Empire have an interview with Eva Green on the eve of the Bafta awards – for which she has a nomination – and the actress, playing Serafina Pekkala in The Golden Compass, had some things to say on the movie. “I read the Philip Pullman trilogy and really liked the role � she's strong and hundreds of years old. She is a witch who is a guide, philosopher and friend to Lyra. It is quite a mysterious role which I found attractive. I wanted to make her [Serafina] sound quite other worldly and yet from another age. I worked with my voice coach, Roisin Carty to create a sort of medieval Scandinavian drawl.” Read more.