UGO: As far as learning to swing swords around and handle yourself on a horse, what kind of training did you get?

Craig: We were lucky when we got here (New Zealand). The production was pushed back three weeks because the scripts weren’t ready so myself and a fellow castmate were here with nothing to do so they filled up our days with horse riding and fight training and all this kind of stuff. It was really cool! We dont get much time for training now with shooting – it’s a bit hectic – but in between set ups we’ll go and learn how to shoot a bow or something of that nature because we have to do it for a scene. And all the stunt coordinators are same people who worked on Hercules and Xena, it’s all the same folks and they’re really amazing people. Also we’ve got the horse wrangler from Lord of the Rings, they’re just great people to work with.

UGO: What’s it like shooting on location in New Zealand?

Craig:It’s amazing! It’s like this prehistoric, untouched dinosaur land and you don’t have to go far from Auckland to get to these incredible places and you get out there and it’s just all this green. I’m from Australia and it’s kind of a dry country and when I got here there’s all these green rolling hills and sheep everywhere, cows and cattle. And the forests are amazing with these big scary looking trees and beautiful waterfalls.

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January, 2009.