ACCESS HOLLYWOOD: Countdown To ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 2: Q&A Liam Cunningham Talks Davos Seaworth
February 1, 2012
by Jolie Lash
It’s a brisk Friday evening in Dublin, Ireland and the temperature is threatening to dip into the 30s, but “Game of Thrones” newcomer Liam Cunningham is running hot...
... In just two months from today – on April 1 — HBO’s triumphantly successful series, “Game of Thrones,” based on the books by George R. R. Martin, finally returns to the small screen. And, although he made a stamp on the 2011 stateside cable scene as a desperate father (Starz’s “Camelot”), a terrorist (“Strike Back” on Cinemax) and a new-planet-colonizing president (BBC America’s “Outcasts”), 2012 brings a new era for the Irishman as Liam enters the fight for the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros as Davos Seaworth, right hand man to
Robert Baratheon’s brother, the much-talked about, and soon to be unveiled, Stannis...
... AccessHollywood.com: At Comic-Con, show bosses D.B. Weiss and David Benioff told me that despite looking not a whole heck of a lot like Davos as he’s been written, they felt you’d be ‘incredible’ in this role. What do you think won them over in the audition?
Liam Cunningham: "Well, we have a tiny bit of history because I met them for the original series, but things didn’t work out with timing and various bits and pieces, and they said, ‘Look just please, please, please come back next year… So this character came up. He’s warm, and he’s got a humanity and a loyalty about him. Because I came to acting quite late, I kind of think one of the few attributes that I do have is that I try to be honest with the character, with the writing. I’m not a tricks-y actor, I’m not exactly a scenery chewing kind of actor. I try to bring an honesty to the portrayals that I’m doing and Davos Seaworth — he’s famed for his honesty, and famed for his loyalty and he has a decency about him. Maybe I fell into that category..."
Game of Thrones season two premieres Sunday, April 1 at 9/8C on HBO.
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