You Have To Attempt To Be Objective

I'm Actually As Common As Mud. I'm Not Particularly Well Read, Or Bred. But The Way I Look... I Seem To Have This Sort Of 'aristocratic' Demeanor.

I Am Made Hand Of The King Which Gives Me An Enormous Amount Of Power, Which I Use Quite Ruthlessly - But Skilfully - And Dame Diana Rigg Joins Us [playing Political Mastermind The Queen Of Thorns] And We Have A Couple Of Really Good Sparring Moments.

Because [writers] Dan Weiss And David Benioff Have Done Such A Great Job In Adapting Them, That's What We Work With. It Serves No Purpose To Anybody For Actors To Come Onto A Set With A Well-thumbed Copy Of The Source Material And Start Querying Why This Or That Line Has Been Left Out Of The Script. It's Probably Been Left Out For A Good Reason.

By The Margin Of Fair Zurich's Waters Dwelt A Youth, Whose Fond Heart, Night And Day, For The Fairest Of Fair Zurich's Daughters In A Dream Of Love Melted Away.

A Handful Of Older, Romantic Leading Men, Like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, And Robert Redford Are Still Landing Parts.