Several Game of Thrones stars showed up on the red carpet at the Golden Globes last night. Everyone seemed to have a great time. Kit Harington expressed excitement about the upcoming IMAX showing and filming Season 5 during an interview with Access Hollywood.
Pics and more after the break!
One interesting tidbit from that interview: Kit says Jon is “tired of listening to other people” and this year he’s trying to “do his own thing.”
Game of Thrones was nominated in the Best Drama Series category, but the Hollywood Foreign Press Association did “its own thing” too, awarding the Best TV Series award to The Affair.
Pedro Pascal joined Kit on the red carpet, while Nathalie Emmanuel, David Benioff and his wife Amanda Peet were spotted at an after-party.
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And E! mistakenly reported that Sophie Turner was present-misidentifying another red head as her.
#TransformationTuesday But alas it’s not a Tuesday. Nor is that me. @eonline I thought we were tight
UPDATE: Apparently Alfie Allen was at an after party too!
I need a trailer now!!! I’m so desperate for something new even a TheSight video with one frame of new stuff would be enough for me.
On a more on-topic note, Nathalie looks great and so do Pedro, Kit and D. Benioff. Shame that they didn’t get anything, well the GG are useless anyways 😛
Regarding the recent TotW tumblr post/pic from the GGs…is that fArya in-between Alfie and Kit?
😉
Kit: Jon is tired listening to other people… Sounds epic!!!!
Amazing cast and amazing pics!!
(Can’t wait season 5)
The Affair?
Wonderful troll job by the Golden Globes.
The Drowned Fool,
Well, Davos did arrive with Stannis last season, which he didn’t in the books (he stopped at Eastwatch, didn’t he? Never met Jon), so that was to be expected even if Davos eventually went to White Harbor… which he probably won’t, true enough.
according to my Timehop app last year on this day we had a trailer!
where is our trailer??????
#nooneunderstaaands
Hexonx,
I agree!
The Affair winning was a very bad joke.
Amanda and Nathalie are beautiful 😀
Amanda Peet should be cast in GoT!
I wished GOT to win, but The Affair was the second best option. I am happy that it was not won by some overrated crime show as usually. Thankfully Breaking Bad already ended and Fargo anf TD were rightfully placed into the miniseries category.
The Golden Globes are a joke. Boyhood winning best drama? Give me a break. Also: looking forward to the first sneak peaks from season 5.
GaiusB,
Yeah, I really liked the Affair too. There’s no point resenting them. At least GoT got nominated, unlike the lovely Hannibal. Generally critics and the like don’t care much for genre fare, so GoT getting any recognition is enough for me at this point.
Lady Mychelle,
The official trailer for S5 will debut in selected IMAX theaters January 23. They’ll be running the last S4 episodes, “Watchers on the Wall” and “The Children”.
The GoT cast members are troopers, showing up for award shows they never win in. Can’t believe the Globes still exist.
Boyhood is one of the year’s most acclaimed films, so I’m not sure why you would cite that win as an example of the HFPA’s choices being jokes. That’s as respectable a choice as you can get.
The Affair is overrated,couldn’t get past the first episode despite the fact that i love Dominic West . The definition of a boring dull show with ideas that have been done in the past a million times and most of them were done better . And no,i’m not saying that because of the fact they won,i genuinely dislike the show but wasn’t surprised that they won considering the quality of the Golden Globes choices over the past few years .
Wish Lena could’ve been there. She always has amazing style.
Next year is her year!!!
Hodor’s Bastard,
You might be on to something there. If she is Emma Maguire/”Winterfell Worker” that might confirm a thing or two. Or maybe it’s just an attractive fan of the show who asked for a photo with the boys.
I liked The Affair but didn’t love it. Still not sure how the narrative construct will work over multiple seasons. It probably should have been a mini-series. I’m not surprised that it won; the Globes often reward the show that is new and different.
