2018年8月7日星期二

Video: Gwendoline Christie looks back on the early days of Brienne of Tarth

Gwendoline Christie offers played the fiercely loyal Brienne of Tarth on Game of Thrones since 2012. Since then, Brienne served as a Kingsguard, swore an oath of loyalty to Catelyn Stark, escorted Jaime Lannister to King’s Landing, beat The Hound in a brutal battle, executed Stannis Baratheon, entered the services of Sansa Stark and represented the Lady of Winterfell at the Dragonpit summit. black panther cosplay costume

And if it wasn’t for a friend telling Christie that enthusiasts were talking about her for the function on forums, Christie may never have gotten to experience any of that. Speaking to BAFTA Guru, she talks about her audition process, learning to become Brienne and what she learned from her co-stars.

“A friend told me in 2011 that there was something written about me on the internet being in an HBO show,” she says. “So I looked it up - I’d never done anything like that before - and I saw all of these incredible enthusiast forums offering my name.” A bit of googling afterwards, and she was fascinated:

And that really blew my mind. The idea that there might be this portrayal of a woman in mainstream entertainment who was entirely unconventional, who was simply physically very strong, but that wasn’t the the majority of interesting matter about her. The most interesting thing about her is certainly that that is coupled with an severe sensitivity and vulnerability. And whilst she was achieving these huge and impressive and deeply physical feats, that she is slowly developing as a person, as a female, and as a individual. It’s like a sort of rite of passage that she goes through. And also it did examine what it is to end up being unconventional, particularly as a woman within society. What interested me the many, which George R.R. Martin did so brilliantly and David and Dan have done wonderfully, is that it was about overcoming the obstacle. It wasn’t just about being mocked for being outside of culture. It was about overcoming that obstacle and changing attitudes, and that made me want to enjoy the part so badly. once upon a time cosplay costumes

Christie read the Music of Ice and Fire novels through A Storm of Swords. She also skilled physically, all in preparation for her initial audition. Her second audition lasted about five minutes. “I thought, ‘okay therefore I’ve got that or that just went so so badly, so therefore badly.”

Of training course she got the component, and quickly began learning how to sword combat under stuntman C.C. Smith. “We worked on the way I walked, just how I held my body…I was able to achieve things I by no means thought I could, like fighting a man that’s 6’7” and weighs 22 stone. Sorry, Rory.”

This all happened before Game of Thrones was the global phenomena it really is now, back when it sensed like “a group of actors thrown together all working hard to craft the scenes…to really work this drama and make that come to life.”

The writing has been absolutely incredible and I feel really privileged to have played that part and to have received that kind of writing to work with. The storyline with Jaime Lannister provides been incredible. The moments I’ve loved best have been my scenes with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, because he’s taught me so much about acting…generally how not to do it. No, I’m joking. daredevil costume cosplay

We agree…about the Jaime-Brienne stuff getting terrific, not Coster-Waldau being a good example of how not to act. “I think the bathtub scene was an amazing scene,” she says. “Actually to get watch Nikolaj’s work at such close quarters also to leave myself open and really be deeply affected by that efficiency. Also fighting the bear. Also fighting the Hound.”

BAFTA needles Christie about what she hasn’t liked about making the display, but she seems reticent to complain, saying only that she’s “hugely lucky to did such a thing…[I]t has changed my life. That sort of overrides everything else, because you’re aware of how privileged you are to be in that position.” She admits that the physical work can be challenging, because how could it not be, “but appearance at what it makes. So no complaints.”

没有评论:

发表评论