Transcript 3/3 of audio commmentary Merlin 1x10 The Moment of Truth
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Merlin episode 10: The Moment of Truth
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[27:24 scene: Merlin and Hunith sit together]
CM: Caroline is absolutely brilliant in this episode I think
KM: she’s been good in all of them, actually because she comes back again
CM: well this is the first time I’ve seen her since…when ep one…literally that brief little appearance of her readin’ the let’er.
BJ: it’s a shame she dies at the end of this episode {chuckles}
{Colin laughs}
AC: that doesn’t happen!
BJ: crossbow bow well bolt goes into the back of her head right now.
KM: she was actually the first member of cast I/
BJ: wait for it!
KM: she was the first person I met at the read through when I walked in the very first person/
BJ: {sfx} ping!
BJ: uh, sorry/
KM: trying to bring it back to seriousness, but no/
BJ: I got the wrong moment sorry it’s later on
KM: {laughs} you all should see the people in the other side of the sound booth they can’t stop laughing I think we’re supposed to be serious but it’s kinda gone out the window - oh she’s shakin’ her head we don’t have to
[28:10 scene sunny view of the village. Gwen approaches Arthur in the woods]
BJ: no-one wants to hear us sit around and be serious about/
KM: see look there’s still grass there/
BJ: the episode surely
AC: I brought you some more gruel yeh!
BJ: I brought you some kack {Katie and Colin laugh} in a bowl, hmmm
CM: I grew up on that stuff
KM: and it did you well didn’t it
CM: breakfast of champions
BJ: Arthur grew up on being left in a room with wild animals and he just had to y’know/
CM: eat his way out?
BJ: eat his way out
KM: is this like a hint of what’s coming between the two of you here? Is there a moment/
AC: I don’t know Katie, possibly…I don’t know/
BJ: what where I get serviced food on a regular basis by Guinevere?
KM: you get what!? sorry
BJ: serviced food
[28:59 Gwen “…I mean we all do”]
BJ: stupid girl
KM: so does something happen between you guys? No?
AC: no, doubt it
KM: just wondering ‘cause it seems like watching this that there might be something (?)/
BJ: did you not see the look of contempt on Arthur’s face as he looks at her? I don’t think anything is going to happen for a while
[scene: Arthur and Merlin in chainmail readying for the fight]
CM: oh first time I got to wear chainmail - well happy
KM: was it pretty? thrilling? really
CM: it was heavy
KM: {whispers} one last look at them…so rapt
[29:29 Arthur “are you ready?” Merlin “throats dry”]
AC: come on lets ‘ave it
[Merlin “…please don’t think anything different…”]
KM: were you scared Colin?
CM: petrified
KM: really right in the moment
CM: Merlin’s not a fighter is he? He’s a lover!
KM: no he’s a lov-God I remember saying that was the worst line!
{Colin laughs}
KM: I…and we filmed it at the very start it was in episode three? And I hadn’t realised that y’know possibly if I didn’t want to say it I didn’t have to. It’s going to haunt me for the rest of my days ‘he’s a lurver’
[30:10 Morgana bursts in “Arthur!”]
KM: oh there’s me
BJ: ah we’re just about to find out what he’s going to say
KM: it’s my fault
CM: Aye, I was just about to _not_ keep the magic secret {laughs}
BJ: noooo
KM: and that would be the end of the series Colin!
BJ: we’re going to have to change our tag line
CM: yeh
BJ: to erm {voice} Occasionally Keep The Magic Secret
[30:30 Arthur in the village “are you frightened?”]
BJ: yes
KM: liar!
BJ: so she ran off
KM: there’s an amazing bit of pyrotechnics coming up here at the/
CM: oh yeh yeh
CM: ooh - zoom in shot, love those
AC: cool
KM: the riders the guys on horses these are all from France, French riders and the horses as well came over they’re _unbelievable_/
CM: yeh they are fantastic/
AC: yeh the stunts were amazing/
KM: uh God the horses one of the horses actually the stunt horse of the year he won an award and everything/
CM: really?