Hoping for a GOT win at the SAG awards: best acting ensemble in a drama series.
lol GOT doesn’t deserve any awards, the writing ranges from mediocre to awful 85% of the time. and the good writing thats 15% is usually the one that’s lifted straight from the books
I know it was acclaimed, it still did not deserve to win however (and will not deserve the oscars it will undoubtedly win too). It’s hugely overrated.
aurane waters,
I agree that GoT is not perfect, but what you just said makes me think you’re only looking for a flamewar. So yeah, GoT sucks 😉
From a GoT-fan perspective we can be happy about the Affair win because Mark Mylod directed its pilot. Now instead of worrying about what the dude that did Ali G Indahouse would do with eps. 503 and 504, we can look forward to what the dude who kicked off a prestigious drama will do with those episodes.
[whistles] “Always look on the bright side of life!”
I DON’T CARE OF NATHALIE EMMANUEL’S LOOK.
I – WANT – THE – FUCKING – TRAILER!
aurane waters,
The books aren’t really grest writing material either,Martin’s prose is horrendous and let’s not forget the disaster that is A Feast for Crows and the Essos part of A Dance with Dragons,i wouldn’t call Martin a great writer after those two stinkers .
Balerion The Cat,
I’m not looking for a flamewar, I honestly genuinely think that GOT is nowhere near as good as most TV dramas. I remember last year when Season 4 was on, I was catching up on Mad Men and the difference in quality was staggering. Mad Men became a nice palate cleanser after watching GOT lol
Jesterr2234,
I agree that Martin isn’t an incredible writer either but he’s still much more talented than D&D and his prose can be quite good when it’s not flowery descriptions of food and clothes and gross sex scenes
Hodor’s Bastard,
omg, do you have the link?
Hodor’s Bastard,
You are entitled to your opinion but in all honesty I don’t share it. Are you unhappy because the show and the books are not 100% similar? I’m a person who read the books (after three seasons of the show) because I couldn’t wait a whole year to find out what happened – and now I am in the same position as other readers, waiting for Book 6. I’m not saying I am a fan of everything Mr B and Mr W have done in their adaptation – I thought Pod the Stud was just plain silly, for example, but I don’t hate the TV show. I’m not a fan of award ceremonies anyway – in the UK we’ve had the BAFTAs recently. I didn’t watch that ceremony. At present any half-way decent TV show seems to be described with superlatives.
What constitutes good TV is always going to be subjective, is it not? I gave up on “The Sopranos” and “Mad Men” though they had been highly recommended and I have acquaintances that liked them. The acting was of a high enough standard but there was a paucity of reasonable characters. At least in GoT there are some reasonably decent characters (I can think of Brienne and Davos, and I suppose Ned although he was not a politically astute animal).
Jesterr2234,
aurane waters,
Oh, this discussion again.
Berto,
Well, tell us what you really think? jk
Seriously, we want the trailer too but cursing and yelling isn’t going to make it get here any faster. Chill out.
Berto,
Wanting the trailer is one thing but how Nathalie Emmanuel looks is ALWAYS important. She’s not just the best-looking girl on the show but among the best-looking girls EVER.
PJ,
You don’t need a link, look at the picture of Kit, Alfie with a girl between them on the twitter sidebar of this very website.
Dame of Mercia,
No I do not care if the books and show are not 100% similar. I quite like the first three seasons of GOT despite the differences. It’s seasons 4 that truly lost me because it was boring and cheesy to me most of the time. It just wasn’t emotionally compelling or interesting to me. While before even though the gratuitous nudity had always been a turn-off, I found the show entertaining and compelling to watch most of the time. Even with the weak spots, I was excited for next week’s episode. With Season 4, I simply stopped caring and felt nothing when the season ended.
And honestly, it is because I’m a book reader that I still care about some of these characters enough to keep watching the show because if I was a show watcher..I honestly don’t think I would be able to invest in any of these characters.
I haven’t watched the Sopranos but as far as Mad Men is concerned, I just feel like the writing is more complex, the characters better developed and its just more compelling.
