(dog barking)
- Dash is as much of a
character in Victoria
as any of the human characters are.
(barking)
Tori is the dog who plays Dash.
- Tori's career first
began when she played Dash
with Emily Blunt in The Young Victoria
so it's very fitting that
this is her retiring role now
and she will end her career
playing Dash in our version
of Victoria.
I really do adore doing scenes
actually when Dash is there.
It's something about
Victoria feels very complete.
- Dogs are man's best friend.
I think Dash is sort of Victoria's friend,
particularly when you are
in a position of power
like Victoria is.
It's difficult to know who
to trust and whether to trust
your instincts or not and in a way
Dash is kind of her
sounding board quite a lot.
It's so sweet in the scenes where
Victoria's kind of talking aloud to Dash
and organizing her thoughts that way.
- I'm not going to ask him.
Yes he would know.
But I'm not going to ask him.
(barking)
- There's two schools of thought here:
- One is you know Tori's been great
and Dash is very important
in Victoria's life
and I'm sad to see her go.
The one benefit of that
is that we got Ila in,
who is played by Prince
who I got to meet from
when he was about that big.
And so I feel like Prince's
sort of a father in many ways.
So on a personal level
I'm devastated Tori's gone
but come on.
Prince is like golden.
He lived in my coat for a little bit.
Every cloud has a silver lining
and Prince is my new heartthrob.
I'm so sorry.
(sobbing)
- Victoria lays Dash to rest.
I think it is a very severe loss for her.
I think she grew up with
Dash and with Lehzen
being the only people that she could trust
and literally being her best friend
and the epitaph that we read
at the end of the episode
is actually what Victoria wrote about Dash
which we were able to use
and I think it tells you
everything that you need to
know about their relationship.
His attachment was without selfishness.
His playfulness without malice.
His fidelity without deceit.
Reader if you would live
beloved and die regretted,
profit by example of Dash.
