Even though they are marvelous books and marvelous pieces of work, I prefer not to get stuck in something that takes five or six years of my life.īEAN: There’s a historical film, called Age of Heroes, which is all about the Commandos in the Second World War.
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Were you concerned about signing on to do a series for a longer period of time than a film takes?īEAN: I always prefer to work intensively on something and then move on to something else. I’m very flattered that I was chosen to play this part. I read the book and found it very exciting, very luxuriant, very dangerous, very edgy and very sexy. Obviously, I was delighted when I first met (executive producers) David and Dan. Even though that’s a virtue, in Ned’s case, it’s his downfall.ĭo you feel any additional pressure, knowing that the fans of this book basically hung their hopes and dreams for this series on you doing this role?īEAN: Yeah, that’s quite a responsibility. Because he is so rigidly honorable and so loyal, that’s all he knows. His honor and his loyalty is such that it brings about his downfall. Is he the last noble, just man in this world?īEAN: At this moment in time, yeah. It was interesting to read the book thoroughly, rather than just Ned’s chapters. It was an interesting story for Ned because he’s on a downward spiral and he’s in a snake pit, surrounded by back-stabbers and corrupt people. You tend to glean much more information about your character from what other people say about you, rather than how it’s described in the books. It’s exhilarating.īecause the book is told through point of view chapters, and all the major scenes dealing with Ned are through Ned’s point of view, did that help you find this character, as opposed to it being just a straight narrative?īEAN: It did, yeah. That’s all real stuff, and that was hard because that was in Malta, where it was nearly 100 degrees and we were all covered in leather in fur, so we had ice packs on. We choreographed that for weeks in advance, so we know exactly what we’re doing on the day and we can adapt to it or improvise. This is television, so are there still really physical battles for you to fight?īEAN: Oh, yeah. I think everybody who sees this is hopefully fascinated by what we’ve achieved. As I said, it’s an edgy, sexy, violent, dark, brutal piece where nobody’s safe, and there are so many twists and turns, and the characters are so well drawn. And, the fact it’s been done by HBO means you’re in good standing. I think we really established a grand size.
Each of the 10 episodes felt like a pretty hefty feature film.
It was like working on a big feature film, every week. Everything was so detailed and so vast, and it was a lot of work. But, I was absolutely impressed by the detail, the sheer size of it, the craftsmanship in the studio and the sets for Game of Thrones. It was a wonderful production, of course. I think the amount of production value that was put into Game of Thrones was incredible, and it’s unlike anything I’ve seen on any other production, including The Lord of the Rings. BEAN: I didn’t find that it affected me at all.
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