The Musketeers Season 2 is coming. Viewers can expect a sexier and full-of-action series. But even with season 1, they have already seen hard action - with lots of sword-fighting. They may be wondering how the actors train for the drama because the actions seem to be so real.
In an interview by BBC, Santiago Cabrera, who plays Aramis, said the boot camp proved to be very useful to them. "That was a whole week which was very full on. We did horse riding, sword fighting, and combat. It was also keeping fit all the way through - you had to do a lot of stretching because with the kind of stuff you were doing like getting on and off horses then going straight into sword fighting, you can get really tight so you have to stay in the zone."
Luke Pasquilano, who will be back in The Musketeers Season 2 for his role as D'Artagnan, shared, "We stayed in a castle for a week outside of Prague, and it was literally a boot camp! There were fitness tests, getting up at stupid o'clock in the morning, horse riding for two hours, coming back to do two hours of sword fighting and then a short lunch, then repeating the horse riding and sword fighting after lunch - it was non-stop! It was the most valuable week of the shoot really - it put us in great stead for the rest of the show and kind of gave us a head start really."
Howard Charles, who also returns in The Musketeers Season 2 to play as Porthos, admitted that at first he did not realize its importance until they started filming. "From Day One, I, Santiago, Tom and Luke were sweating and panting together. So straight away, there was a deep level of respect because you were standing next to other guys that were also finding it challenging. There's nothing better to bring everyone down to the same level than doing 100 press-ups. From virtually the first moment we were a unit and we had to be a unit and we had to work together - with the sword fighting and the horse riding. As well as an individual challenge, it was also a collective challenge. We just built this camaraderie and we took that on to set. Whoever's decision it was to have a boot camp - I think it was Colin Wratten, the producer - it was time well spent."
