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The Musketeers: Interview with Athos actor Tom Burke

How did you find the response to series one?

All I can say is that I’m very aware that people like it and that people seem to approach me with smiling faces rather than scowls! There’s been no shouting at me so from that perspective it seems to have gone down very well. I usually stay clear of any sort of online or blog critical response so I couldn’t tell you from that. From my perspective it seems like people like it, and I’m delighted about that.

What can we expect to see from Athos this series?

I suppose he sort of unravels a bit. He’s already unravelled a bit in series one with all the things he’s been through with Milady, but that isn’t really over. There are a few demons he has to face and he has to examine his reasons for being a Musketeer, because really in a way there’s an element of being a fugitive from his own past, and seeking out a profession that would in some way enable him to absorb himself in the present moment to escape the past. About half way through this series he finds he has to face a lot of that stuff about real doing good, not just doing good for the sake of not having the think about your own demons – but actually doing good for its own sake. I think that’s what he sees in D’Artagnan. He sees somebody who is a vocationally a force for good, whereas Athos is almost accidentally became that. The biggest thing in his life is the Milady relationship, and his relationship with D’Artagnan gets deeper. He’s quite a secretive person and you see him lowering his guard with the others more in this series, which very much comes out of being cornered.

How is he feeling about Milady?

It’s a really slow burn of unravelling with her. I think he already knows he didn’t deal with things in the right way with her in the past, and it’s a case of what if I’d actually found the strength to forgive her – it’s all what if’s with her. I don’t want to spoil it but ultimately it’s a big journey.

How is Athos’ relationship with D’Artagnan now after the revelations about Milady?

We’ve kind of left it blank but the idea was that he’s got this odd relationship with D’Artganan where he feels like he’s another version of himself in a different set of circumstances, and he feels so close to him that in a weird way – and I think this could be a French thing – but I think there’s a sense that he doesn’t mind that D’Artagnan has been with the love of his life. There’s not that sense of property, but if there is it’s somewhat diminished by having a close bond with a friend. There’s a grey area there. He doesn’t feel that sense of territorial-ness about D’Artagnan as he might with somebody else.

You’ve had Marc Warren replace Peter Capaldi this series…

I do miss having Peter (Capaldi) around. I think I had two scenes with him last year where we spoke directly, and I was hoping to have more as I’d worked with him on The Hour and he was a great joy to work with. He’s such a gent but in a way I saw him very little because of the way it was scheduled. Oddly enough I’d seen Marc quite a lot last year because he was out in Prague at one point. We had dinner a few times and we were talking about the series and I was saying how much fun I was having on it. He’s a wonderful and funny man, and I think he’s done a wonderful job. He’s played Rochefort on just the right side of weird and being a kind of creature. There’s something really cold about those eyes! Rochefort is a slower burn than the Cardinal, and Marc is incredible. He’s plays Rochefort with this very alien presence.

Has it been nice being back in Prague with the cast?

I love Prague and everybody, especially the five of us – I say the five of us because Hugo (Speer) is very much a part of it. The girls are also an incredibly valued part of the team, who seems to be coming and going more which works out really well. We have a very good time with all the guys, then the girls come on and it’s a slightly different vibe. It’s really nice with all the different permutations of having all the different characters on set. It’s always nice when Ryan and Ali are there. Everyone is incredibly nice, we get on really well and the friendships have only got stronger. We got on from day one.

What’s the atmosphere been like on set?

We laugh so much and it really helps because it is a slog on an energy level. It’s got to the point now where it’s like a code between me and the boys, the things we do that annoy each other would probably be invisible to other people, because they’ve come out of tiny things that have elaborated. I wouldn’t know where to begin! I always enjoy the stuff with Maime, that’s always fun to play, because there’s so much of a history there with the characters. With the guys as well it’s always nice to find the nuances with the characters. Even as secretive as Athos is, it’s interesting to find the ways he lets his guard down with the each of them.

How do you think the show has evolved for the second series?

I think it’s a hard question for us to answer because I think even at the beginning when maybe it was a bit lighter in its intention we were all looking for the darkness in it, and were very much encouraged to because that’s our job I suppose. Everyone was looking for that because that’s where the drama is. I’m sure it has but I think that’s always been what we’ve been looking for. It’s got more ambitious in finding context for the characters to be unsympathetic in and I think it’s got bolder.