The Affair better than Game of Thrones or Hannibal etc? HA! Good one GG!
aurane waters,
At some point, it becomes nearly impossible to compare all of these shows and choose one of them as the “best.” Mad Men is wonderful but one person – Matt Weiner – is able to exercise a great deal of control over the creative process. Same with Vince Gilligan and Breaking Bad. For all that D&D do well (and do poorly), they are still adapting another person’s work…which isn’t completed yet.
Are these shows even comparable any more? Different genres, different audiences, different budgets. Lately, these award shows annoy me. There is so much good TV right now that I am starting to resent having to anoint one show (or one actor) as better than the rest.
aurane waters,
You are definitely in the minority of fans when it comes to that. In my opinion (And many others I have spoken to online or in person) season 4 was the best yet.
aurane waters,
Thanks for replying. Guess we’ll have to “agree to disagree”.
aurane waters,
I see, it’s your opinion and I respect it, even if I disagree. I am also sorry for my first comment, now that I look at it, it seems a bit agressive.
Someone always say GoT is not that good show or whatever, but how many shows exists, that motivated so many people to read a five thousand pages long books? That accomplishment speak for itself.
And about quality of adaptation….. well i can only say i wish my other favorite books were adapted so “badly” as GoT.
GaiusB,
I agree. Anyone that says GOT is a bad adaptation hasn’t seen the last Hobbit movie.
GaiusB,
I don’t get why people think it’s such a bad representation either. It adheres very closely to the source material, especially when compared to other screen-to-page migrations. The story is the same, the details are different. It’s even more baffling that fans are mad about season 5’s deviations from a pair of books that they complain about all the time.
The Affair beating Game of Thrones must be amongst the biggest jokes in the rich history of the Golden Globes. Were the voters high?!
Losing to House of Cards would have been remotely acceptable but this is just an insult. All of HBO was boycotted BTW True Detective lost as well… What can you say?! The HFPA hates HBO and likes shows of far far worse quality.
Jesterr2234,
*tired sigh*
let us not forget that your opinion of the Feast of Crows and the Dance with Dragons is your personal one. I adore AFFC (especially after rereads, Brienne’s chapters became a thing of beauty) and know quite a few people who do the same, and amusingly enough all my IRL friends who did the books consider Dance on par with or better than ASOS.
Seriously, to each their own, but it just pisses me off when people unquestionably write two books off just because what, Westeros.org thinks they are bad? Especially since while the Dance was objectively in need of a lot of editing, AFFC was simply different and most people who disliked it are those who think ASOIAF should be all about action and D-T-J(-A).
/rant over.
Greenjones,
Are you guys joking? She looks nothing like Emma Maguire. It’s just some random fan who met them and Instagrammed the pic.
Sue the Fury,
Having compared the two pictures, yeah, they look pretty different. There’s a woman on twitter from Belfast also named Emma Maguire who more closely resembles the pictured girl, but I guess it’s a common enough name.
Sue the Fury,
😛
You gather some snow, create a snowball, then go to the top of the hill and let it roll!
The pic would have been funnier (to me) if Kit had been Iwan Rheon.
aurane waters,
This kid is going places.
Greenjones,
You and I are absolutely on the same page…..regarding Nathalie.
Regarding The Affair, is it worth a binge watch? Just wondering….
Hodor’s Bastard,
I think it’s worth watching, for sure. I wouldn’t say it’s the best show of the year, I liked GoT s4, Hannibal s2, Fargo and the Knick better, but it’s still a pretty cool show. It’s great to see McNulty on TV again too (plus the guy who plays Rawls plays his dickhead father-in-law, so there’s a nice the Wire reunion between them).
On the subject of Nathalie, I’d be so bold as to say she’s the best-looking woman on TV. (And that’s Nathalie with an H, folks. Emmanuel not Dormer).
TheBerylfly,
Amusingly enough, all but two of my real life friends wouldn’t wipe their asses with the pages of AFFC. Those two outliers also think Event Horizon was a great movie. Surprise surprise.
