Bloody Bjorn
“Bjorn has always felt that he's living in the shadow of his parents so he decides to spend a winter braving the elements to prove to himself and to Ragnar that he can be a man,” Hirst reveals. When Bjorn heads into the unforgiving wilderness, the young Viking faces many harsh challenges, including a deadly fight with a bear. Another of his tests was so brutal that History Channel almost cut the sequence. “There were arguments all over History about keeping that part,” Ludwig says. “A lot of people said it would be too graphic. Luckily, we had a champion who stepped in and said it's worth keeping in because it adds so much to the show."
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