Natalie Dormer is making the rounds lately to promote her new film The Forest and is talking Game of Thrones in the meanwhile.
The actress appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday, and explained to the host that she only reads the portions of the GoT scripts that are “relevant to Margaery and Highgarden and King’s Landing.” She says she does this, “So when the show airs, I’m sitting on the couch watching it like you.”
“I’ll be sitting in the hair and makeup trailer, and someone will show up and I’ll be like, ‘What are you doing here?’” Dormer tells Kimmel. “Oh my god, you’re back? I gotta leave.”
Dormer also admits she spent a lot of time in Spain this year, which is no surprise to fans who have been following filming news. Photos from last September, taken in Girona, Spain, revealed spoilers from the upcoming season involving Margaery Tyrell.
The complete interview from Jimmy Kimmel Live is available on Hulu:
Dormer also spoke to Den of Geek about her reservations in taking on the role of Margaery, whom many have compared to another character the actress is well-known for- Anne Boleyn of The Tudors.
She considered not taking the part of Margaery due to the similarities, but GoT showrunners Dan Weiss and David Benioff convinced her with their trust that her characterizations would be different enough.
“In the end, they were right,” Dormer says to Den of Geek. “[Margaery and Anne] did turn out to be two totally different women. They want to be queen for different reasons and also, their demise of being thrown into a jail cell has definitely been played very differently. So, I think I had real trepidation and concern about doing that… [but] I think, if I believe what fans have told me in hindsight, they were right. They read as different people completely.”
For the complete interview, swing by Den of Geek.
Hodor
Looks like the show is going to Highgarden this season!
“Oh my God, you’re back,” could be anyone from Jon Snow, to Walder Frey, to the Hound (and the Blackfish, etc). If she’s telling the truth (which, she probably isn’t), and only reads her parts…then perhaps there will be a Hound/Mountain dual going on in KL. Especially if they’re both chosen as the champions for their respective sides (Cersei/The Faith).
Awesome interview, good the news is picking up again.
I had fun reading this, really looking forward to the story arcs in season 6.
Going to post this here too http://www.varietyinsight.com/trade_show_details.php?show_id=1928&offset=20&sort_order=show_city
HBO’s TCA conference is tomorrow at 6:30pm eastern standard time/3:30 pacific.
They announced Seasons 4 and 5’s premeire dates at the last 2 TCA January conferences.
That pause though; “relevant to Margaery and Highgarden… and King’s Landing”
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did lena headey film in spain at all?
I think she just meant the Tyrells; that is, not the castle of Highgarden, physically, but conceptually.
I hope I’m wrong, though. Highgarden would be beautiful to see 😉
I don’t know about Highgarden specifically, but I think the kingdom of The Reach will be in there due to Sam’s storyline (his family’s seat is Horn Hill…which is part of The Reach).
I’m looking forward to seeing how Marg schemes her way through s06.
Jack Bauer 24,
Thanks for the info!
Yes,
Me too..
I love the way she laughs. ?
KaKa,
Thanks again for the reminder jack 🙂 fingers crossed we get a premier date.
A bonus would a new poster and some words on the new season lol
Imho Anne Boleyn and Margaery share similar personality traits – I think Anne tricked Henry into marrying her and was quite cunning so that she might bring up such huge changes as the creation of Anglican church (even if she never intended a religious schism). But I do hope Margaery will have a much better fate.
Halfman,
Well there was a
😉
Maybe after the Lannister – Tyrell – sparrows fight is over the Tyrells will go back to Highgarden.
Remember season 2 episode 10, Daenerys’s vision at King’s Landing. No one will stay there.
So the Lannisters and the sparrows will destroy each other(and King’s Landing) and the Tyrells will leave the city after that. And they go back to Highgarden.
No problem 🙂 Hopefully we’re all celebrating some news tomorrow night lol. I’m sure they will be heavily promoting Vinyl as well. I just read that Mick will be there via satellite to promote it.
I’m looking forward to Vinyl, looks like it’s going to be a good show. Also any news on who is coming for Thrones if anyone at all ?
Sweet summer child. 🙂
Luka Nieto,
It’s this. She probably thinks of ‘Highgarden’ in lieu of ‘the Tyrells’. There was no filming in any place that could possibly be Highgarden.