Despite the amount of action in AFFC (on par with ACOK) and a number of important reveals, AFFC was still duller than shit. GM was pushing rope with that one.
Greenjones,
Thx, Ser! Regarding Hannibal, I do enjoy how they are exploring the deranged development of H’s former patients, many of whom were only briefly mentioned in Thomas Harris’s books, if at all.
So how would you describe Grey Worm’s brutally ironic/unfortunate (show only) circumstance?
Hodor’s Bastard,
I’d say he’s the luckiest eunuch around.
Greenjones,
I know that GRRM has publicly stated that GoT’s Osha (another “Nat”!) has inspired him a bit, but I wonder what he really thinks of D&D’s interpretation of Dany’s spunky 10-year-old scribe?
Cumsprite,
Where do you get off insulting people’s taste and intelligence? You’re both offensive, and offensively wrong.
Just who did I insult and how? Genuinely curious. And, what is it about my post that is offensive?
Please please tell me now, is there something I should know?
Hodor’s Bastard,
re: The Affair – I don’t know about binge watching it. One episode at a time was about all my boyfriend and I could take. This sounds so mean – but we watched it so we could make fun of it. The dialogue was pretty awful and the story line very predictable. The word “cheesy” comes to mind. The only thing I liked was Ruth Wilson – had never seen her before. She was pretty good – and looked like she could be Alfie Allen’s sister – something about her eyes and mouth. BTW, my boyfriend loves Nathalie E. as well – he says she just needs some better show clothes 🙂
Bex,
Agreed! With the season Lena has coming up, I’m sure she’ll kill it and join her Lannister sibling with an Emmy! 🙂
mariamb,
I agree, SAG is maybe a better chance for them. It’s nice to see them recognized with nominations even if they don’t win.. 🙁
Tereeza777,
Thx for the feedback. I assume you agree with Ruth Wilson’s comments regarding Dom West’s backside?
aurane waters,
Martin can spend ten pages describing a notch on a belt.
Hear, hear. Just look at The Seeker based on The Sword of Truth books. When GoT was first announced I was just hoping it would be better than that disaster. I was pleasantly surprised it turned out 100x better.
Rygritte,
No, he takes 10 pages to describe the meal that makes you add a notch to your belt.
(Of course, GRRM is in fine company there: many of the greatest and/or most popular authors seem to love describing every last meal in detail…..)
I’ve noticed over the last 6 months or so Kit is much more monotonic in his interviews. I wouldn’t say he seems disinterested, but certainly isn’t handling the media the way he did earlier on in the series run. I do wonder if he’s nearing a stage where he’s I wouldn’t say getting tired of being on the show, but perhaps getting tired of people only caring about Jon Snow and nothing else he does.
I ay that because I recall a James Gandolfini interview where he said his excitement about playing Tony Soprano ended after the third season. Then it became a chore that he got sick of. Bryan Cranston said something similar with Walter White. That there is a period of 3 or 4 seasons where you’re excited, and then it just disappears and it’s like leave me alone, I’m more than just this one character. I’m paraphrasing but you get the idea. I’m sure it’s a delicate balance for these actors/actresses who don’t want to be known just for one thing. Especially someone as young as him.
One key aspect of fandoms like this (e.g., Tolkien fans, Rowling fans, Herbert Fans, etc.) is that they often are more interested in the plot and/or narrative details than in the story. That is fine: there isn’t a “wrong” reason to be interested in something or to like something, and it seems that people interested in these aspects might be the most ardent of the fans. However, it does set them up for disappointment, because the people adapting these stories to the screen (big or [increasingly less] small) are in it for the story, not the plot or the narrative details. (The fact that people like Tolkien and Rowling state that they would have done things differently had they written the plots differently for, say, movies than they did for a book often does not sway those sorts of fans, either!)
