up relatively unknown actor Jonas Armstrong, who
was brought up in Lytham St Annes, to play the iconic hero in their
lavish £8 million series.
The former Arnold schoolboy
admits he feels some burden to do the part justice.
"Of course there is
pressure being a newcomer in a primetime show like this. It's the first
lead role I've had," he confides.
"When
I got the part I sat down and thought to myself, 'Do I think about the
pressure of this part, how I'm going to play it and are people going to
like it? Or do I just take it wholeheartedly and go with it?' Now I
feel really excited about the show going out.
"But
it is also very nerve-wracking. My parents came down for the first
screening of the show and I could barely speak to them, but I was
really happy - and relieved - when I saw the final product."
It
was only a decade ago that Jonas was learning his craft in school
productions at Arnold School in Blackpool.
His parents, Eva and Harold
Armstrong, St Annes, said they were over the moon he had landed the
role. Eva admits her son did not think he had any hope of getting it
when he auditioned, particularly as he was up against actors such as
Shameless star James McAvoy.
Jonas has appeared in Channel
4's Teachers and The Ghost Squad, and had a role in Rutherford
& Son at Manchester's Royal Exchange last year.
He
was born in Ireland, but the family moved to St Annes when he was six.
His
mum maintains he has a "great affinity" with the area: "He loves coming back home
for Christmas."
When
he does he likes catching up with friends at the pub and has been known
to play at St Annes Tennis Club.
It also helps that Robin Hood
- leader of the famous band of merry men - was one of his heroes as a
child.
Of course, he has a lot to
live up to. Many famous actors have played the role of the outlaw who
steals from the rich and gives to the poor, including Richard Greene
and Errol Flynn. While Jonas, at 25, is too young to remember those
performances, he says he did enjoy Hollywood's 1991 take on the story.
"I
think every boy is a fan of Robin Hood. I was only five or six when
Robin Of Sherwood was being broadcast, but I can remember the images
from the show, and of course I remember the Kevin Costner film really
well.
"Lads
always play bow and arrows when they are young and pretend they're
Robin Hood in the forest, so I was gobsmacked when I got the part."
And it wasn't just the bow and
arrows Jonas got to play with - Robin's other weapon of choice is an
impressive Saracen sword. Luckily, the actor is a dab hand at
sword-fighting.
"I've
got a certificate for stage combat. I trained when I was at Rada, so I
didn't go into it as a novice. I think that paid off.
"If
there was anything too risky though, for instance walking across a
beam, I had a stunt double that stood in. I got really annoyed they
wouldn't let me do that - it was only eight foot tall," he laughs. "I
think it was for insurance reasons."
One thing they did let Jonas
do was the horse-riding.
"They
gave me free rein on the horses. I'm the only one who was allowed to
gallop. It's a really good buzz when you're stuck on a horse and told
to fly around one-handed with a bow in one hand, shouting orders -
that's brilliant and I really enjoyed that."
But
don't be fooled, it's not all about the action. At the centre of the
story is Robin's romance with Marian.
"They
were sweethearts and then Robin went off to fight for king and country
in the Holy Land," Jonas explains. "Obviously Marian was a bit miffed
when he decided to go off there for glory rather than staying with her.
"He comes back and thinks
he can pick up where he left off and get her to fall back into his
arms, but it isn't that easy. That makes it all the better! It's about
him trying to woo her – I think it is a love story."
Because
of Marian, we get to see a darker side of Robin's character. In the
first episode, Robin seems amiable and cheeky, but things change.
"He
so wanted to come back from the war and rekindle himself with society
and get his position sorted, but that goes totally out of the window.
He has to completely readjust to life in the forest with a bunch of
unscrupulous strangers. His personality does adjust, because it has to.
"His
personality gets darker. This guy is a trained killer - he was in the
king's guard, part of his personal protection, so he's a very able
fighter. He has got a temper and while he can usually control himself,
he can also lose it.
"As the series goes on you
do see snippets of that coming out, especially in episode eight. I
can't say exactly why, but it's to do with Gisbourne and Marian. He
goes to a dark place then. He is capable of having a menacing side."
And
that is not the only flaw in Robin's character, Jonas reveals. "He's
quite arrogant, rather vain, and can be self-centred. But overall the
rounded Robin is essentially a very decent, good-spirited person."
