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"With the show&amp;#039;s third series heading to DVD next week, we caught up with Merlin star Katie McGrath for a brief look back at her time on the show and got a few hints as to what&amp;#039;s coming up in series four! For those of you concerned about the show&amp;#039;s future, the panic is over - Katie confirms below that new episodes will begin filming in March! Are you pleased with the way your character has evolved over the three series of Merlin? &amp;quot;Are you kidding? I couldn&amp;#039;t wait to play the villain! The last few years have been building up to this point and by the time it arrived I was completely ready to embrace the dark side.&amp;quot; There was quite a leap in Morgana&amp;#039;s character because of the missing year between series 2 &amp;amp; 3 - would you like to have explored that change in more detail? &amp;quot;At some point I would, but the executive producers were actually quite good at answering any questions I had about her year away. The one thing they told me again and again was that I couldn&amp;#039;t underestimate the effect that Morgause had had on Morgana during that year. I tried to keep that in mind during season three.&amp;quot; What are your thoughts on the series 3 finale? Was it fun to finally come out as a villain? &amp;quot;It was certainly more fun to finally be able to be bad-ass in public! It was time for it to happen. I think people wanted to see the interaction between all the characters when everything was finally out in the open. I also think that&amp;#039;s what people had been waiting to see ever since Morgana returned.&amp;quot; What was it like filming those emotional scenes with Anthony Head in the final episode? &amp;quot;Some of the hardest things I&amp;#039;ve ever had to do was to be mean to Tony. We&amp;#039;ve spent three years working together, and the last thing I ever wanted to do was to be responsible for upsetting him. I had to keep reminding myself that it wasn&amp;#039;t real. It felt real though. It&amp;#039;s a tough old life!&amp;quot; Morgana&amp;#039;s relationship with Morgause was key to the last series. What was it like working with Emilia Fox? &amp;quot;I couldn&amp;#039;t ask for a better big sister than Emilia Fox. What&amp;#039;s really great is that having worked together so much much at this point, there was already so much short-hand and familiarity in place and that makes doing scenes together that much easier and more believable.&amp;quot; Do you know the future holds for your character? &amp;quot;You know as much as I do! But I&amp;#039;m sure in true Merlin fashion, it won&amp;#039;t be what any of us expect. But I&amp;#039;d really love Morgana to be the evil foil of the show, with her own court and kingdom in direct conflict with Arthur. I think that would be a great story. Plus I&amp;#039;d still get to be queen!&amp;quot; When do you start filming for Series 4? &amp;quot;We start series four next March I think.&amp;quot; The show&amp;#039;s producers have said they&amp;#039;re thinking about series 5 - how long do you think the show could continue for and how long would you want to play Morgana? &amp;quot;I think the show will continue for as long as people want to watch it, which at this point is going quite well! So I think we&amp;#039;ll be round for a bit yet!&amp;quot; Merlin: The Complete Third Series is out on DVD on January 24. Are you looking forward to more Merlin? Share your thoughts on the show&amp;#039;s future below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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