Starkgaryen,
We know that Olenna will go to Dorne.
mau,
I think that was just a rumor or guess based on
If there was any concrete evidence of it Olenna
mau,
For sure?
Btw, i think what Natalie said not necessarily means that we will see Highgarden specifically. Maybe at the very end of the season.
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
We know that she was
Haven’t been able to find anything on that. It’ll probably be only HBO executives.
mau,
Well, yeah, there was a picture of them with a couple of fans taken on a street. That doesn’t tell me much of anything, and does not indicate to me any sort of certainty about her
Here’s what this site said about that picture:
Some discussion needs to be spoiler tagged!!
Deesensfan,
If you’re referring to anything I’ve posted, my apologies. I’m very good about covering book-spoilers, but I’m less clear about what filming info. needs to be covered. As what I was talking about was conjecture, and not something confirmed, I didn’t think it needed to be covered. So, again, if it’s something I posted, I apologize.
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
Its fine 🙂 I know you are 🙂
I read the word “Spotted with ___” and I figured that COULD be spoilery. I mean, it is minor, but I think that Mods would consider that filming spoilers.
As some one who has not read filming leaks, that was news to me 🙂 hahaha
Deesensfan,
I’m glad you said something. It’ll help make me more mindful of filming spoilers. I’ll just use the approach I use with other spoilers, if I think maybe, possibly, it could be spoilery to someone, I’ll just cover it. I’d rather cover things that don’t need to be covered, than not cover things that do. It isn’t like using the spoiler code is difficult.
This might be a dumb question, what are you then doing here? The majority of the posts are chock-full of filming spoilers.
Newbietothegame,
Filming posts are on filming spoilers
Not an interview with Natalie Dormer.
I never read any of the articles that had filming news in the headline!
Deesensfan,
Ah, so you are not reading the filming posts. I wish I had your mental strength.
Newbietothegame,
Nope, not one!!!
It was soooooooo hard. But I survived 🙂
I was on vacation in Spain between August and September, so helped pass the time. And then filming news became less and less.
And lately, theres more and more posts for unsullied 🙂
Newbietothegame,
There are plenty of posts here that are spoiler-free. Everyone here is expected to use spoiler coding and be respectful.
Any thoughts on the HBO TCA conference tomorrow?
Nymeria Warrior Queen,
Cheers, to a show of class. 🙂
Deesensfan,
The answer to the question of what information constitutes a spoiler may be a bit nebulous. Perhaps due to the varied levels of exposure/interest every individual has in the story across different mediums. Any day now we will see the heraldry of the Brotherhood Without Trailers flying high. I tried this once a couple seasons back. Couldn’t stay true for the following season (and didn’t really want to anyway- the speculation is too much fun). I never watch the “previously on” segment before an episode- I have heard many people bitching about being spoiled inadvertently- that content is likely for the viewers with more moderate interest anyway.
Lets hope we don’t go through another clusterfuck of leaked eps like last year. That was a real buzzkill. Searching for a news fix or chatting about the first couple eps as they were released, amongst all the posts by people who watched the leaked eps ahead…. yeah, that sucked.
Anybody out there pledging an oath to the Brotherhood Without Trailers?
edit: Just saw your reply to newbie. You’ve got your breakdown well established for yourself, and it makes perfect sense indeed. No filming news?? The force is strong in this one… tread lightly though. The slow season is upon us!
Sister Kisser,
Haha 🙂 I totally agree with you
Filming Spilers can be subjective however I believe that if it hasn’t officially been released by hbo, it’s a spoiler . That is a good measure
If anything gets leaked I am staying away from the Internet though Last year I managed not to get spoilt at all 🙂
I am the type that doesn’t mind watching trailers or previously ons, though I prefer not to watch previously ons cause some reveal too much. Some times they serve as reminders so it helps the casual viewer. But I don’t need reminders haha
I have never read spoilers (also haven’t read the books) so I like having that surprise so yes the force is strong with me 🙂 haha!
