Smith continued: “Like the scene where Travis smacks me in the face, it’s Travis who wants to be King and he belts me across the side of the ear and he keeps doing it and doing it and doing it.
“And when it got turned around it wasn’t even on me at the time. When it got to me he had to keep slapping me to keep the same emotion and my ear was ringing for days afterwards.
Thankfully, the star looked back on the memory fondly, and joked: “It was quite the Vikings introduction!”
Fans should be assured to know Vikings’ bloodier action scenes make use of special effects and movie magic, so the show’s stars usually don’t go home injured.
Vikings season 6 is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.
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