Ron Livingston: Playing Jon Carver | Saints & Strangers

i I’m governor cover you speak English
Vinglish yes John Carver he was the
first governor of Plymouth Colony the
Pilgrims were English separatists they
thought that the the church of england
was unreformed and they needed to strike
out on their own under King James they
they saw some persecution and had to
actually go to Holland for a couple of
years but I don’t think they they didn’t
quite find themselves in Holland they
didn’t really like it there they were
looking for a piece of ground that they
could call their own make their own and
and still be English English citizens so
they signed up to go to America which at
the time had one colony already on it
Jamestown it’s really interesting about
John Carver is that that you know he was
part of a of that sort of movement away
from hierarchy the Pilgrims were really
part of that they were sort of moving
from the idea of bishops you know what I
mean and and priests who would sort of
tell you what to believe and make all
the decisions how many only this day
breathing with the Lord they are all the
Lord here Bilek there were men of
conscience you know and they really
believed that that God would communicate
right and wrong sort of directly to you
so you if you listened in word you would
know that what that was welcome you King
Massassi wheat he me Tony book would see
Kings I myself as a leader of the colony
it was a much more sort of egalitarian
sort of utopian experiment he was a bit
of a leader without necessarily always
leading