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Tom Burke & Marc Warren: 'We're cut from the same cloth: neither of us is ever going to be the loving father-next-door type'

Marc Warren, 47

An actor, Warren (right in picture) has starred in TV series including 'Hustle' and 'The Good Wife'. He has also appeared in films including 'Wanted' and 'Wild Bill'. He lives in London

I've always had the feeling that we were cut from the same cloth. It's the way he looks at the world and the fact that, as actors, we play quite unusual types, with a slight intensity and a warped view of things: neither of us is ever going to be the loving father-next-door type.

Our friendship has hung around three jobs. We met in 2002, on the set of Paul Abbott's [BBC series] State of Play. I played a very loose cannon who picks up a young boy played by Tom. I wasn't aware of him before that, but it was the launchpad for his career.

We got to know each other a little better again on [the BBC's adaptation of] Dracula in 2006 – he put a stake through my heart. We'd share journeys back to London after a day's filming. Cars can be a terrible place to have an argument – there's nowhere to go. But we got on well – we've never had a cross word.

We'd speak every now and again and a few years ago, when I was at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, Ian McKellen went on stage to collect an award and said, "I've been to see Tom Burke in a show; a star is born." I called Tom and told him. He was coming into his own then. I saw him in Only God Forgives [starring Ryan Gosling] and he's the best thing in it. And now, with [the BBC's] The Musketeers [in which Burke plays Athos], it's definitely his time. I respect him a lot: he's quiet and keeps himself to himself, which is the way I go about my business. Neither of us is that gregarious.

When Tom was shooting the first series of The Musketeers, in Prague last year, I'd taken seven months off to travel around Europe on my own. And when I ended up in Prague I said, "Let's have a meal." So we met up and he mentioned that there was a part in the next series – as [the villainous aristocrat] Rochefort, and I expressed an interest. He had a word with the producer and a few months later they offered me the part, and we spent several months together in Prague.

He'd turn up each morning floppy-haired and cuddly in his woollen hat and the next time I'd see him, his hair was slick and greased back, he was dressed in leather and on top of a horse: it was an incredible transformation.

Whenever we'd go out he'd make me laugh; he's very dry. Tom is very into tea and, once, when he took me to a tea shop off Wenceslas Square, he gave me this brew that was so strong I didn't feel well after we left. I'm never good with tea in the morning; I prefer coffee, which Tom thinks is the enemy of good acting!

If I was going to get involved in some heavy acting project, Tom is someone I'd like to go down the mine with. I always think that acting is like hitting a ball against a wall: with good actors, the ball comes back really hard and true, and I think you get that with Tom.

Tom Burke, 33

The Rada-trained stage and screen actor gained recognition after appearing in the BBC drama 'State of Play'. He has since appeared in TV series including 'Utopia' and 'The Hour' and in films including 'Only God Forgives' and 'The Invisible Woman'. He lives in London

I was always a fan of Marc's work: I'd seen him in a number of things such as Band of Brothers and How Do You Want Me?, which is one of my favourite sitcoms – I saw real anarchy in there; he's a versatile actor.

My first TV job was in State of Play. My character's main function revolved around Marc – his character was bisexual, and I'd slept with him. I didn't really get to know him, though, until the next thing we did together, Dracula: I killed him.

We were filming up in Bristol and we had some great chats, and one night he gave me a lift back to London: we talked about how we've had a similar rhythm to our careers, how we've both had more of a slow burn, rather than being thrown into the limelight as soon we were out of drama school.

We met up for dinner in Prague last year, while I was filming the first season of The Musketeers. I was telling him about the show and he was so enthused about it, we talked about the possibility of him doing it: I was aware that Peter [Capaldi, who played villain Cardinal Richelieu] would not be back and that a new villain would be needed.

In a way, filming that second season was when I got a real measure of who he was. Waiting around on set, you pick something stupid to talk about and riff on it for 40 minutes; when Marc laughs hard, there is a moment when he looks as if he's in pain, then as if he's going to expire!

We have a similar attitude to our vocation: rather than lurking around, trying to get the next job, we're happy to sit [and wait] a bit on the back foot. It's to do with how seriously you take it, and the fact we've both had a slower-paced career. Neither of us tweet either, because, while we welcome the idea of fans, what are "followers"? What does that mean?

