Thanks so much for sharing this! I finally finished watching the season and ultimately enjoyed the downfall story, but only in the way one enjoys Hamlet or other tragedies. It was sort of therapeutic to hear the actors' views on it.
I definitely wish that Lucas's story hadn't been like this, however him and Maya had about as much chemistry as a sponge, whatever logical story that made sense was derailed when the magic suitcase showed up and all of the sudden Lucas magically changed. This storyline managed to make everyone into idiots. Oh yeah it was emotional and I didn't see it coming because it was frustrating and made no sense from the logical standpoint. But anyways, kudos to Richard for acting it out.
I downright hated this storyline that made no sense, in fact, I probably won't continue on watching Spooks at this point, the Lucas downfall storyline was just ridiculous. But Richard Armitage ran with the material he had and knocked it out of the park in making us all feel for Lucas's journey, so if anything, this storyline proved how amazing he is as an actor to even make the most illogical and terrible script look great!
@Calexora You're always welcome! I found these analysis (especially Richard Armitage himself explaining his own vision of Lucas's/John's journey in the series) extremely interesting and wanted to share.
"Well, its quite an elegant death. A non-violent death. Which is, sort of, what I asked for." Richard Armitage on Lucas North's death at the end of Series 9 of Spooks.
Brilliant interview - by a brilliant actor. I didnt like the outcome, and like everyone else, hoped there was an explanation, a kind of bluff. Still a bit too far-fetched for me though.
oh thanks for this. It's lovely to see how Richard rationalised the demise of his character...........and yes........I also thought........'No this can't be happening!'
@GizTheGunslinger I loved this too but noticed when Vaughn and Lucas/John were talking on the bench in the park that the subtitles had Lucas saying to Vaughn, "There's one thing you never accounted for." Vaughn replies, "What's that?" and the answer shown in the subtitles is "Punishment" when I believe what he actually says is "Passion" which makes far more sense when they have just been looking at the pictures of Lucas and Maya together.
Thanks for this SMG - great to see the wrap up & the various actors takes on Lucas' demise. And yes I was one of those viewers that kept hoping that it wasn't really happening and that Lucas /John & Maya could be happy together.
Thanks so much for sharing this! I finally finished watching the season and ultimately enjoyed the downfall story, but only in the way one enjoys Hamlet or other tragedies. It was sort of therapeutic to hear the actors' views on it.
darkjackal32 5 months ago
I definitely wish that Lucas's story hadn't been like this, however him and Maya had about as much chemistry as a sponge, whatever logical story that made sense was derailed when the magic suitcase showed up and all of the sudden Lucas magically changed. This storyline managed to make everyone into idiots. Oh yeah it was emotional and I didn't see it coming because it was frustrating and made no sense from the logical standpoint. But anyways, kudos to Richard for acting it out.
BetaArtemis 7 months ago
I downright hated this storyline that made no sense, in fact, I probably won't continue on watching Spooks at this point, the Lucas downfall storyline was just ridiculous. But Richard Armitage ran with the material he had and knocked it out of the park in making us all feel for Lucas's journey, so if anything, this storyline proved how amazing he is as an actor to even make the most illogical and terrible script look great!
BetaArtemis 7 months ago
Wow! Thanks!
suwaidajalal 7 months ago
I just found this today. So glad you posted this. I hadn't seen it. How interesting to hear about S.9 from all the leads! Many thanks MG.
Calexora 8 months ago
@Calexora You're always welcome! I found these analysis (especially Richard Armitage himself explaining his own vision of Lucas's/John's journey in the series) extremely interesting and wanted to share.
SMaryG 8 months ago
"Well, its quite an elegant death. A non-violent death. Which is, sort of, what I asked for." Richard Armitage on Lucas North's death at the end of Series 9 of Spooks.
TheLucasNorth 11 months ago
MG you're my hero! OML ;)
1FoLC1 11 months ago
Brilliant interview - by a brilliant actor. I didnt like the outcome, and like everyone else, hoped there was an explanation, a kind of bluff. Still a bit too far-fetched for me though.
Alwintongardens 11 months ago
So glad to see this! It's nice to hear Richard's explanation of his character's psychological journey.
ThePhylly3 11 months ago
oh thanks for this. It's lovely to see how Richard rationalised the demise of his character...........and yes........I also thought........'No this can't be happening!'
bhazel 11 months ago
Thanks for uploading this Great interview!
sirguyslady 11 months ago
Thanks so much for uploading this! It was so interesting to hear how Richard felt about the downfall of his character.
Aliena5582 11 months ago
Thank you so much for this video! It was really interesting to hear thoughts about Lucas from different people.
Gosh, I want this video without subtitles...
GizTheGunslinger 11 months ago
@GizTheGunslinger I loved this too but noticed when Vaughn and Lucas/John were talking on the bench in the park that the subtitles had Lucas saying to Vaughn, "There's one thing you never accounted for." Vaughn replies, "What's that?" and the answer shown in the subtitles is "Punishment" when I believe what he actually says is "Passion" which makes far more sense when they have just been looking at the pictures of Lucas and Maya together.
torryquine78 6 months ago
Thanks for this SMG - great to see the wrap up & the various actors takes on Lucas' demise. And yes I was one of those viewers that kept hoping that it wasn't really happening and that Lucas /John & Maya could be happy together.
chixaninny 11 months ago