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“We’re going to kill you. Sorry, you’re going to die.” Not Wonderland on Blue Monday, but the talent agent of one Luke Pasqualino, Italy-via-England’s new pretty boy soubrette. 2009 saw him shoot to fame as the weed-smoking, skateboarding adolescent Freddie McClair from Skins’ Second Generation, until his character met a grisly end. “They took me out to dinner to tell me,” he says. “I lost my appetite pretty soon after that.” This year, Camrbridgeshire-born Pasqualino bounces dramatically back, starring in both historical melodrama The Borgias alongside Jeremy Irons and sci-fi action thriller Snowpiercer – shot in Prague with “dear friend” John Hurt. Wonderland caught up with the actor just after he’d finished dusting off his barnyard-appropriate attire, playing D’Artagnan in high budget BBC series The Musketeers.

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Explain your miraculous career bounce-back! Freddie is dead… long live Freddie.

I think just not losing your enthusiasm, basically. I was aware from the very start that you know you’re never going to get every role that you go up for. I think you have to be quite a resilient soul and if you can get over that, the rest of it will come easy. It’s never going to come easy, but easier for sure.”

The likes of Nicholas Hoult have used Skins as a really successful springboard. How did it help you find bigger and more interesting parts, do you think?

“Skins has got quite a knack to cultivating very good young talent like Joe Dempsie, Hannah Murray, Jack O’Connell, Kaya Scodelario… quite a few of those young actors who’ve come on to do really well. You never know until it happens, but you have to keep it in the back of your mind.

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Tell us about playing D’Artagnan.

It was one of my biggest roles to date. It’s up there. I was over the moon when I found out I got it: such an iconic character in literary history.

What sort of training was involved for the part?

They put us through a one week boot camp – which involved everything, really. From getting up at five in the morning, to getting down to the stables making sure the horses are washed and cleaned. Then we’d start riding lessons for a couple of hours, then two or three hours of stunts. Then we’d head out into the woods for a few hours and carry on sword fighting. Obviously, you learn as you’re going.”

If you had free reign to pick any role to play, what would it be?

I’d love to do a biopic… I’d love to depict someone like Marlon Brando and do more theatre as well. As the material is good and is something I can commit to and invest in.

Any words of advice for wannabe actors?

“The quote that my dad told me from a young age was: “successful people do what unsuccessful people can’t be bothered to do.” Amen to that!

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Once described as the Ophelia of Skins – but twice as mad – Cassie (Hannah Murray) was one of the most beloved characters off the iconic E4 show. Who can forget that scene with Sid on the trampoline? Celluloid teen magic, we tell you. To mark Cassie’s return to our screens in Skins: Pure, we caught up with actress Hannah Murray to find out what she’s been up to, and what it’s like resurrecting your best-known character.

You actually worked pretty closely with Skins creator Bryan Elsley on your episode. What was that like?

Bryan kind of knew I’d want to be involved in a creative level. We’d meet up every month or so and to start off with what was very much just general chats about the character, his ideas about the story, my experiences being 23 and living in London, and my friends’ experiences, various things we both felt it should be about and what the themes should be.

Other than being able to contribute to the script, why were you so keen to revisit Cassie?

It was that challenge to play the same person, that that much time has passed so they really aren’t the same person. Anyone from 18-23 changes massively. I felt finding the right balance between the new her and the old her was really interesting; it gave me this freedom, really. Whatever I needed those five years to be they could be them.

You’ve gone on to appear in Game of Thrones, another cult TV show – tell us about your role as Gilly.

It’s kind of about this journey, her leaving with the baby. What I love about it is that everything is so stripped down to the most basic of emotions for my character. She wants to save this baby’s life and nothing else really matters, it’s instinctive and animalistic. The world she was in was so shrunken down. When she leaves, that’s the first time she’s ever left — that’s one of the things that’s so beautiful about her journey.

Whereas Michael’s my age, Stuart is so well established as a creative person. They’re both very exciting people to work with. You just feel very lucky to be on someone’s first film, to be with them at the start of their career. And they’re both people who I think are really talented I’m really excited to see what they do next. When I remember my first job, there’s something special about that that you don’t quite get back and to be in someone’s first project you feel so happy. I just felt so lucky to be part of such a special experience for them both

What kind of characters would you love to play?

