Paul McGann as Richard Sharpe
If you are a fan of the Sharpe TV series and haven't been listening to the History Hack Podcasts featuring the cast,crew, and producers of the series, what are you waiting for?
In the latest podcast the unimaginable happens. Paul McGann talks about what really happened on the Sharpe set, and about his injury that led Sean Bean to replace him as Richard Sharpe. Did any Sharpe fan ever expect to hear directly from Paul McGann!!!!
I listened last night and at the end I was even missing this:
Now all Sharpe fans know some of the story of how Sean Bean ended up as Sharpe, but there was a lot that I didn't know. It was a pleasure to listen to Paul McGann.
(I confess I have a soft spot for his brother, Stephen McGann)
In addition in this podcast we get Brian Cox unplugged, telling it like it is, or was.
I may have to sign up for HBO again to watch Succession.
I wish we had more from the Wellingtons, Hugh Fraser and David Troughton. Maybe they'll come back in the next podcast to share more. And I felt we needed more about the real Wellington from the historians on the podcast, but there just wasn't time.
It was also interesting to hear Assumpta Serna's stories about the
women in the cast of the very male-centric set of Sharpe. Why do women always have to struggle to be heard! And also representing Spain's side of the Peninsular War/Spanish War of Independence.
(I know the feeling of being sidelined in history, the Spanish American War is part of the Cuban War of Independence.)
History Hack and Jason Salkey have promised more Sharpe cast and crew podcasts in our future.
Oh yes, of course, I can't end this post without a reminder that Jason Salkey's book, From Crimea with Love, is getting closer to publication.
To find the other great History Hack Sharpe Podcasts click HERE
