Rhys Thomas interview from 3-14-11
What were the highs and lows of filming Beyond The Pole in the Arctic?
The highs were filming on floating ice, then going back to the same location a few hours later and seeing the landscape had completely changed. I thought: Ill never come back here again and who knows if it will even be here in 50 years?
The lows were having to watch out for walruses. They jump out of the ice, dig their tusks in you and suck your guts out thats how they kill seals.
Theres a video of your co-star Alexander Skarsgård, whos now in True Blood, taking his top off and biting your bum was that a highlight?
He wasnt famous then and we were stranded up there for 11 days. We all got drunk in a shack, I sang Its A Kind of Magic and he did what he did. It ended up on YouTube and about 500,000 people saw it. I havent even watched True Blood. I still dont really know who he is.
Can he get you a job as a sexy vampire?
Were not in touch. I had to do four sex scenes on Valentines Day for a new series Im doing. It was horrendous. I hate all that stuff. I dont want to be a sexy vampire or a sexy anything.
I starved myself for a week and did loads of press-ups to prepare but then I stopped. Im a happily married man with two children, I dont need to do all that.
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