KM: yeh. Which one it is, one of the brown ones - it doesn’t really narrow it down
AC: it’s the funny the horse probably won’t really appreciate
KM: but Alexander Siddig did all his own riding as well he’s a really good rider
BJ: how they did the award ceremony?
{Colin equine snorts}
BJ: Dave, go its your award go for it mate. I’m a horse
AC: Dave’s a deer isn’t he?
BJ: he’s a what? Dave’s a what?
AC: a deer
BJ: yeh there’s a deer called Dave as well - there he is but (…?) us
{laughter}
KM: sorry that’s an in-joke its not funny to anyone else
BJ: there’s the chicken again! I hope that chicken gets a credit
CM: that chicken was genuinely scared there wasn’t it?
BJ: yeh
KM: well done Gwen!
CM: well done
[Morgana trying to light the fire]
BJ: they’ve just seen the chicken
CM: not so well done Morgana
KM: I completely I broke that stone.
CM: Didya?
KM: the whole things in half, half way through it
KM: so if there’s a continuity issue there that’s because that was my fault. I was so into the part
[32:04 Merlin in slow motion to miss a crossbow bolt]
{whoops and gasps}
AC: whoa that’s great shot!
BJ: sorry technicians could we put Merlin back on because he’s just slipped into the Matrix there/
CM: its quite cool that the arrow was on a wire/
BJ: yeh I know its OK/
CM: so I ducked under the wire and then obviously afterward they/
BJ: give away the game Colin
AC: they didn’t actually aim an arrow at you and you had to duck
[32:25 Merlin uses magic to ignite the fire trench]
CM: this was cool
KM: I love the fact that I can consistently see you use magic and always like did I see something? I’m just completely idiotic.
AC: here’s another example of how we churned up how we trashed the erm/
BJ: yeh just burn their fields/
AC: dig a massive trench/
BJ: burn their medieval village
CM: at this point the guy in the ginger moustache was just crying in a corner/
[32:43 scene raider on white charger galloping into village]
BJ: hey hi can we just use your medieval village to film? Er…sure/
KM: that stunt guy was actually really hot
AC: yeh he was (fine?)
KM: he was really beautiful
AC: yeh he was
KM: don’t worry I’ll point him out again you won’t miss him
CM: cheers/
BJ: right
KM: you won’t know him also I made a decision there that I wasn’t going to scream when I came out it was another lady-like decision
AC: I actually managed to erm break a pitchfork over one of the stuntman’s backs by accident during this scene/
CM: ooh
KM: it may look like I know what I’m doing there but I have no clue
AC: this bit doh they cut it out?
KM: no they don’t it’s in it later
AC: what when I break/
KM: yeh yeh no it is because (ADR?) didn’t know when to cut it
AC: I didn’t know quite what to do I just kinda just carried on
KM: I think its later
AC: this is great fun/
KM: I don’t know what I’m doing see there it is you broke it/
AC: Kate and I eventually got to do some fighting/
KM: and Gwen got so into it -our angel- that she broke the pitchfork
[a mace wielding raider rides toward Merlin’s back]
{whoops and gasps}
BJ: I hope he gets you!
[33:40 raider is intercepted by Will]
BJ: ah crap!
KM: obviously Joe does all his own stunts there
[33:46 Merlin “I didn’t think you were coming”]
BJ: neither did I but it’s in the script
KM: it is really hard when you’re so busy not to make faces when you’re doing it or to make noises like whoom whoom/
CM: yeh {sfx} swish! swash!