There are some similarities, sure. Being a political force in either Game of Thrones or the Tudor court involves some degree of manipulation. I think there are plenty of differences, though. When Henry started sleeping around while he was married to her, Anne was very outspoken against his behavior. She cut ties with allies when they disagreed (like ally-turned-enemy Thomas Cromwell), and was pretty blunt about it. Margaery, I don’t think, would never openly or bluntly criticize either Joffrey or Tommen if they were cheating on her. Margaery is all about putting on a friendly face, even when she’s actually insulting you, whereas Anne really didn’t bother with those pretenses once she became queen.
The setup to their demises (if that’s where Margaery is heading) were extremely similar, though, at least in the books. I read Feast for Crows before familiarizing myself with the facts surrounding Anne Boleyn’s downfall. So when I started reading the history, how Anne’s musician was tortured into confessing to a sexual relationship, and how she was (probably) falsely accused of sleeping with her brother and a few others, I was like “No wonder they cast Dormer.”
I fully agree with you. Thanks for underlining these subtle differences.
OT: I just noticed that the S6 teaser, which only contains previous’ seasons footage, has reached 15.5M views on the GOT Youtube channel. The first real S6 trailer is probably going to set a new record of views (that is if they release it first on their Youtube channel).
True lol
Deesensfan,
Deesensfan,
I apologize if I sounded disrespectful. I knew one of the mods does not look at the filming spoilers, I did not realize there were more folks with such willpower.
Sue, because I am fairly new here. Once the season starts and we discuss an episode we will need to cover any additional knowledge we have about filming? Example what we will expect in the next episode based on something that we read in one of the filming spoilers? Just want to have this straight once we are there.
Newbietothegame,
No biggie
I don’t think you sounded disrespectful at all. I think Sue meant that all should respect spoiler free posts
I’ve seen your comments before. You are never disrespectful here 🙂
I love Nathalie, but demise = I do not think it means what you think it means, girl.
Unless it’s a MAJOR Margaery spoiler! 🙂
Newbietothegame,
There is always two posts for a recap for each episode where episode discussions take place
One for sullied and one for unsullied for each episode
The sullied is where spoilers are discussed freely
The unsullied is where no spoilers are allowed !
No problem 🙂
Oh, please. Praying to the old gods and the new along with you! Last year I thought I was going to finally enjoy the season fully as an unsullied without the snubbery of some of the book readers (I read the books but I always respect the unsullied), and then the leaks of the first episodes and pictures from the last one spoiled the fun for me to such an extent that I stopped visiting the GoT sites prior to each episode, and only tuned in for recaps and reviews… Which is a bummer, since I enjoy so much the discussions and conjectures that go on.
Because of this strategy I had no hint whatsoever about Hardhome and I enjoyed that episode as no other in the series!
Only the spoilers coming from the books and the official promos are discussed freely on the sullied recaps. Other spoilers are supposed to be discussed using spoiler tags.
24 hours until HBO’s TCA presser!
RosanaZugey,
I don’t see how she avoided spoilers…. when he asked about Jon Snow and her being asked about it all the time she said it was hard at first but now they they’ve put up posters ( with jon ) she said it’s given the game away … so that to me STRONGLY suggests Jon is confirmed .. though we already knew that anyway… 🙂
Kit himself on instagram posted a poster that showed him ( lower half of his face ) and it simply said “All I see is Snow”
I don’t see how she avoided spoilers…. when he asked about Jon Snow and her being asked about it all the time she said it was hard at first but now they they’ve put up posters ( with jon ) she said it’s given the game away … so that to me STRONGLY suggests Jon is confirmed .. though we already knew that anyway… 🙂
Kit himself on instagram posted a poster that showed him ( lower half of his face ) and it simply said “All I see is Snow”
I clicked on the link and I still don’t know the secret to dating Natalie Dormer
Kit has an official Instagram?
Jack Bauer 24,
No.
Kit is not on social networks … This is a fake
I also didn’t know that Kithad an Instagram.
oh well never mind….
just a reminder the peoples choice awards are tonight, game of Thrones is up for three awards. even if its unlikely that it will win, fingers still crossed lol
zod,
Thank you for clarifying . As I don’t partake in sullied threads I wouldn’t have known that haha! 🙂
I don’t think anyone ever says Winterfell when they mean Stark storylines that happen outside of Winterfell and the North. Or Casterly Rock when they mean Lannister storylines outside Casterly Rock. Or the Eyrie when they mean Arryn storylines. Or The Twins when they mean the Frey storyline. I think she meant Highgarden when she said Highgarden.
