This week, Variety chats with Anson Mount about his "bad-ass" character and the U.K. press takes a shining to Hell on Wheels. Keep reading for more Hell on Wheels news.

• Anson Mount talks about Cullen Bohannon as part of Variety's "Road to the Emmys 2012" series. "I think it's pretty ballsy to have a protagonist who's a former Confederate," says Mount.

• The Guardian praises Hell on Wheels for its "action and suspense," calling it "generously staged, with cinematic vistas."

• Nerd City gives props to the Hell on Wheels Season 1 DVD, hailing it as a "gripping, complex" and "beautifully shot" series. Also praising the DVD is The Arkansas Democrat Gazette [No link].