This also has a lot to do with why the show is so popular with critics: like book and movie critics, TV critics love these sorts of stories about damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t characters. All of the nominated TV series (yes, even Downton Abbey!) play on this a lot. Fortunately for GoT, TV critics are a little more willing than literary critics to look past the lipstick of possible “escapism.”
At any rate, it’s cool that the show is getting the nominations. There are more good shows than there are nominees, after all: but the nomination is there for all to see indefinitely.
steve,
Those are very astute observations. Many actors thrive on new challenges, and Kit has tried to get out there to do other things. However, the audiences keeps chanting “Do Jon Snow for us again!!!” At any rate, I wouldn’t be surprised if he and the other younger cast members get fairly daring in their attempts to break their molds after this.
steve,
That fool is dying to play another gladiator in Pompeii II. He knows nothing!
That Kit interview was sooo boring…….
Kit was very enthusiastic about the show during the previous seasons, did something happen? Or maybe he was just tired I don’t know
The Hound,
A tad drunk, I think. The Globes are a very boozy ceremony. But yes, he does seem a little bitter as well. Maybe in spending time with Stephen Dillane last year, he adopted his attitude about the show!
Greenjones,
He’s a bit drunk for sure, but not in a happy way apparently. The contrast between Finn Jones and him is hilarious.
Concerning Dillane I truly hope he’ll show up at the Game of Thrones premiere for the first time, it would be really cool. After all Stannis is one of the most influential character of the series.
I Dont think Season 4 really deserved “the best” , not to say that this other show did! But season 4 Overall didnt feel as impacting as season 1 or even 3 did. Something was missing and as someone said it wasnt very memorable.
Still a very solid, good show though!
chamush,
Season 4 was more eventful than both of these seasons combined. It’s just that Season 1 and 3 have the two biggest plot twist of the series.
Kit says Jon is “tired of listening to other people” and this year he’s trying to “do his own thing.”
I noticed the lack of enthusiasm too. It might be for some of the reasons noted above but I certainly won’t hold it against him. He has been criticised for going down the it’s-the-best-season-yet-road as well, so maybe he doesn’t want to blow up the season too much and say the same stuff again and again. And of course, having to break out of the one-character mould can be challenging. I like the Stephen Dillane comparison. It’s always good to take a step back and be critical and more objective about your own work, even if it’s popular.
Sorry, I wanted to hide that part not quote it, please fix!!
Sean C.,
Boyhood is a great film, but imo the Globes picked the film because of all the hype it has been getting, not because of its merits. Typical Globes, bleh!
The Affair, hmmm, sounds like a glorified soap to me, but color me intrigued… Globes aside, is it any good?
Mark Addy and Robert’s warhammer 🙂 : https://twitter.com/MrMarkAddy/status/554976409001930752
Morna the Witch,
Clearly, then, you have the perspective from which to damn the entire series. Honestly, it was an amazing show. I’m a bigger fan of GoT, but I give credit where it’s due. And I have impeccable taste in television programming. 😉
Cumsprite,
Well, some of your lyrics are pretty lame tbh. “You’re about as easy as a nuclear war” for example 😉 (sorry couldn’t resist)
Lulu’s Mum,
Lies! Once I have mopped the floor with jamiereborn I am coming for you. Blasphemer.
Cumsprite,
Are you hungry like the wolf for revenge and, if so, will there be any straddling the line with discord and rhyme involved? I loved the Duranies at the time (I was in my early teens, it was practically compulsory) but even through the fog of adoration some of their lyrics made me wince. Although our English literature teacher was thrilled when we all developed a sudden interest in Shakespeare after His Simoness quoted MacBeth in one of their videos (the absolutely in no way pretentious little known one for Night Boat).
Neil “Not Your Bitch” Gaiman is also a HUGE Duran Duran fan. So much so he wrote a book about them. For some reason, he’ll shoot you dead if you bring it up.
Cumsprite,
Perhaps he’s worried that photos of him in Planet Earth-era new romantic style frilly shirts will emerge. At the risk of attracting your spritely wrath again, it’s not a look that has aged well I fear.
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