What the Poldark cast say...

WITH ALL ITS MARITAL TWISTS AND TURNS, Poldark’s MAIN CHARACTERS GIVE THEIR TAKE ON SERIES THREE

AIDAN TURNER PLAYS ROSS POLDARK “ROSS HAS MATURED A LOT. HE ONLY TAKES BIG RISKS NOW IF HE HAS TO, BUT THERE

WILL ALWAYS BE AN INNER REBEL TRYING TO GET OUT. IT COMES FROM GROWING INSIDE A RELATIONSHIP, BUT ALSO FROM LOSING A CHILD AND HAVING A BUSINESS FAIL A COUPLE OF TIMES.

“WE PICK UP THIS SERIES WITH ROSS MENDING HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH DEMELZA – BUT THERE’S A LOT OF TENSION STILL

IN THE AIR. ROSS AND DEMELZA’S RELATIONSHIP HAS ALWAYS FELT VERY REAL FOR ELEANOR AND I – THAT’S WHY IT’S SO ENJOYABLE TO PLAY. WE’VE WORKED TOGETHER FOR SO LONG THAT WE’RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER AND OUR RELATIONSHIP PROGRESSES ALONGSIDE

THE ONE BETWEEN OUR CHARACTERS.”

HEIDA REED

PLAYS ELIZABETH WARLEGGAN “WE OPEN THE SERIES

WITH ELIZABETH ON HORSEBACK HAVING LOST CONTROL OF HER HORSE. SHE IS HEAVILY PREGNANT AND THE QUESTION IS: HOW FAR ALONG IS SHE? THERE WAS NO WAY OF TELLING BACK THEN. [ELIZABETH MAY BE PREGNANT BY ROSS.] SO SHE’S UP TO A LOT OF STRANGE ACTIVITIES, GETTING HERSELF INTO QUESTIONABLE PHYSICAL RISKS JUST IN CASE THE BABY COMES EARLY – THEN SHE CAN BLAME IT ON THE HORSE HAVING BOLTED OR HAVING FALLEN DOWN THE STAIRS.

“GEORGE AND ELIZABETH HAVE A KIND OF TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE AGREEMENT THAT WAS POPULAR AT THE TIME; IT’S AN ELIGIBLE MATCH AND THAT HOLDS THE MARRIAGE TOGETHER. THIS ARRANGEMENT IS BASED ON BEING SENSIBLE RATHER THAN

ROMANTIC. Poldark IS ABOUT FIGHTING

FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND FOR LOVE.”

ELEANOR TOMLINSON PLAYS DEMELZA POLDARK “ROSS AND DEMELZA HAVE A REALISTIC RELATIONSHIP – THEY HAVE ARGUMENTS,

BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND SO QUESTION WHAT

THEY SHOULD DO, WHETHER THEY SHOULD STICK IT OUT OR SEPARATE. THE SERIES MAKES YOU REALISE THAT THE THINGS WE DEAL WITH TODAY WERE EVER THUS.

“THE LAST SERIES ENDED WITH ELIZABETH FINDING OUT SHE IS PREGNANT, AND WE PICK UP WITH DEMELZA WAITING TO SEE WHEN THE BABY COMES. WHILE SHE IS DEALING WITH THE EMOTIONS SURROUNDING THAT, SHE HAS DECIDED TO STAY WITH ROSS THROUGH THICK AND THIN. BUT SHE GETS A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM A NEW YOUNG MAN WHO, MORE THAN ANYTHING, JUST MAKES HER FEEL SPECIAL.”

GABRIELLA WILDE PLAYS CAROLINE PENVENEN “CAROLINE LOSES HER UNCLE AND BEGINS TO BELIEVE SHE HAS ALSO LOST HER HUSBAND, DWIGHT, TOO, WHEN HE GOES MISSING IN FRANCE. SO WHILE SHE IS STRUGGLING WITH HER GRIEF, SHE IS FEARFUL THAT IT MAY SOON BE TWOFOLD. AS I HAD MY BABY BOY ON SET WITH ME I HAD TO DROP MY CHARACTER’S EMOTIONS HOUR BY HOUR RATHER THAN CARRYING CAROLINE WITH ME. IT IS ALWAYS HARD AND WEIRD DOING THE BIG DRAMATIC SCENES AND THEN RUNNING TO FEED MY SON, HAVING TO CONSTANTLY SWITCH IN AND OUT OF IT, BUT YOU LEARN AS IT GOES ALONG. IT WAS A LUXURY THAT I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE.” W&H

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