Fans
of previous films and series of Robin Hood may be surprised by the
costumes in this latest offering. The green tights have been banished -
instead, the outlaws wear clothes with a modern twist.
"Some
of the characters have Diesel boots and combats, and I've got a
hoodie," Jonas laughs. "The costumes are really cool."
Having already signed on for a
further two seasons if the programme proves successful, there is no
doubt the show is set to catapult Jonas into the public eye. His
unkempt good looks are bound to get a few hearts racing, but is he
ready for his life to change?
"You
know when you accept a role like this that they are going to really
push it, and you have to realise your face is going to be known. Until
it starts to happen, I won't know how I'll react."
And
what about the almost guaranteed attention from the female of the
species?
"If
that happens, I'll see what it is like then.
''But
as a red-blooded male, I won't be complaining!"
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Jonas leads new band of
merry men By
Elaine Sheridan - December 2006
 A
REAL-LIFE Irish Robin Hood will
soon set television screens alight across Britain.
The
star of TV’s new Robin Hood series has admitted robbing the
rich to give to the poor off screen as well as on.
But
Dublin-born Jonas Armstrong admits he was a very merry man when he
stole a bicycle for a penniless pal after a night on the tiles.
He said: “I was coming
home from the pub and I nicked a bike from a posh garden and gave it
away to my poor, drunken mate.”
Jonas,
aged 25, said that he has little else in common with Robin. “Apart from
being a dab hand with the sword, I’ve only been to Nottingham
once.
“And
the closest I’ve come to a forest was when I went to the
Glastonbury Festival.”
Jonas
first hit our screens in 2004 in Channel 4’s hit drama
Teachers.
Now
he is tipped for superstardom in Robin Hood — the
BBC’s multi-million-pound 13-part drama which begins on
Saturday night.
The series — which
also stars Keith Allen as the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham
— took six months to film in Budapest, which is the
traditional home of Robin Hood.
But
the drama nearly didn’t make it to our screens when the
master tapes were stolen last month.
They
were found dumped in bushes in the Hungarian capital nine days ago
after the crew had already re-shot hours of footage.
Despite being a relatively
unknown actor to date, the Irishman is not at all fazed by the prospect
of fame that the Robin Hood series is set to bring.
He
said: “We’ll
just have to see. The cast keep on taking the mickey saying
it’s all going to change. But we’ll see.”
He
also admits that filming has been more draining than he ever imagined.
He
said: “There
isn’t much time for socialising. If you’ve had a
hard day in the forest all you want to do is to chill out. You think,
‘I’m 25, of course I can work six months solid
without a break’.
“But
I had to take a couple of days off. And I’ve learned that, as
tempting as it is to stay up until stupid o’clock with your
cast mates, it will catch up with you.”
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Boys in the hood - Sydney
Morning Herald - Keith Austin April 9th
 Robin Hood is a lot like
James Bond. Everyone has their favourite and it's usually the one they
grew up watching. So when television's latest incarnation of
Nottingham's most famous son describes the character as "Robin Hood for
the PlayStation generation" you can see where he's coming from.
Indeed, when the publicity
stills of relatively unknown actor Jonas Armstrong, 26, in his hooded
leather jacket were revealed in Britain last year, the newspapers
immediately dubbed him "Robin Hoodie". There's also, he admits, a
resemblance to Noel Gallagher of the band Oasis (with a bit of Blur's
Damon Albarn thrown in) - a Britpop Robin Hood.
Whatever
the reason, the British certainly took the new-look man from Sherwood
Forest to their hearts. The 13-part series debuted in the Saturday
evening slot vacated by the newly resurgent and hugely successful
Doctor Who. They were big shoes to fill and fill them it did. Most of
the critics went wild and the BBC quickly decided to make another
series.
On
the telephone from his parents' home in Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire,
Armstrong is pleased that a second series is going ahead but not
particularly looking forward to flying to Hungary where, for six
months, the countryside outside Budapest doubles as Sherwood Forest.
"It's going to be f---ing
freezing," he says, laughing. "It's a whole different place when you
first arrive to when you finish filming. The weather goes from Eastern
Bloc weather as you'd imagine it to be - very harsh - to baking hot and
there's no breeze coming off the sea or anything like that. So, yeah,
we'll be taking the thermals and then we'll burn them after a month or
so."
