Throughout the seasons, you see him battle with all these things. That’s the fun thing about the character. But ultimately, this idea of living in the shadow of his father and the history books are things that all lead to his downfall and him denying himself his own happiness, I suppose. When you first meet him, the thing that makes him horrid in many ways, and perhaps charming at times, is that he’s unfiltered and allowed to do anything because he is this royal child. He’s very much a product of that time, of the parenting he received and that lineage and the court. But in others, he’s really trapped by the era’s ideas about masculinity. It’s strange, because in some ways Peter flourishes in this time period. It kind of softened the exit for me somewhat. So it was nice knowing that even though I wasn’t normally playing Peter again, that I did get to go back and still feel part of the show. That was good for me, because the day we shot, I wanted to go and celebrate with everyone, but I had to go straight to the airport for a friend’s wedding. Was it strange to have to come back in additional episodes as Pugachev, Peter’s hired look-alike? And then towards the end of the day, Tony brought a little bottle of vodka and he was like, “Come over here, guys.” We had a little goodbye toast and then shot the final shot, which was actually us sitting on a log looking out on-it wasn’t an ice lake we filmed in a field, and that was all digital-but looking out across this ice lake as those two characters. Throughout the day, there was a lot of trying to keep emotions in check. I remember the first rehearsal of that scene, I started crying, and then that set Elle off. What was it like on that final day of shooting as Peter before he fell through the ice? Elle says some vodka may have been involved. Perhaps Peter is about to change his mind and everything can be reversed. And the brilliant thing of it being unexpected Peter dies not through some murderous plot, but as an act of faith. There’s a part of you that’s really rooting for them to be together, even though when you look at the facts on paper, they probably shouldn’t be. What’s heartbreaking about him when he does go, is that they really do understand each other.
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