Philip Pullman and Ruth Wilson on His Dark Materials | In Conversation 

Yes! Imagine God, Creator of all things, writing everyone's individual story and then saying what do I know I wrote it here's free will, now you choose. 😳

Complete opposite of JKR who has to know every detail 😂

I love how he makes us readers be collaborators in creating the stories.

That really is one of the best things a creator can feel and express, imo. Being able to acknowledge that just because you created them does not mean you know them in and out. And to genuinely express gratitude gratitude a new facet of your own creation, from another is just...phenomenal

She did a phenomenal job as Mrs Coulter. One of my favorite characters in any book and Ruth Wilson absolutely nailed that role.

Philip is not a women that is why.

I remember an author (I forget who, maybe Stephen King?) saying that when they write, sometimes characters will do things they never expected. It just came out of their subconscious and was put on the paper or word processor.

Agreed - she brought things that will enrich rather than distract from the experience of any who go from the show to the books themselves.

In the season 1 pilot i was like YAAAAZ...I truly think that Nicole Kidman wasn't a right cast back then, but Ruth Wilson prove it all along.

@@jsalinasbarros Kidman is an oustanding actress. But yes, I agree. She wasn't fit for such a complex role. Wilson, however, is another story. Staring right from the beginning, her performance was nailed, and slayed through and through to the end of the seasonal trilogy. Marisa Coulter is such a complicated personality to interpret, but Wilson completely did it just right. Not too much, not too less. Just right. I think that is why every time she's been on screen through the series, my eyes were automatically turned, and my mind was alert.

@@jsalinasbarros It is also incredible how she managed to nail that 'metallic fierceness, mixed with the attractive beauty' which makes Marisa Coulter. You could feel that metallic power emanating through the screen. Remember that metallic power? Pullman had written it just so perfectly. A mixture of compelling attraction, exisiting alongside the poisonous teeth of a serpent of sorts. Wilson just completely got it just the right way.

I will nail her

By force

Shame it's over now, Ms. Coulter is the best character easily, and I always adored Lyra since I read the books.

@@Vayne_SolidorTruly, three seasons was so short, none of them reached 10 episodes, it’s hard to believe they covered everything. I cried so many times it’s not even funny.

I've reread Blake and grown to appreciate him even more as a result of Pullman's appreciation for him. He quotes his favorite authors often. Thank you Philip Pullman.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BNeeNEYBpt0.html did you see Ruth Wilson and James McAvoy fun interview?

She's a cunning and tough lady trying to survive in a world of misogynistic men. She can be dangerous and immoral, but so can Asriel. The book, by design, references a type of biblical ethical calculus where the stakes are so grand that teleological justifications are harnessed for all manner of brutality including oblation, Asriel killing a child & sacrificing anyone on the altar of his war with the Authority. The new TV series catches that moral complexity in a way the Hollywood version was never going to be allowed to. Ruth Wilson is the perfect actress to play Mrs Coulter. Even if she said nothing, you feel she could act this entire role with her face. A sneer, widened eyes, raised brow etc. She brings such nuance

wait, there will be more of this interview?

Completely true.🤗

Amen, books are what keep me going and I read 100 per year.

@@cemeterywolf2500 Used to read at least 100 a year when I was younger but don't have time any more.

She once had a photoshoot in this suit, I had no idea she owned it.

This show deserves more recognition, I thought everyone knew about The Golden Compass movie even if they didn’t like it cause of the bear scenes. I’d love to hear about this show randomly taking off in popularity, it’s so visually spectacular, the acting and soundtrack are so perfect, I will never forget it.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BNeeNEYBpt0.html Have you watched Ruth Wilson and James McAvoy's interview?

I loved the monkey too, real tear jerker moments. Glad Coulter got to say goodbye through her daemon, feeling connected not only to her, but to him for one last time…

Ruth Wilson is such a brilliant and intelligent actress - this was a great conversation

are you talking about ruth wilson ? "the smell of midnight," love that.

My story is similar. I liked some of the pop culture regurgitation too, but HDM was one of my favourites at 10 and always stayed with me. Since they never finished the real ending to the movie or The Subtle Knife, I’m so happy we got the tv show and that it’s as good as it is!

I thanked him for the books on Twitter and he responded! Aaaaaa!

@@TheDivayenta Oh god. I envy you so much

Ummm not really. The temptation for them was love, love that would keep them from doing what they had to, which was close all doorways and save Dust, conscious life at the cost of their love, of their friendships in different worlds. Mary was the tempter because she taught them what love is, she explains to them, she gives the examples, making them understand their feelings (this is explicitly stated in the book and Pullman says it himself here). Despite the sacrifice, both Lyra and Will were able to resist the temptation of leaving even one window open, just for them, and closed all of them, saving Dust. Love was always the focus. It’s why their deamons settle, why deamons settle. It’s implied throughout the whole series and pretty much explictly confirmed when Lyra and Will’s deamons start to settle and then become permanent forms; when they touch each other’s souls basically, because that’s love; it’s touching, understanding, and loving each other’s souls, the whole being of another person, what makes them who they are. Once their first real love is experienced, deamons settle, because it is a determining moment that changes your perspective of life forever, it makes you mature, it changes you, it is the first taste of how the rest of your life could be.

@@niashq yes I agree with you, I made this comment 7 months ago

Roger is also Jesus.

What a lovely comment

Yes, it's a multi layered show. Perfect actors and the cgi is never disappointing.

I would highly recommend it, it's really really amazing

Meanwhile people waiting for new A song of ice and fire books....

@@amberanime of Doors of Stone hahaha

Thanks...yes you seem to be the only commentor that has mentioned my only question for Sir Philip...it has at least 4 titles and very confusing...Book of Dust...The Golden Compass...Northern Lights...and His Dark Materials...every time it comes on the TV or radio or Cinema it has a different title...i guess Hollywood have a control over the film as they always do...as the did with Harry Potter Philosophers Stone became Sorcerers Stone

It's fascinating to me that the monkey didn't speak or even have a name. I think the daemons embody conscience, self awareness, empathy, vulnerability, etc. Marisa had spent a lifetime silencing those aspects of herself because 1) she viewed them as weaknesses and 2) to avoid feeling any shame or guilt for her actions. She was very good at rationalizing and justifying her misdeeds to others but the monkey always saw through her lies and manipulation.

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