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Would you be open to revisiting the character of Ned Stark? I don’t know how anyone can be, since they’re going backwards, I’d be younger. HBO announced possibly five prequels for the show. Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister, Daenerys Targaryen. Well, there aren’t that many left, is there? Who would you choose to take the throne in the end? But I think once he went down south, he didn’t really have much of a chance because, to them, backstabbing and treachery was a way of life. He meant his fairness and his good qualities. He came to realize being fair and being moral … you’re not going to survive by doing that.īut he didn’t change. He applied that to his life in general, to his family, to everything he did. He was well-respected by his family and the people he looked over. He was a family man and he was also a warrior. Well, I think there are very few good people in Game of Thrones. It used to be Boromir, but now it’s Stark. It’s something I was really proud of, a really top-notch job. He still seems to have a presence on the show. So they decided to get all the characters together for a bit for this big show in Belfast and he kind of hosted the evening. Yes, it was for season eight, the last one. It’s just like whenever I see old friends or even old drama school friends, it’s just the same, we pick up where we left off last time. You do so many types of jobs in that part of the world. It was good! It’s funny with work, you don’t really keep in touch. It was the last episode, so we all got together. Last time, was about four weeks ago in Belfast. Nobody, nobody at all! (laughs) I’ve only seen them on a couple of occasions. But yeah, it was quite strange seeing him.ĭo you still communicate with your Stark family members? Richard Madden, your former son Robb Stark in Game of Thrones, starred in the first Medici series. I think it’s great, since they’ve left such a legacy that changed the course of world opinion on politics, and everything including banking for the next 500 years. You don’t learn this in school, in the U.K. It’s kind of nice considering it’s such a powerful family. I knew the Medici family, but I wasn’t familiar with Jacopo de’ Pazzi or all the fighting and the families. How familiar were you with the story beforehand? I almost feel sorry for him that he can’t appreciate something so wonderful. He thinks giving to the poor, it just seems pointless. He’s more interested in figures and money. He just sees art as something that’s unnecessary and costly. He’s much more like one of today’s politicians. Jacopo is a character who represents the old order? I don’t think there’s any major sign of modern-day politicians trying to bring us the kind of art that the Medici promoted to the public. It was everywhere, in every corner, on every wall. I think just learn to respect the good things in life like the arts, literature, music, poetry, the stuff that people didn’t treat as some kind of privilege or something that you had to be the type of person to able to appreciate that art. What could politicians learn today from the Medici? It’s just a pity he can’t just twist his opinions in the other directions, isn’t it, because he’s a brilliant speaker. He seems a totally different kind of personality. I watch him and - I don’t like his politics - but I like watching him.īut that’s the paradox right now, because he doesn’t seem as though he would promote Trump. It’s difficult to find a politician that you can believe today. I mean, he’s quite convincing, isn’t he? He believes what he says. My character today would probably be him. So are you sort of the Steve Bannon of the Medici? I’m kind of a manipulative, Machiavellian type. But I kind of just tend to stir it all up, then walk away, and everybody else is involved. So this season there’s more action and there are more battle scenes than in the first season, right? But I’ve done quite a lot of sword fighting in the past, so, it was a lot easier. But once you get the swing of it, it was a real joy to work on.ĭid you have to pick up sword fighting again? It takes awhile to find your feet on location.

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The Hollywood Reporter spoke with Bean about the relevance of his Medici character today, his “mental” Curfew role and how he hopes the upcoming Lord of the Rings series and Game of Thrones prequels will provide something new and authentic for fans.

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The show, which also stars Adam Brody and Billy Zane, follows a crew of amateur drivers who gather from around the world to compete in an illegal nighttime street race. And early next year, Bean can be seen in the Sky One television series Curfew.

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