{"id":84524,"date":"2016-02-11T16:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=84524"},"modified":"2016-02-11T17:04:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T17:04:32","slug":"legends-of-tomorrow-rip-hunter-has-demons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/legends-of-tomorrow-rip-hunter-has-demons\/","title":{"rendered":"Legends Of Tomorrow: “Rip Hunter has a dark side”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best known for playing\u00a0Rory Williams in Doctor Who<\/strong><\/em>, Arthur Darvill seems genuinely excited and challenged to portray Rip Hunter, a Time Master and de facto leader in Legends Of Tomorrow<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRip is such a complicated character, unlike anything I\u2019ve ever had to explore before,\u201d he shares. \u201cThe idea of getting into this guy\u2019s brain and life was really exciting for me. He\u2019s very front-footed, he\u2019s got a lot of secrets, and he makes decisions. A lot of the parts that I\u2019ve played are slightly on the back foot; reactionary characters. This was a real challenge for me, as I\u2019ve gained in confidence as an actor and put that to the test. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s interesting is that all of that stuff in the trailers is Rip making big speeches and trying to enthuse a group of people who don\u2019t want to be enthused. There\u2019s a lot of positivity in him, but soon you learn that he\u2019s not actually that positive.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got some definite demons,\u201d adds Darvill. \u201cOne of my questions when I started was, \u2019What are the things that trigger his energy? What are the things that make him angry?\u2019 He\u2019s come from a place in the future. He\u2019s got a lot of knowledge that he\u2019s bringing with him, and he\u2019s trying to keep this group of people together for a common goal. It very quickly unravels and become a much bigger task for him than I think he ever anticipated. <\/span><\/p>\n

“You see a real dark, dark future that he\u2019s from. His role in that future was to keep the peace and to keep time constant. The Time Masters, the people he\u2019s been working with, have their rules, and he\u2019s far more of a rule breaker when we meet him because of what happened to him and because of the circumstances that he\u2019s in. He\u2019s learning what that is himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI also think he anticipates at the beginning of the series, as it were, that this plan will work fairly quickly. He\u2019s not anticipating having to spend a lot of time with all these people, but it proves to be a lot harder than he realises. And then there\u2019s the dawning realisation that he has to spend all of his time with them, keep them happy, and keep them together and act as some kind of leader for them. In reality, he doesn\u2019t even know how to do that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Legends Of Tomorrow<\/em> will air on Sky1 in March 2016. For more news about the biggest TV shows, pick up the latest issue of SciFiNow.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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