“It’s cheaper to shoot abroad in a ‘virgin’ landscape than it is to digitally remove all the trappings of the 21st-century in post-production.”
Budapest is a go-to location for film and television crews with productions including The Borgias, Marco Polo and The Martian being filmed there in the past.
Fans of the show have been waiting some time for The Last Kingdom to return after the third outing came out on Netflix in 2018.
In a video from December 2018, lead star Dreymon confirmed season four had been recommissioned by Netflix.
Season four is likely to have been shot last year over several months and wasn’t affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Last Kingdom season 4 is released on Netflix today