Sean Bean Interview GAME OF THRONES
by Christina Radish Posted:January 9th, 2011
In HBO’s new epic fantasy series Game of Thrones, based on the best-selling books by George R.R. Martin and premiering on April 17th, actor Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings) plays Lord Eddard “Ned” Stark, a man from the north who is asked by King Robert Baratheon (Mark Addy) to come south and help run his kingdom after the questionable death of his right-hand man. The king is married to Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey), of the wealthy and corrupt Lannisters, who has an agenda of her own, while the exiled teenage Princess Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) and her brother Viserys (Harry Lloyd), whose family ruled the Kingdoms for many years, are looking to reclaim the throne.
While at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, Sean Bean talked about returning to the fantasy genre, playing a powerful warrior hero in a story that is greatly epic in scope and his desire to continue exploring new characters without playing any one role for too long...
... Having been in The Lord of the Rings, and now doing this, was there any fear of being typecast as the powerful warrior, or is that a good thing to be typecast as?
BEAN: It’s a good thing to be typecast, isn’t it? I suppose it’s similar to The Lord of the Rings in its size, its quality, its magic and its danger. I happen to enjoy playing the kind of roles with riding horses, swinging swords, having fights, wearing wigs and growing beards, even though I don’t, first thing in the morning when it takes you about three hours to get ready. I do have affinity to that kind of role. I think the good thing about Game of Thrones is that there is such score for it. The Lord of the Rings was three films, and they thoroughly researched it, and it was very well-replicated on screen. But, with what (author) George [R.R. Martin] has created, it’s a very different world. It goes on much, much further and much longer, and there’s many more twists and turns, but I certainly enjoy this genre...
Games of Thrones premieres on HBO on April 17, 2011.
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