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“As much as I’ve brought of myself to Titus Pullo, in a weird way I feel like I’ve been learning from him,” proclaims the affable Stevenson. Asked to explain, he continues, “As an actor, you can get caught up in thinking, ‘Where will I be in three months? In six months? What’s my five-year plan?’

“Whereas Pullo says, ‘You know what? I’m here, I’m alive, the sun is shining, and there’s no other place I can be right now.’ So much of our lives is wasted judging ourselves by other people’s expectations. We’re informed by advertising, media and peer group pressures. But to work on a beautiful film set doing something I love – what could be better than this job?”

Part of Stevenson’s job has been to turn what could have been a one-dimensional thug into a distinctive, fully rounded character. “There were times in the first season when Pullo was just this big lump, but he wasn’t there to convince people he was intelligent. Eventually you start to realize this guy is more than just a warrior,” he notes. “There’s a reason why Vorenus, who’s defined by a strict morality, keeps this guy around. I think the two of them come to value what’s important in each other over the course of the first season.”