I didn't know Marc in his party days; the side I see is instead incredibly curious and interested. I had a go at being a night owl, too – it's a more glamorous way to be. But the nature of filming – up at 5am – meant that I got pretty dull by 10pm, so now I have a tendency to shuffle around in my civvies or be seen hunched over a book in a tea house.

I talk to a lot of actors who are more into being interesting than interested – but Marc's an inquiring type. And there's his humility; I think that's what made me think of Marc as a friend now, and it was a lot of what we have talked about this year: when you're doing a series together, there's no space for anyone to feel as if it's their show.

Marc Warren and Tom Burke star in the second series of 'The Musketeers', which begins on BBC1 on 2 January at 9pm

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Utopia 2: Rose Leslie, Tom Burke in first-look pictures

Channel 4 has released first-look pictures from Utopia 2.

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"One for all, all for one, and all in"

The Musketeers is a cheeky, swashbuckling good time

One for all, all for one, and all in

By Genevieve Valentine

Jun 19, 201412:00 AM

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The Musketeers

Season 1

Anyone setting out to adapt something as well known as Alexandre Dumas’ iconic cadre of Musketeers is operating under an awfully long shadow. Their gallant, hyper-macho derring-do has become so thoroughly disseminated through pop culture in the 150 years since the trio’s birth that their legacy still lingers in every buddy-cop procedural and James Bond action flick, their names whispered in the background of every Fast And Furious chase scene. Bringing them back to TV in their original period guise requires a determined approach: namely, finding their essence in a genre that’s spawned so many tropes, homages, and imitations in the interim.

Luckily for The Musketeers, show creator Adrian Hodges is well aware of what he’s up against, and has opted to go for broke. This positively gleeful adaptation of the inseparable trio and brash newcomer D’Artagnan lives in the sweet spot between the original figures and what, over time, their legacy has become. This is achieved through period-piece detail, historical nods, and rapier battles balanced against the wink-nudge camp of a Law And Order: Baroque Victims Unit crime of the week—right down to gruff Captain Treville, who regularly calls them into his office and can’t understand why his best detectives can’t play by the book. (In the episodes provided for U.S. review, he hadn’t yet demanded their épées and their cloaks, but there’s certainly an air of expectation.)

Self-referential framing aside, there are few other surprises here. The plots of the week are standard. This is a show in which people setting off explosions will walk away from them in slow motion, where viewers can guess what will happen every time someone advises, “Wait for my signal.” The Musketeers also wisely makes the most of the assumed audience familiarity, and trades on it to good effect in just plain not wanting to waste anyone’s time—D’Artagnan’s on his quest by the 10-minute mark (now driven by updated dark backstory as today’s hero practically demands), and the dynamics of the three official Musketeers skip straight to the lived-in rhythms we know so well: Athos the unofficial leader, slightly aloof; Porthos and Aramis a pair of old marrieds.

And therein lies the key to this series’ success. Plotting—and to some degree, even tone—are tertiary concerns; any Musketeers adaptation is going to sink or swim on its cast. Thankfully, the ensemble is pretty much note-perfect, right down to the revolving door of guest stars drawn from the best British TV has to offer. The central foursome is particularly good—especially Tom Burke as an Athos who’s almost laughably haunted without entirely losing his dry humor, and Howard Charles as suspicious, gregarious Porthos. Tamla Kari brings both comic timing and sincerity to Constance, who promises to become one of the team.

But the most stealthily effective couple that will emerge from the many permutations the show’s already offered is a one-two punch that both sets the series’ campiest highs and offers its greatest wrinkle. Peter Capaldi, consummate thespian, can barely contain his joy at being able to swirl Cardinal Richelieu’s cape and crisply gnaw his way through lines like, “Did it give you pleasure?” And though he’s used sparingly, Ryan Gage as King Louis is delightfully oblivious. He’s just human enough to justify preserving while making it terribly clear that Richelieu’s desire for power isn’t just megalomania: Someone has to run the country, and King Louis is demonstrably not the best man for the job. Having Richelieu’s goals occasionally align with the Musketeers is a welcome gray area, and leaves more room for mustache-twirling villains of the week while giving Capaldi the chance for occasional subtlety.

