Challenges Quote by Mohit Raina

I love a period drama - the theatricality of going into work and having that distance between yourself and the character you're playing.

— Sophie Rundle

What you have to understand about period drama is that it's 'history light.

— Julian Fellowes

A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.

— Emily Blunt

I never thought of myself doing period. When you're in your acting classes, and you think about the kind of roles you want to…

— Caitriona Balfe

I know I'm as comfortable doing period as I am contemporary. I suppose we grow up with it in a sense, in the theater.…

— Ioan Gruffudd

For me, the challenge of a period film is that, unlike a contemporary film where the character can be very free-form when it comes…

— Donnie Yen

Every period piece is made in the context of the moment, always equally trying to capture something about now through then. But as an…

— Fred Hechinger

Most period drama is so earnest. A lot of it is about making yourself take seriously things you wouldn't normally.

— Joe Thomas

I was incredibly nervous about doing a period drama. I thought that to play period, you had to be English-looking and blonde and very…

— Kaya Scodelario

The opulence and grandeur of a lot of period drama really helps you get into character and appreciate the luxury of good quality. If…

— Annabelle Wallis

From time to time there is a move to do a little less in the way of period dramas, but people rebel. Audiences say…

— Andrew Davies

With any period piece I think the thing to do is forget that it's not contemporary when you're writing and to have the characters…

— Steven Knight