Born in Dublin but raised in
Lancashire from the age of six, Armstrong graduated from the Royal
Academy of Dramatic Art in 2003 and his acting credits include a few
stage roles and parts in the TV series Teachers and Ghost Squad.
He's
not, however, what he always imagined Robin Hood to be like. "I'd heard through the
grapevine that the BBC were doing Robin Hood and I was sitting in the
pub with a few mates in the business talking about who we thought was
going to get cast and coming up with all these established names. I
remember thinking, 'F---ing hell. Imagine if I got an audition for
Robin Hood.'
"Lo
and behold, I get this call not long before I was due to go to India
for work and my agent said I'd got a meeting for Robin Hood. I said,
'Oh, great. For what part?' She said, 'Robin Hood.' I just laughed down
the phone. 'Don't be daft,' I said. 'There's no way in hell.' I mean,
I'm quite a slight guy and they're going to be looking for some
six-foot-three guy, chisel-featured, blond, golden wavy hair down to
his shoulders. You know, a massive meaty fellah."
Which
was exactly what they didn't want. Armstrong got the script,
familiarised himself with the scenes and went along to the audition
with no expectations. "I
didn't think I had any chance of getting it so I went in very relaxed.
I remember going out for a drink the night before and thinking, 'I'm
going to feel stupid and embarrassed. I'm going to feel as though I'm
just making up the numbers.'
"I
usually go in to auditions with nerves but I was totally relaxed. There
was no [in luvvy actor accent], 'How would I play the hero part of
Robin Hood? What would I bring to the role?' It was just go along, read
and see what happens. I read two scenes three times and that was it.
"So
I went off to India and eventually got a call to say I had the part. It
all happened in about 10 days. It was unreal. I didn't know what had
hit me."
So
did he celebrate? "Damn right I did. I think I drank the whole of my
minibar dry. It was about midnight in India and I had no one to
celebrate with so I celebrated with myself."
As
for the look of the show, Armstrong was never worried he was going to
end up in green tights. This Robin Hood has a more modern, gritty feel.
Think medieval combat trousers and plenty of leather. The Merry Men are
no longer quite so merry (they're a gang now), Maid Marian is just
Marian and Friar Tuck is missing altogether - but many of the old
staples of comedy, derring-do and romance remain.
With scripts written by (among
others) executive producer Dominic Minghella (brother of Oscar-winner
Anthony), the creator of the British series Doc Martin, the new-look
Robin Hood is "pacey and raw and intense", Armstrong says. "There are great battle
sequences, chase sequences, horse sequences. It's a modern take on an
ancient tale. I think people will be eager to see how they've updated
it and if it's still relevant in today's world. There are also hints of
what's happening today without shoving it down your throat."
There
are standout performances from Richard Armitage, as the villainous,
black-clad Guy of Gisbourne, and Keith Allen, in over-the-top,
budgie-crushing form as the Sheriff of Nottingham - the best since Alan
Rickman's bravura performance in the otherwise woeful big-screen
version starring Kevin Costner.
Allen, Armstrong says, is one
of the best things about the new show. "It's one of the best
parts, if not the best part. You've got so much to go off and Keith
just goes for it hell for leather. He's got a bit of a reputation in
England as a hellraiser but he's very pleasant, sound. He's got a mouth
on him and everything but he's brilliant. He's great to work opposite
and he's a fantastic sheriff. The show wouldn't be the same without him
as sheriff. And he loves it."
Finally,
Armstrong reveals that the show is also set to go out in the US, though
what they will make of the northern English accents is anybody's guess.
"Listen,"
he says, "this is hilarious. I had a mate ring me from America. He
tells me he's sitting in a cafe in Times Square with his missus when
who goes past on a bus? Me! I'm, like, get ta f---!
"My
mug is flying around on the side of buses in New York ... and if they
can't deal with the accents let them make their own Robin Hood!"
Robin
Hood begins on the ABC on Sunday at 7.30pm
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Preston Today 7th October
2006
Many were surprised when the
BBC signed up relatively unknown actor Jonas Armstrong, who was brought
up in Lytham St Annes, to play the iconic hero in their lavish
£8 million series.
