In Thursdays midseason finale, Rollo met his brother in the field of battle.
And the results were bloody.
What do you think is going through Rollos mind, in that moment?
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CLIVE STANDEN: Its never been about betraying Ragnar.
One wants to instill some sort of emotion in people.
The soul trembles before emptiness and desires contact at any price.
We talked about that in season one.
He just wants to fit in.
He just wants to be acknowledged by his brother.
Andthisis how you repay me!
People forget how much Rollo has done for Ragnar.
Ragnar may protect his brother, but he doesnt reward him.
He wants to keep him in the shadow.
This is Rollos one chance of doing something.
You didnt have many scenes with Travis Fimmel, who plays Ragnar, this season.
What was it like filming that bloody fight scene?
Travis and I have an interesting relationship this season.
We are quite sociable.
I treat him like a brother from another mother.
We still go out drinking.
But we didnt have any scenes on set together.
So I had no idea what he was up to as Ragnar.
I had no idea what he had become, how far Ragnar had fallen from grace.
Id only seen Travis outside of costume, going for a couple beers.
Seeing him, face to face, on the battlefield the battlewater!
seeing him on the raft was the first time Id seen Travis in months as Ragnar Lothbrok.
It was like Rollo seeing Ragnar for the first time in years.
When you see us punch each other, theres a couple hits that really connect.
I went home bruised, and so did he.
We could hug and be friends again.
Does he miss being a Northman?
Of course he does!
Hes a Viking, through and through!
He has no life left in Kattegat.
He has to embrace another culture.
Yourestarring in the new NBC seriesTaken.
How does that fit into yourVikingsschedule?
Im gonna be a very, very busy man!Takenis amazing, and its killing me.
The stunts and things an entirely new set of skills, pardon the pun!
Guns and special forces and Krav Maga.
Theres a big time jump, as we learned at the end of this episode.
Whats fascinating is these characters, when you get reintroduced, theyre entirely different people.
Maybe, with Rollo, the grass isnt greener on the other side.
Whenever we get something, theres the chance its not quite how you imagined.
Maybe the brothers will meet again.
Maybe theyll never see each other again.