KM: yeh that
BJ: I suppose it saves the post-production team a lot of work if you do actually throw in your own sound effects
KM: true
{various sfx}
BJ: {voice} Luke I am your father
[34:16 Will to Merlin “there’s too many of them”]
KM: yeh well it would help if you guys actually did something instead of standing there chatting…like everybody is really trying/
CM: …watch…this…
AC: wow I love all our facial expressions in this
KM: k you look freaky
BJ: they got this huge like fan basically and well stuck it in our faces and right just stand there we’re going to blow a load of hay and mud at you at incredibly high velocity/
AC: that looks great that the wind/
CM: that looks cool/
BJ: just try to look cool/
KM: wow that’s amazing
KM: sorry again this is the first time I’ve seen this/
BJ: there’s a guy in a minute who’s about to just go flying off and this wasn’t planned but it works brilliantly because he gets caught on the strap for his horse and dragged across the field and when he got up the horse eventually let him go or the strap eventually came loose/
AC: this bit he bounces like five times/
CM: whoa that was amazin’/
KM: no he was meant to do that he was actually meant to do that its what he does its one of his stunt-magic-thingies that he does
BJ: oh fair enough he got up from having finished and just got a huge round of applause from everybody because that was quite impressive to see
KM: especially cause it had been raining so much the ground was so springy that he did like you saw he bounced
BJ: I suppose also that fact that we didn’t think it was supposed to happen well I didn’t think it was supposed to happen it makes it even better
KM: he’s fine guys don’t worry he gets up
[35:43 scene villagers cheering. Morgana and Gwen hug]
KM: and we hug!/
BJ: they’re applauding and cheering for him/
KM: hah look at the love {Angel giggles}
[Kanen “Pendragon!”]
CM: oh here’s the big fight
AC: uh oh here comes the real baddy
BJ: you see that sort of piece of jaw he’s got round his chest
CM: yeh
BJ: that’s the piece of jaw we found in er Chislehurst caves
CM: oh really?
KM: during episode three you went off and found it
BJ: yeh we were in the caves for ep three and ep four and I found this bit of a jaw
AC: did you identify what sort of a creature it was
BJ: well I don’t think it was human, but, who knows, and then the costume team knabbed it and went right we’ll use that
AC: how resourceful
KM: it’s a team effort. Team Merlin
[36:24 Arthur fights Kanen]
KM: He was so cool/
CM: yeh he was brilliant/
AC: yeh he was a really nice guy, despite what it may seem like/
KM: he was so charming he was lovely
CM: not…any…more
KM: I loved it when he pretended to be on the horse, d’know with his axe?
AC: yeh yeh he did his own stunts didn’t he cause he rode the horse himself because he was a very good horseman
[36:58 Will “look out!”]
AC: nooo!
BJ: see what would have been good would’ve been if you had gone ‘Arthur…it-was-Will’
CM: {tuts} just ditch him in it, God that’s…
AC: {giggles} this was the bit were we had to throw our swords down and just get in there
CM: oh yeh yeh yeh
KM: look why are we throwing our swords down because when we filmed this earlier on we didn’t have any swords
AC: {giggles} yeh
KM: so now we look really idiotic
AC: ah they cut it yesss/
KM: they cut it thank God
CM: oh really
KM: we had to throw our swords down it was so bad
[37:36 scene: Will lying on the table]
KM: Does Will have a gold tooth? No.
CM: Will’s stickin’ up for me
AC: {whispers} I think Merlin’s magic will be secret for a little longer
BJ: I’m looking forward to the barbecue later
CM: harsh, harsh man he’s my friend
BJ: was your friend
CM: always will be
BJ: yep keep thinking that…no
KM: you just let your friend take the wrap there Colin that’s not very good, that’s not very loyal
CM: {angst} its true but/
KM: he’s in pain…
CM: …he’s on his way out
KM: but does that make it ok (…?) Colin’s obviously not a very good friend
CM: this is er like a very very hard time for me y’know/
BJ: surely you could have healed him or something?/
KM: yeh exactly could you not have saved him?
BJ: you’re like magic and stuff/
KM: hmmm so basically it’s your fault he’s dead
CM: cheers guys thanks. Pass the tissues
[38:35 Merlin “you’re not going to die”]
BJ: ’cause I’m going to save you with a magic trick!
BJ: go on then Merlin, save him
CM: cheers guys, thanks
{laughter}
BJ: Mer; Merlin he; he hasn’t got long
KM: this is like a very serious moment should we be like all serious?
