In a new quickfire interview, Yara Greyjoy actor Gemma Whelan touches on everything from her spite towards a certain “man doing appalling things with his horrendous megalomaniac ego” (take a guess!) to her anorexia recovery, and of course she addresses Game of Thrones‘s ending, though perhaps not in the way one would expect.
Continue reading →The European premiere for the final season of Game of Thrones took place yesterday in Belfast. Though not as extravagant an affair as the New York City premiere, much of the cast still attended the screening of the season premiere, including a few missing in NYC.
Continue reading →The countdown is on, and with three [long, dark] nights [assuredly full of terrors] until the final season of Game of Thrones debuts, the news continues to pour in like crazy. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Ser Jaime Lannister) is flying from coast to coast to catch in a last-ditch effort to catch every last talk show host […]
Continue reading →As we enter the last week before the Game of Thrones premiere, the cast and crew are pulling out all the stops to hype the final season. Showrunner David Benioff makes some cryptic comments about the ending, Emilia Clarke teases a frosty Winterfell reception for Daenerys, costume designer Michelle Clapton talks style evolution, and several […]
Continue reading →The final season of Game of Thrones may be just two weeks away from premiering in our TV screens, but we still hadn’t heard from some of the cast, including Gemma Whelan, at least until today. In new interview, the actress who plays Yara Greyjoy isn’t as tight-lipped about spoilers as one may think—she may […]
Continue reading →With less than a month to go before the Season 8 premiere, the Game of Thrones hype train is hurtling down the track, pulling a cargo of interviews and sound bites from cast and crew alike. And you won’t hear us complaining that there’s new stuff every day to round up!
Continue reading →A battle-hardened Unsullied soldier critiques rap lyrics. A fierce Ironborn captain gets behind the mic for some standup comedy. The Stark siblings play a game you probably haven’t thought of since junior high. And Samwell Tarly joins in on Dungeons & Dragons. There’s not much levity to go around in the world of Westeros, but […]
Continue reading →Being captured at sea and dragged through the streets against your will by a deranged uncle isn’t going to do anything for family togetherness, but it’s also a humiliating experience for a strong-willed fighter like Yara Greyjoy. However, Gemma Whelan, who plays the Ironborn warrior, tells Entertainment Weekly that it could have been much worse.
Continue reading →In a quick interview roundup on the eve of “The Queen’s Justice:” Kit Harington chats about the Jon Snow/Daenerys Targaryen meeting we’ve all been waiting for; Gemma Whelan talks about exploring Euron’s psychopathy with Pilou Asbæk. Carice Van Houten discusses audience sensitivity to sexuality; cinematographer Robert McLachlan hints at how we’ll likely react to upcoming episodes and […]
Continue reading →When Jon Snow sent Melisandre packing last season on Game of Thrones, we didn’t know whether we would ever see the red priestess again. As a fan of her character I had hoped she still had a part to play, so it was a pleasant surprise to see her turn up at Dragonstone on Sunday […]
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