The show also benefits from the polish of savvy production design. It’s not all successful—the streets are sufficiently dirty, and the men in their leathers cut appropriately dashing figures and offer an abundance of detail, but the women make do with the half-heartedly “historical” gowns The Tudors so often employed, an uncanny valley so large they might as well have gone full Reign with it. But the series’ smaller moments—and even some of its bigger ones—benefit from cinematography that alternately suggests diffused Watteau pastorals and Vermeer interiors, and makes the most of its actors’ evident training in stage combat. (It also has a knack for framing: There’s a particularly canny shot in the second episode where Porthos and Aramis wait to meet someone, standing in only two-thirds of the real estate of the large window behind them—perfectly imbalanced.)

The initial British airing of the series earlier this year built enough buzz to suggest that the early hints of deeper conflict will eventually help ground the slow-burn arcs. That undercuts any tedium when facing down the seemingly inevitable case of the week, and though there’s a certain magic to the current swashbuckling shenanigans, a little more dramatic tension wouldn’t go astray. But in fairness, sometimes a show doesn’t need to be more than it is. For The Musketeers to aspire to self-seriousness would be to upset the careful balance of summer popcorn cheese and earnest character-centric adventure. A well-acted romp that carries just enough weight to justify tuning in, The Musketeers is a campy delight; no one ever hands over a blade when tossing one with a flourish will do, and this time, that’s just as it should be.

Developed by: Adrian Hodges, based on characters from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Starring: Tom Burke, Peter Capaldi, Howard Charles, Santiago Cabrera, Luke Pasqualino, Tamla Kari Airs: Sunday at 9 p.m. Eastern on BBC America Format: Hour-long drama Two episodes watched for review

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The Musketeers' Tom Burke: Doctor Who should win the Bafta Audience Award

Alexia Skinitis 8:00 AM, 18 May 2014

Your favourite TV double act?

I’m going to say Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. My youth was spent watching Bottom. I don’t know if it was the toilet humour or the spirit of anarchy that I loved more...

Has your sense of humour matured?

Probably not. On the set of The Musketeers we are incredibly adolescent! I spent 20 minutes on three different occasions, hiding in Luke [Pasqualino]’s trailer, just waiting to scare him. That’s not even adolescent... it’s infantile. We also enjoyed making prank calls. I spent half an hour on the phone to Clarks pretending to be a man who couldn’t get his shoe off.

Do you enjoy your own company?

I used to pride myself at being good in my own company. I then realised I was going a bit mad overthinking things.

Who should win RT’s Audience Award?

I’ll say Doctor Who. I met Tom Baker when I was a kid, because my mum grew up with him in Kent. We bumped into him at the supermarket and she said to him, “Tom wants to be an actor.” And he said, “Oh, don’t be an actor. Be a movie star!"

British Academy Television Awards are on Sunday 18 May at 8:00pm on BBC1.

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Musketeer’s Tom Burke: Audience Award BAFTA Belongs to Doctor Who!

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Tom Burke has admitted it's certainly a challenge playing a musketeer. The actor, who plays skilled soldier Athos in the BBC's new swashbuckling saga, The Musketeers, had to undergo physical bootcamp training to prepare for the role. "When I heard the word bootcamp, I immediately imagined getting up at dawn and being made to do press-ups in a puddle,' Tom told whatsontv.co.uk. "But actually it was very nicely paced - a little bit of sword-work, a little bit of riding, then more sword-work, so it was fun." But he added that playing a weapon-wielding musketeer wasn't without its hazards. "I was filming one scene where I got stabbed in the eye with a pommel. Thankfully, I wasn't in pain." In Sunday's episode, the musketeers are taking an infamous merchant trader back to Paris when they stop by an old house, which seems to bring back sad memories for Athos, who turns to drink. Tom revealed: "Joining the musketeers has given Athos this new identity and has allowed him to walk away from past traumas and not think about any demons he's on the run from. Now he's putting all his energy into fighting... and drinking." Later, Athos is shocked when he comes face to face with his difficult past. Has he seen his presumed-dead wife, Milady? "Athos has a strong mask that he likes to hide behind; he's very careful about what he reveals and he's a bit of a control freak," said Tom. "But his feelings for Milady are just not something he's in control of." Read more at http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/tv-news/news/musketeers-star-tom-burke-i-got-stabbed-in-the-eye#hgmOphi8ioF2ICoo.99

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