She wouldn’t have said Highgarden if she hadn’t spent time there.
Diana Rigg filmed in Almería, that apart of Meereen is also Dorne this season. Same for Conlenth Hill. We were trying to check if they actually filmed together but their scenes were in closed sets with no extras. We’ll try to keep investigating.
Natalie sentence about “you’re back” for me it’s clearly referred
to
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Rory McCann.
Was this interview released by HBO? In many ways, I see what Natalie said, especially regarding the posters, as just as spoilery as most filming news. Perhaps most wouldn’t agree? But I see why it is so hard to draw the line. One person’s spoiler is another person’s everyday bit of news.
Talking about other stuff, I wonder why Natalie said she spent “a lot of time in Spain” this year. She was in Gerona less than a week (3 real days of filming, a few more of arriving and practicing) and then one or two more in Almería to do some promotional photos with Lena and Emilia.
She didn’t film anything else, she didn’t film in Castillo de Zafra (ToJ), Peñíscola (Meereen), desert of Bardenas (Dothraki Sea) or desert of Almería (more Essos desert). She didn’t film here any other film AFAIK and wasn’t invited to any promotional Canal Plus exclusive stuff
Did she say HBO shouldn’t have released a spoilery poster? I haven’t seen the interview.
She did go on to say that she didn’t know and didn’t read the scripts, but she’s bound to have more knowledge than most just being on set around everyone who does know.
Exactly.
Hey! Off topic but when is Bryndenfish posting the results of the polls???
Halfman,
Javi from Los Siete Reinos,
Thank you for this information.
Javi from Los Siete Reinos,
Thanks for the info.
A Tyrell-Martell alliance in favour of Dany, orchestrated by Varys does seem likely on the show, though it’s not likely to happen in the books.
I’m not a native English speaker, but to me it sounded more like “Margery in Highgarden” rather than “and Highgarden”, but you all seem to agree it’s “and” so I may very well be wrong and hoping too much.
ghost of winterfell,
Why it does not seem likely to happen in the books?
Tyrells and Martells were a Targaryen loyalists after all.
Ginevra,
Maybe, but I think seeing something being filmed that gives away what may happen in a season yet to be released, is a spoiler.
mau,
ghost of winterfell,
Until his inevitable death, that is.
In the books, the Tyrells and Martells hate each other. However, I don’t think that would stop them, necessarily. Still, things have to go pretty bad for the Tyrells in King’s Landing for them to think an alliance with Dany is a good idea. They’re the ones in charge at the end of season five, basically. Margaery would have to stop being queen for that alliance to make sense, unless I’m missing something…
ghost of winterfell,
We are not sure of that at all. YG can be another Quentyn Martell.
Luka Nieto,
Well, if Margaery is pregnant with Tommen and he dies, she will become a Queen Regnant. Maybe another marriage to secure her rule. With Trystane?
If YG becomes the king in the books, maybe in the show Margaery and Trystane can be a show version of YG and Arianne?
Or maybe after YG death in the books, Tyrells and Martells will indeed support Dany?
We ‘ll see in S6.
At the end of book five, maybe, but it really didn’t seem like that at the end of S5.
Yes, Cersei has fallen, but Kevan is there as Hand of the King, Qyburn and Pycelle still hold important positions in the small council, Mace is in Braavos unaware of everything that have happened, Margaery and Loras are still prisoners and Randyll Tarly is not introduced yet.
I can’t see how the Tyrells are in charge of KL at the end of S6.
I think they will be at some point during S6.
You’re right. I was thinking more about ADWD, I guess 😉
Luka Nieto,
mau,
If the Martells do support YG in the books, it will most probably be against Dany, since the books seem to be hinting at another dance of dragons. And if they support Dany after his death, who would it be against? I doubt the Lannisters would still be in power at that point.