The
former Arnold schoolboy admits he feels some burden to do the part
justice.
"Of
course there is pressure being a newcomer in a primetime show like
this. It's the first lead role I've had," he confides.
"When
I got the part I sat down and thought to myself, 'Do I think about the
pressure of this part, how I'm going to play it and are people going to
like it? Or do I just take it wholeheartedly and go with it?' Now I
feel really excited about the show going out.
"But
it is also very nerve-wracking. My parents came down for the first
screening of the show and I could barely speak to them, but I was
really happy - and relieved - when I saw the final product."
It
was only a decade ago that Jonas was learning his craft in school
productions at Arnold School in Blackpool.
His parents, Eva and Harold
Armstrong, from Durham Avenue, St Annes, said they were over the moon
he had landed the role. Eva admits her son did not think he had any
hope of getting it when he auditioned, particularly as he was up
against actors such as Shameless star James McAvoy.
Jonas
has appeared in Channel 4's Teachers and The Ghost Squad, and had a
role in Rutherford & Son at Manchester's Royal Exchange last
year.
He
was born in Ireland, but the family moved to St Annes when he was six.
His
mum maintains he has a "great affinity" with the area: "He loves coming
back home for Christmas."
When
he does he likes catching up with friends at the pub and has been known
to play at St Annes Tennis Club.
It
also helps that Robin Hood - leader of the famous band of merry men -
was one of his heroes as a child.
Of course, he has a lot to
live up to. Many famous actors have played the role of the outlaw who
steals from the rich and gives to the poor, including Richard Greene
and Errol Flynn. While Jonas, at 25, is too young to remember those
performances, he says he did enjoy Hollywood's 1991 take on the story.
"I
think every boy is a fan of Robin Hood. I was only five or six when
Robin Of Sherwood was being broadcast, but I can remember the images
from the show, and of course I remember the Kevin Costner film really
well.
"Lads
always play bow and arrows when they are young and pretend they're
Robin Hood in the forest, so I was gobsmacked when I got the part."
And it wasn't just the bow and
arrows Jonas got to play with - Robin's other weapon of choice is an
impressive Saracen sword. Luckily, the actor is a dab hand at
sword-fighting.
"I've
got a certificate for stage combat. I trained when I was at Rada, so I
didn't go into it as a novice. I think that paid off.
"If
there was anything too risky though, for instance walking across a
beam, I had a stunt double that stood in. I got really annoyed they
wouldn't let me do that - it was only eight foot tall," he laughs. "I
think it was for insurance reasons."
One
thing they did let Jonas do was the horse-riding.
"They
gave me free rein on the horses. I'm the only one who was allowed to
gallop. It's a really good buzz when you're stuck on a horse and told
to fly around one-handed with a bow in one hand, shouting orders -
that's brilliant and I really enjoyed that."
But
don't be fooled, it's not all about the action. At the centre of the
story is Robin's romance with Marian.
"They
were sweethearts and then Robin went off to fight for king and country
in the Holy Land," Jonas explains. "Obviously Marian was a bit miffed
when he decided to go off there for glory rather than staying with her.
"He comes back and thinks
he can pick up where he left off and get her to fall back into his
arms, but it isn't that easy. That makes it all the better! It's about
him trying to woo her – I think it is a love story."
Because
of Marian, we get to see a darker side of Robin's character. In the
first episode, Robin seems amiable and cheeky, but things change.
"He
so wanted to come back from the war and rekindle himself with society
and get his position sorted, but that goes totally out of the window.
He has to completely readjust to life in the forest with a bunch of
unscrupulous strangers. His personality does adjust, because it has to.
"His
personality gets darker. This guy is a trained killer - he was in the
king's guard, part of his personal protection, so he's a very able
fighter. He has got a temper and while he can usually control himself,
he can also lose it.
"As
the series goes on you do see snippets of that coming out, especially
in episode eight. I can't say exactly why, but it's to do with
Gisbourne and Marian. He goes to a dark place then. He is capable of
having a menacing side."
And
that is not the only flaw in Robin's character, Jonas reveals. "He's
quite arrogant, rather vain, and can be self-centred. But overall the
rounded Robin is essentially a very decent, good-spirited person."
