Long-time fans of "The Last Kingdom" are used to seeing Dreymon's Uhtred wielding his sword in full Viking rage mode in a variety of fight scenes. From epic, screen-filling clashes between Vikings and Saxon armies, to breathtaking one-on-one combat, Uhtred as depicted to date is clearly a man of action, and then some. So, with the time span of the film logically calling for Uhtred to be a decidedly elderly character, Dreymon posed a salient question in the Radio Times interview: "What does that do in terms of battles?"
And while some franchises dealing with a similar issue have re-cast actors to solve the dilemma, execs at Netflix decided to simply stick with their original stars and gloss over the problem. As Dreymon explained, "For the aging part, I always suspend my disbelief a little bit and I'm hoping that the fans will go along with that." And if the viewers of "The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die" are unable to put up with their hero Uhtred looking unrealistically youthful? As Dreymon admitted, "Jokes on it are fair game."