On the show,
This other contender is not included in the show, so it’s probably because he’s skippable, in the grand scheme of things… which means the rest of the political plot of the series isn’t gonna be about a dance of dragons between these two.
ghost of winterfell,
Maybe Varys and Olenna will fight for Dornish support?
Another dance of dragons can be between Dany and Jon for some reason? We will have Varys with Dany, and LF with Jon?
This could also be a climax for LF-Varys schemes?
I don’t know. There are so many possibilities.
As far as YG is concerned, he’s doing what he’s doing in part to impress Dany, following Tyrion’s advice. He’s not looking for war with her —quite the opposite! She, on the other hand… I doubt YG is long for this world, the moment Dany arrives in King’s Landing. Honestly, this is not only a popular theory but a common assumption by now. The show completely cutting him only makes this assumption stand on even firmer ground.
If YG survives past TWOW, I’d very very much surprised. I imagine that, in the show, Doran’s army will take the place of the Griffs, the Golden Company and Arianne, at least regarding their campaign against the capital.
mau,
Dance of dragons between Jon and Dany? I like that idea. But Jon will probably be more focused on the WWs. I don’t see him entering into any political wars in Westeros. And all of LF’s schemes seem to be centered on Sansa. Who knows though. What’s exciting is there are so many possibilities!
Luka Nieto,
I don’t think YG will survive that long either. Dany will probably be responsible for his downfall. But still, his presence in the books means political allegiances in the books and show will differ. His moving against the capital would mean he would be going against the Lannisters. Maybe whatever destruction he causes there, that plot will be given to Dany on the show.
Yes, but we know that
So, who knows really.
Not necessarily, or at least not for long.
Is it a simplification of the web of allegiances in the books? Sure, but that has always happened in the show. The basics are still the same, unless Aegon lives for a longer time and has a greater impact than many of us anticipate.
I don’t agree.
8 hours until HBO’s TCA conference!
That link doesn’t seem to work outside the USA but it is on Youtube.
SPOILER ALERT for those who haven’t been following filming news on Buzzfeed they picked up on something she says at the 3.00 mark (on the video Buzzfeed link to, don’t know if it’s at the same point on this one because I can’t view it).
ND: I think David and Dan have got it covered..it’s fresh, clean snow for all of us
That seems rather strange choice of words, it’s not a commonly used phrase here in the UK (where she’s from). Mmmm are you hinting Ms Dormer? 😉
Hodor Targaryen,
But remember, Margaery and GOT is much more medieval times, where you would never criticize your husband for sleeping around. It was acceptable, even expected. In Henry and Ann’s time, it was different in some ways..anyway, they are two different eras I think…
Can’t wait ^^ they already announced the release date and a teaser trailer for daredevil. I don’t know if TCA had anything to do with that.
mau,
Yeah I saw that. Netflix is at TCA.
Awesome, I’m really anticipating HBO to announce what they have in store, mostly Game of thrones.
Jack Bauer 24,
ahhhhhh heres to news on GOT !!!! come on!!
2 hours and 50 minutes to go!
So should we go to the game of thrones twitter page and refresh the page when the time comes ?
Yeah that’s what I’ll be doing…can’t wait!
Almost time jack 🙂
One hour 🙂
5 minutes 🙂
It starts at 6:30, so 15 more minutes. I’ll be refreshing the GoT and HBO Twitter feeds.
lol thanks, I was already refreshing like an idiot XD
April 24th my friends!
GOT 4/24/16 not bad, it was what a lot of us predicted, well lot of you XD
24 april, 9 pm. The first episode!
now that we have that out of the way, you guys don’t think they’ll put the season 6 trailer at the super bowl do you ? XD
getting ever so closer…sigh…still not fast enough..
Yay! April 24th.
I know
Jack Bauer 24,
Thanks for letting us know! Now, that I have the date confirmed it seems easier to wait for those more than 100 days to pass. I have noticed the countdown on the site and it made me happy.
Watched Walker,
We drop that “d” on “and” a lot. Almost more often than not. I’m American, but I’m sure I’ve heard Brits do it, too. Fish n’ Chips, right?
Are we going to see a sex scene between Tommen and Margaery?
Marg and Tommen need to have a proper sex scene…