Fans
of previous films and series of Robin Hood may be surprised by the costumes in this latest
offering. The green tights have been banished - instead, the outlaws
wear clothes with a modern twist.
"Some
of the characters have Diesel boots and combats, and I've got a
hoodie," Jonas laughs. "The costumes are really cool."
Having already signed on for a
further two seasons if the programme proves successful, there is no
doubt the show is set to catapult Jonas into the public eye. His
unkempt good looks are bound to get a few hearts racing, but is he
ready for his life to change?
"You
know when you accept a role like this that they are going to really
push it, and you have to realise your face is going to be known. Until
it starts to happen, I won't know how I'll react."
And
what about the almost guaranteed attention from the female of the
species?
"If
that happens, I'll see what it is like then.
''But
as a red-blooded male, I won't be complaining!"
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The Hooded Man - 1st
October 2006 - Jessica Martin
When Jonas Armstrong was
collecting his BASSC Certificate in Stage Combat at drama school,
little did he know that those skills would one day come in handy to
land him his biggest role yet.
As
legendary English folk hero Robin Hood, Jonas battles the evil Sheriff
of Nottingham and his cronies in action-packed scenes of scintillating
sword fighting and breathtaking archery. But with a mere whirlwind week
to prepare for filming, he was thankful he'd paid attention to his
combat lessons at RADA.
"When I got the job I was
over in India filming," Jonas reveals to Judy Leighton,
adding that he almost didn't bother going to the audition as he was due
to leave for India just a few days later - and he didn't think he stood
a chance anyway! Luckily his agent convinced him to turn up and his low
expectations even helped.
"I
wasn't as nervy as at some auditions and I think that put me into a
good mindset because I didn't have the pressure. Then when I got the
part I was amazed - gob smacked even - but ecstatic because it's such a
well-known and well-loved character, everybody knows Robin Hood."
But
being fully occupied in India, there weren't many opportunities for
Jonas to brush up his archery and sword-fighting skills, although he
was able to do some training.
"I
was in the gym every day - I have quite a slight build anyway so I was
trying to eat a lot more and go to the gym and go swimming," says the
six-foot-tall actor. "Once I got to Budapest [where Robin Hood is
filmed] we just had a week until filming started. We were on the horses
every day and practising archery and sword fighting and unarmed combat
every day, so it was quite difficult. Then at the end of the week they
threw me a sword and said, 'Right, now look amazing with it!'"
And
it's not just any old sword, either. "It's a Saracen sword from
the Middle East, so there's a very specific way of fighting with it,"
Jonas explains. "I think I've really come on with it over the series."
The
25-year-old, who was born in Ireland but grew up in St Annes in
Lancashire, is also now a bit of an expert horseman too. "It's a really good buzz
when you're stuck on a horse and told to fly around one-handed with a
bow in one hand, shouting orders - that's brilliant and I really enjoy
that," he grins engagingly. "They give me free rein on a horse now
because I have got to be on them a lot more, so they gave me more time
to learn and paid extra attention to me. I'm the only one who is
allowed to gallop on a horse!"
That's
the special status reserved for the hero - though Jonas says that in
this version of the robbing-from-the-rich-to-give-to-the-poor legend,
Robin isn't always in the right.
"He's
a flawed character and he has got downsides to his personality," admits
Jonas. "He's not just this do-gooder who hasn't got a bad bone in his
body - he does have some bad aspects to his personality. He can be
sidetracked and become clouded by his own agenda and his personal
issues, which can strain his relationships with the outlaws. He's quite
an arrogant character, rather vain and he can be self-centred - but
overall the rounded Robin is essentially a very decent, good,
good-spirited person."
Jonas,
whose previous TV roles include student Anthony in Teachers and
thrill-seeker Pete in gritty cop drama Ghost Squad, both for C4, admits
he likes Robin's flaws and that they make him a more interesting
character.
"He
has to have these darker moments - it makes him human. People may say
he's supposed to be this dashing, swashbuckling hero and he has got
that, but there's another side to him too so hopefully that will come
across as well. It also makes him different to previous Robin Hoods who
have been more out-and-out heroes."
Another surprising aspect of
this Robin is that he's also a bit of a womaniser...
"He
does think he's got a way with the ladies!" laughs Jonas, hastily
adding that his old flame, Marian, would certainly not agree.
