NEW YORK MAGAZINE: Game of Thrones Newbie Carice Van Houten On Joining the Show, Her Movie Black Butterflies, and Nude Scenes
February 29, 2012
By Jennifer Vineyard
Dutch actress Carice van Houten first came to the attention of American audiences in Paul Verhoeven's subtitled, Nazi action movie Black Book (and then as Tom Cruise's wife in the under performing Valkyrie). She's back Stateside with the launch of the second season of the HBO series Game of Thrones, in which she plays the red priestess Melisandre, who'll be backing Stannis in his bid for the crown. Before that, however, the actress will have two new films in theaters in March: a bit part in the horror movie Intruders, and a starring role as suicidal South African poet (and Nelson Mandela favorite) Ingrid Jonker in Black Butterflies, a film for which she won the best-actress award at last year's Tribeca Film Festival. Houten put in a transatlantic call to Vulture the other day, to chat about small-pond superstardom, her need for more colorful projects, and nude scenes...
... Q: Liam Cunningham plays someone who loves you in this movie [Black Butterflies]. In Game of Thrones, he plays someone who hates you. [Editor's note: He plays Ser Davos Seaworth.]
Carice van Houten: "It's so funny to work with him again. And this time, I get to throw him in a prison. But I better not say too much about Game of Thrones, or Mr. HBO will kill me."
Q: Even though what Melisandre does is in the books? Can you really worry about spoilers at this point?
Carice van Houten: "Not everyone has read the books. Including me! And sometimes, the writers will veer slightly off the path..."
Game of Thrones season 2 premieres Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 9/8C on HBO.
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