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And it wasnt even that good!
there was no one there.
It was an empty courtyard at seven in the morning and I was alone.
At the time I felt really strange, so I guess I just thought Id do it and pretend.
But watching it back now, I would really struggle to imagine fake things like that.
I need to feel it a little more.
To be able to do that, I had a very vivid imagination, I guess.
I was able to convince myself that really bad things were about to happen.
I look at that now and go,Best work I ever did!
Now its a huge hydraulic system that has seven moving pieces and Im strapped in.
Its all computerized and has a mind of its own.
Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark)
Season seven was a whole new challenge for me.
Not many actors get to play an entirely new character on the same show.
With characters who are omniscient, it can become boring because they know everything thats going to happen.
It was something I couldnt believe I could achieve, retrospectively.
Looking back at it now it was so brutal, but I was really invigorated by that scene.
I was pretty delighted with that.
Conleth Hill (Varys)
My best work is yet to come.
You chase it, but you never get it!
You get a beautiful scene to do and you do your best with it.
Carice van Houten: Just a little thing you whipped up!
Liam Cunningham: I improvised all of that.
Carice van Houten: It was really heartbreaking.
Liam Cunningham:Well, thats kind.
The moment where I realized that its all gone to hell and Ive made a mistake.
Pilou Asbk (Euron Greyjoy)
You know what they say about the Olympics?
But that said, I really loved my battle on the ship.
Theresa lotof dialogue on this show, and sometimes doing physical work is just wonderful.
A really luxurious amount of time.
We had every chance to give it our best shot.
Because I was dying to do some proper kind of battle action.
I got three or four minutes there when I was in the thick of it.
It was like being a kid in a sweet factory.
When I read the scripted version, I felt it was slightly more from Samwells perspective.
I emailed David and Dan and I said, Can we talk about whats going on with Gilly here?
I had a lot of strong feelings about how I wanted that scene to go.
On the show, a lot of the violence is very choreographed and quite graceful and quite balletic.
There can be something quite savagely beautiful about it.
Often, in fiction, violence isnt necessarily treated with enough of a gut reaction.
it’s possible for you to get desensitized to it.
People in films seem to be able to get punched 30 times and carry on like nothings happened!
This felt like a real examination of how damaging even everyday violence can be.
Sometimes we shoot it chronologically, so it feels like one thing.
That always gives a lot of pressure.
Im just like [puts chin under fist] What a fine young actor!
Joe Dempsie: Your fight scenes, though!
There must be some times when youre watching them back going, I cant quite believe thats me!
Im learning real choreography.
I look pretty badass.
I hate when I speak, though!
Im like, Shut up!
Get in the sea!
Joe Dempsie:Gendrys trying to getoutof the sea.
What are you going to do?
And I just really wanted to work with Liam Cunningham.
Hes such a fantastic actor.
Terrible man, though!
Its the only scene where you see Robert and Cersei speak.
But we managed to do it.
It was Robert and Cersei being human.
Her asking, Did you ever think that we could have been … and he says, No.
Its horrible, but beautiful to do a scene like that with Lena because shes absolutely brilliant.
Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister)
I think I skinned a deer pretty well!
Id never done that before.
The guy came in, showed me what to do, showed me some knives.
He said, Which one do you want?
and I said, This one.
I was hoping they were going to give me a haunch of venison to take home for the weekend.
They didnt give me a toenail!
It means I was so in it.
The whole day was like that.
When I watch it, I can see that in myself.
I was just in the moment and enjoying it.
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