The following is from a podcast conducted by Showtime with Henry.  It was published on iTunes in April 2008.  The words contained are property of Showtime and Henry, of course.  :)  Apologies in advance for any spelling errors! 

What do you think of Michael Hirst's writing?

Michael is a fantastic screenwriter. Last season for one, which I've seen most of - and was in, so I had a good idea about it - was great. It was very fast paced, full of action. Always caught the eye. This year things have developed somewhat into a far more intense focused drama and you really get stuck into each characters motivation, path in life and goals.

What is the relationship like between Charles and Henry?

Charles loves the King. They are best friends and that's where his loyalty lies. But he also has feelings and empathy for Katherine. Queen Katherine has been ousted from court. Charles never really, this season anyways - he has grown up - and he sees the way she has been treated and sees the way she's been kinda just pushed aside and he feels for her. She's not allowed to see her daughter anymore. He has a son so he can understand the pain there. And he doesn't like Anne. He hates Anne. He hates the Boleyn's. He thinks they are schemers. And people who will do nothing good for his close, close friend. So all these things combined mean he has feelings for Katherine but his loyalty ultimately remains towards the King.

How has Henry changed?

In the first season, he was the young King. The rockstar. This season he is now wanting to be head of state - no, sorry, he is head of state - also wants to be head of the church. And his goal lies down that way. He wants to have his own way and his own rule and he's surrounding himself with people who he can trust.

How did you get in to acting?

As a young boy in prep school I was 12 years old and I had never even done a proper stage performance before. I got up on stage - I was a reporter in a play. I can't remember the name of the play for the life of me. But I just - as children they kind of let go and do silly stuff and I really got to do this on stage. I knew that no one could really criticize me because I was playing a character and so I did this. And afterwards all the parents would come up and say you were great you were fantastic. This was totally unexpected. And then I really learned to love the stage. I kept on just going up there and enjoying the feeling. Especially when you step out from the wings into the lights. There's this incredible rush of adrenaline and fear and anticipation. it's just something else, it really is.

What would you be doing if you weren't acting?

I would've joined the forces. I've got brothers in the forces. My eldest brother is now ex-army. My second eldest is in the royal marines. And my father just entered the navy as well. And it was always a kind of thing of mine - I always grew up with that kind of patriotic pride. And we had CCF in school - which is combined cadet force - which is like, a - that stems from back in the day with WW2 and WW1 where the boys in boarding school were sort of pre-trained, ever so slightly, and then sent of to war almost immediately from when they left school. And this is sort of a backlash from that. And there still doing it. It was a lot of fun - I really enjoyed it. Boys could boys - get to play with guns, pretend to shoot at things. And run around and camo and everything. And the discipline as well. You got to feel like you were a part of something. And so I fit right into that and enjoyed it very much. And then the plan was to join the forces. Well, either that - I had an interest in Egyptology - yeah, I know. It was either that or go to university and study ancient history and Egyptology. That would've been a great solution. Got a scholarship to university perhaps, but yeah - it would've been forces otherwise.