"She
just sees right through it. She says in the first episode, 'Seven years
and you're still peddling the same old drivel - does it ever work?!' So
she's not interested. Their relationship is frosty..."
It
seems Marian still hasn't forgiven Robin for deserting her to go and
fight for King Richard.
"They
were sweethearts and then Robin went off to fight for King and country
in the Holy Land," Jonas explains. "Obviously Marian was a bit miffed
when he decided to go, going off there for glory rather than staying
with her. He comes back and just thinks he can pick up where he left
off and get her to fall back into his arms but it isn't that easy.
Which makes it all the better! It's about him trying to woo her."
Jonas
picks out this storyline as his favourite of the series.
"I
think it is a love story," he says adamantly. "There's also the battle
between the good and the bad, the tyrant and the hero, which is
obviously Robin and the Sheriff, and there's loads of action that will
engage an audience - action sequences and fighting and stunts and
everything else; but the love triangle between Sir Guy of Gisborne,
Marian and Robin is the most obvious through line of the whole thing, I
think, and the one I tried to concentrate more on."
And
it's not just a straightforward choice between hero and villain for
Marian.
"Gisborne
is a better prospect because he has security and wealth. Robin would
have had that but he decided to become an outlaw when he came back,"
explains Jonas. "But hopefully the viewers will go, yes Gisborne has
got all that but he hasn't got the thing that Robin has got, which is
the excitement that he can give her and also, of course, the love - she
doesn't love Gisborne, she just sees him as a breadwinner."
Back
in the actual time of the story, though, Marian wouldn't have had much
of a choice - in those days it was the men who decided. But the legend
has been updated to appeal to today's more sophisticated audience and,
says Jonas, is quite modern in its feel. Its contemporary slant has led
to it being dubbed Robin Hoody - much to Jonas's amusement.
"People
have been on about this but I thought it was obvious to have Robin Hood
in a hood - that's his name!" he says wryly. "I always thought that he
would have a disguise, and that's the hood."
But
while the series threatens to make the hoody trendy again, this may not
yet be rehabilitation for the much-maligned garment. As Jonas adds with
a twinkle, "Don't
forget, he is an outlaw!"
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Robin Hood - Jonas
Interview
In autumn 2006, the BBC
officially unveiled an Irish-born TV newcomer – relatively
unknown 25 year old Jonas Armstrong to tackle his first major role, as
the legendary infamous Nottinghamshire outlaw Robin Hood.
With
Dominic Minghella’s script, the series has been updated to
appeal to today’s more sophisticated audience - “There’s
green. But there’s no tights. I’ve got a leather
hooded top. The costumes have got a very modern feel to
them… Alan-a-Dale wears combat trousers. Very
modern”.
Its
contemporary slant has led to it being dubbed Robin Hoody –
much to Jonas amusement – “I think
we’ve come up with something cool that’s both
modern and medieval, with a bit of street, I’ve even a
hoodie!”
Where there are differences in
costume in our modern Robin Hood compared to the original Robin Hood,
is there any common ground between Jonas and Robin Hood we may ask? “Apart from
being dab hand with a sword I’ve only been to Nottingham
once. And the closest I’ve come to living in a forest was
when I went to the Glastonbury Festival. The only time I’ve
robbed from the rich and given to the poor was coming home from the pub
one night when I nicked a bike from a posh garden and gave it away to
my poor, drunken mate!”
The
series has comedy as well as the expected swordsmanship, archery,
fast-paced action, goodies and baddies and of course some romance with
Marian, played as a raven-haired, red-lipped beauty by actress Lucy
Griffiths, who says her character is “feisty” and
“kick arse”. At the time of the interview, Jonas
hadn't filmed any sex scenes, but was certainly looking forward to
them, “I’ve
had sex scenes in every TV job I’ve done apart from as
Robin… But it will be nice when we do because
she’s gorgeous.”
Jonas
tells us it's not all about the sex appeal though;
“I
think it is a love story. There’s also a battle between the
good and the bad, the tyrant and the hero, which is obviously Robin and
the Sheriff, and there’s loads of action that will engage an
audience – action sequences and fighting and stunts and
everything else; but the love triangle between Gisborne, Marian and
Robin is the most obvious through line of the whole thing, I think, and
the one I tried to concentrate more on”.
