Speaking exclusively to CultBox, the actor commented: “I loved playing Mordred and for all my trepidation at the start and all my worry during filming, once ‘Arthur’s Bane Part One’ went out, the audience reaction for what I did with Mordred was overwhelming. I was very blessed with positive feedback … and it sort of made me angry that I didn’t enjoy playing Mordred more when I was filming the show because I was incredibly worried while I was doing it that I was going to mess it up.”

He continued: “So I think that any opportunity that comes for me to don the Mordred boots and cloak, I would jump at, just because I feel like I didn’t enjoy myself playing that part and I was really working. I could enjoy the experience a whole lot more.”

Vlahos added: “I’ve got to say if the opportunity ever arose to work with [producers] Johnny (Capps) and Julian (Murphy) again then I would hands down, even if it wasn’t in Merlin. They get a lot of stick for certain things but I absolutely loved my time working with them, and I loved that they had such a clear journey and a clear idea about storytelling and about the narrative aspect of TV. That’s always a testament to their work; I think Merlin has been brilliant actually.”

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