I’d love to play a baddie. I just think it seems really dishonest to try and make characters likeable. When I read scripts where you can see that they’re working so hard to make you like the characters, then the characters feels to me like they’re no longer real people. I’m really fascinated by watching people do despicable things. So many people are very selfishly motivated. I think you can learn a lot more from watching people do wrong things than watching people do right things.

So, what future plans do you have?

I always read interviews when I was younger with really successful actors and they’d go from job to job to job, and I always thought that’d be amazing. I mean it’s difficult on a practical level, you don’t spend that much time at home, but I think that’s why we all want to do this, to be rushing around the place playing three different places at once. I’d like to do as many different things as I can do. Film and theatre and television, everything mixed up!

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You first came to public attention with Chris in Skins. Do you have any plans to reprise the role for its final series?

The show was a massive break for all of us and I think what they’re doing with the last few episodes is a great idea, but if I’m honest I doubt I’d reprise my role. It opened a lot of doors for me but it also closed one or two initially. I kind of spent a few years after doing Skins living in the shadow of the show.

Nicholas Hoult and Dev Patel have gone onto have amazing big screen success. Do you still keep in contact with the guys?

Yeah, we’re pretty much all in contact. Dev is in L.A a lot being world-famous and going to the Oscars and stuff, but when he’s in London or if I’m in the States then we’ll always make time to meet up. Nick is here, there and everywhere. All we normally get to know about Nick is that he lives on planet Earth. He’s filming something new at the minute so when he’s done we’ll be sure to hang out.

Did you carry on watching the show once you’d exited after the second series?

I did for a while. I’m friends with Jack O’Connell who played Cook, so I was keeping tabs on him via the show. Barring that I haven’t really seen any of the new series but I’ve met the cast and they seem like a great bunch.

Was it a conscious decision for you to break your ground in the UK rather than to try and crack America?

Not really. Nick had already had a successful career in movies before we did Skins and everyone knew him from About A Boy. That’s kind of what Skins was initially sold on, that weird looking kid from About A Boy is all grown up and looking sexy, having sex and doing drugs. Nick was always destined to graduate into the big league. With Dev, I think him landing the part in Slumdog Millionaire was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It was amazing to watch him and the year that followed.

Do you think that Skins was the right platform for you to kickstart your career from?

Yeah, without a doubt. I don’t think the Skins cast didn’t get the credit they deserved for the performances that they gave. The programme dealt with a lot of issues and wasn’t just about teenage hedonism.

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What was your first ever role?

I got my first role before I’d even thought about acting as a career. I took part in a Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham, which was kind of like a drama youth club. It was set up in the 80s by ITV as they had studios up north and they wanted to get some local kids involved. In my first year I landed a part in Peak Practice. Attending that workshop has definitely moulded me into the actor that I’ve become.

You play the lead role of Stefan in upcoming BBC drama Murder. Can you tell us a little bit more about it?

We shot it in Edinburgh and it’s directed by Birger Larsen, who directed The Killing. I spent a week helping various actresses perfect their Nottingham accent as that’s where the show is set and that’s where I’m from. I started reading their scripts and noticed a couple of male parts so decided I’d try out for an audition. The character was 37 in the script so I thought I’d try my luck anyway and hopefully they’d call me back to try for the younger guy’s role. They ended up bringing the age down for me.

You play Gendry in Games Of Thrones which has a massive cult following. How did that happen?

I auditioned for a couple of roles before landing the part of Gendry. My character could be the heir to the throne and he just doesn’t know about it. There are people out to get him. I hadn’t heard of any of the books before, but I mentioned to a friend that i was up for a part and he could’t believe it. He’s a massive fantasy fan. At the time I had none of the physical attributes that was required for the role so I hit the gym and dyed my hair. Unfortunately though, I’m still a bit short.

You also took on a role in Merlin. Is fantasy a favoured genre?

The weird thing is is that it’s a genre that I have no interest in whatsoever. I think the reason why Game Of Thrones is so popular is because those fantasy elements are used very sparingly. It’s not all monsters, dragons and wizards. It has more in common with a show like Sopranos than it does Lord Of The Rings.

What else is in store for you for the rest of 2012?

Filming Game Of Thrones is going to keep me occupied until late October. It’s been a good year all in all and I just want to keep on working. And I’m not usually one for patriotism but it’s been really good year to be British.

Murder will premiere on 26th August on BBC2 at 10pm.

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