The
filming of the new series actually took place in Hungary, with the
woods around Budapest standing in for Sherwood Forest – the
traditional home of Robin Hood. Joans adds "We have not been
disappointed by the scenes though as the “landscape is quite
spectacular. It’s amazing to look at”
The
essence of a timeless legend filled with adventure, action, bravery and
romance have been the key ingredients that has made Robin Hood a hit
for contemporary audiences.
“He’s
a total legend, I’m privileged to play a character that is
known and loved by millions”.
And
indeed he is – with ratings often toppling ITV's saturday
night offering, it seems that Joans is the one with the real X-Factor.
Words:
Katie Ots / BBC
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SF
Crowsnest -
21/11/06
When Jonas Armstrong was
collecting his BASSC Certificate in Stage Combat at drama school,
little did he know that those skills would one day come in handy to
land him his biggest role yet.
As
legendary English folk hero Robin Hood, Jonas battles the evil Sheriff
of Nottingham and his cronies in action-packed scenes of scintillating
sword fighting and breathtaking archery. But with a mere whirlwind week
to prepare for filming, he was thankful he'd paid attention to his
combat lessons at RADA.
"When
I got the job I was over in India filming," Jonas reveals to Judy
Leighton, adding that he almost didn't bother going to the audition as
he was due to leave for India just a few days later - and he didn't
think he stood a chance anyway! Luckily his agent convinced him to turn
up and his low expectations even helped.
"I
wasn't as nervy as at some auditions and I think that put me into a
good mindset because I didn't have the pressure. Then when I got the
part I was amazed - gob smacked even - but ecstatic because it's such a
well-known and well-loved character, everybody knows Robin Hood."
But
being fully occupied in India, there weren't many opportunities for
Jonas to brush up his archery and sword-fighting skills, although he
was able to do some training.
"I
was in the gym every day - I have quite a slight build anyway so I was
trying to eat a lot more and go to the gym and go swimming," says the
six-foot-tall actor. "Once I got to Budapest [where Robin Hood is
filmed] we just had a week until filming started. We were on the horses
every day and practising archery and sword fighting and unarmed combat
every day, so it was quite difficult. Then at the end of the week they
threw me a sword and said, 'Right, now look amazing with it!'"
And it's not just any old
sword, either. "It's
a Saracen sword from the Middle East, so there's a very specific way of
fighting with it," Jonas explains. "I think I've really come on with it
over the series."
The
25-year-old, who was born in Ireland but grew up in St Annes in
Lancashire, is also now a bit of an expert horseman too. "It's a really good buzz
when you're stuck on a horse and told to fly around one-handed with a
bow in one hand, shouting orders - that's brilliant and I really enjoy
that," he grins engagingly. "They give me free rein on a horse now
because I have got to be on them a lot more, so they gave me more time
to learn and paid extra attention to me. I'm the only one who is
allowed to gallop on a horse!"
That's the special status
reserved for the hero - though Jonas says that in this version of the
robbing-from-the-rich-to-give-to-the-poor legend, Robin isn't always in
the right.
"He's a flawed character
and he has got downsides to his personality," admits Jonas. "He's not
just this do-gooder who hasn't got a bad bone in his body - he does
have some bad aspects to his personality. He can be sidetracked and
become clouded by his own agenda and his personal issues, which can
strain his relationships with the outlaws. He's quite an arrogant
character, rather vain and he can be self-centred - but overall the
rounded Robin is essentially a very decent, good, good-spirited person."
Jonas,
whose previous TV roles include student Anthony in Teachers and
thrill-seeker Pete in gritty cop drama Ghost Squad, both for C4, admits
he likes Robin's flaws and that they make him a more interesting
character.
"He
has to have these darker moments - it makes him human. People may say
he's supposed to be this dashing, swashbuckling hero and he has got
that, but there's another side to him too so hopefully that will come
across as well. It also makes him different to previous Robin Hoods who
have been more out-and-out heroes."
Another surprising aspect of
this Robin is that he's also a bit of a womaniser...
"He does think he's got a
way with the ladies!" laughs Jonas, hastily adding that his old flame,
Marian, would certainly not agree. | | | |
