![]() How familiar were you with the story beforehand? I almost feel sorry for him that he can’t appreciate something so wonderful. He thinks giving to the poor, it just seems pointless. He’s more interested in figures and money. He just sees art as something that’s unnecessary and costly. He’s much more like one of today’s politicians. Jacopo is a character who represents the old order? I don’t think there’s any major sign of modern-day politicians trying to bring us the kind of art that the Medici promoted to the public. It was everywhere, in every corner, on every wall. I think just learn to respect the good things in life like the arts, literature, music, poetry, the stuff that people didn’t treat as some kind of privilege or something that you had to be the type of person to able to appreciate that art. What could politicians learn today from the Medici? It’s just a pity he can’t just twist his opinions in the other directions, isn’t it, because he’s a brilliant speaker. He seems a totally different kind of personality. I watch him and - I don’t like his politics - but I like watching him.īut that’s the paradox right now, because he doesn’t seem as though he would promote Trump. It’s difficult to find a politician that you can believe today. I mean, he’s quite convincing, isn’t he? He believes what he says. My character today would probably be him. So are you sort of the Steve Bannon of the Medici? I’m kind of a manipulative, Machiavellian type. But I kind of just tend to stir it all up, then walk away, and everybody else is involved. So this season there’s more action and there are more battle scenes than in the first season, right? But I’ve done quite a lot of sword fighting in the past, so, it was a lot easier. But once you get the swing of it, it was a real joy to work on.ĭid you have to pick up sword fighting again? It takes awhile to find your feet on location. The Hollywood Reporter spoke with Bean about the relevance of his Medici character today, his “mental” Curfew role and how he hopes the upcoming Lord of the Rings series and Game of Thrones prequels will provide something new and authentic for fans. through Charter Communications via its Spectrum Originals. The show, which also stars Adam Brody and Billy Zane, follows a crew of amateur drivers who gather from around the world to compete in an illegal nighttime street race. And early next year, Bean can be seen in the Sky One television series Curfew.
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