KM: its very emotional
CM: moment of silence?
BJ: look quit having a chat and sort something out yeh?
KM: are you going to cry?
AC: Colin’s doing a good job and being very serious here I don’t think we need to help him
KM: {whispers} ok so maybe we should just be quiet
BJ: they’ve got the episode!/
AC: they’ll fade us out {giggles}
BJ: we should be concentrating more on the practical fact that instead of actually helping him out Colin is just/
KM: letting him die/
BJ: having a chat
BJ: {voice} ‘You’ll be alright mate it’s just an arrow to the heart’
CM: {voice} it’s an arrow to the heart man
BJ: walk it off as my old PE teacher used to say
KM: oh my God is he dead?
BJ: No…
AC: someone give Merlin a tissue
CM: yeh
BJ: no save that for the barbecue
[39:38 scene funeral pyre alight and surrounded by villagers]
CM: thanks guys
BJ: mmm fried Will
CM: how hot was this! It was boiling
BJ: it was roasting! We’re standing, well I’m standing in an oven anyway ‘cause I’m wearing all that chain mail and just being cooked by the fire
KM: this was done in France actually not in Wales. What you can’t see is the giant Camelot castle at about y’know 200 yards behind us.
BJ: what you will be able to see is one of the servants who’s in quite a few scenes in previous episodes he’s about to stroll off and suddenly he’s managed to get himself into Ealdor.
KM: Amazing how that happens
BJ: you’ll recognise him in a minute. Here he comes
KM: or maybe they won’t recognise him
BJ: trust me he’s at the start of the show - there he is/
KM: no no he’s in everything/
BJ: he’s in everything he’s in it all the time.
KM: He’s really nice though
BJ: I think that’s his twin brother though who lives in Ealdor and his
KM: his doppelganger
AC: that’s the lady who works in every establishment at Pierrefonds as well with the extras she works all over/
KM: they’re all like multi-talented in France they all do everywhere you go in the village everyone’s in Merlin but then they also turn up in the bars and in the shops - its genius
[40:59 Merlin “I’ve heard someone say that about us before”]
BJ: me too
CM: {voice} the great dragon
KM: John Hurt
CM: mm hmm.
[41:00: scene Merlin bidding farewell to Hunith]
AC: its OK she’s back, she’ll be back
BK: crossbolt! {sfx} peeshu
{laughter}
BJ: oh maybes not. Must be the next episode
{laughter}
BJ: there’s still time there’s still time
BJ: {voice} ‘I love you Merlin’ {sfx} ‘peeshoop’ ‘peeshoop’. {exasperated} uh come on
BJ: alright I’ll have to do the DVD commentary on the time she does get crossbolted
AC: that’s where we got toward the end and thought er where else do we go? Er there’s a fence and we were like should we climb over the fence
[scene: cast ride off across the field]
BJ: {surprised} where’s that come from?
KM: where is that mountain?
AC: ooh that wasn’t us sorry
KM: definitely not us
BJ: ooh whats happening next week/
CM: ooh whats happening next…
BJ: oh Captain of the Lunarcorns!
KM: Are you master of the leprechauns?
BJ: {voice} I am Anhora, Captain of the Lunarcorns
KM: {laughs} I saw that one!
AC: {laughs} no comment
AC: Hurrah {claps}
KM: {claps} Well done guys!
KM: there’s my name
{Angel singing the theme}
KM: yeh just sing out we could comment on the crew/
BJ: Chaisty/
KM: what everyone was like/ Chaisty/ do you not think Mark Day when he comes up I’m like who’s Mark Day?
BJ+KM: Ah Swampy!
KM: Charlotte go Charlotte
CM: The Mill
CM: Rob Lane
KM: Dale
BJ: Oh God did I have nicknames for all of those people because I didn’t recognise any of those names
KM: I think you probably did or maybe ones in your head
CM: Shine.
{laughter}
BJ: say what you see
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