Game of Thrones introduced Brienne the Maid of Tarth in last night’s episode, “What Is Dead May Never Die.” Gwendoline Christie discusses preparing for the role and previews the journey ahead. Beware of very mild spoilers.
Speaking to Access Hollywood, Christie admits to identifying with what Brienne goes through, which she was able to channel into her performance:
It was hard too — not only being 6’3” and all of the sort of androgynous implications that that has — but to push myself further in that direction, when all of the bullying and insults that I have received, very painfully over the years — about being tall and about you know, my androgyny — that I was stepping into that. And I found it incredibly difficult, sometimes, to look at myself. But it was in service of something that was so much greater than that, that you just gotta make the best out of it really. It’s my dream job.
Brienne is one of the most popular characters on the show, and she has a very complex storyline coming up. Christie teases:
She’s got an incredibly interesting journey ahead, but I think Brienne gets to experience more of her femininity… She starts to experience more about what it is to be a woman [and] the complexity of love and all its forms,. The journey that she goes on — it’s so intense. There’s so much action, there is so much fighting that the most extraordinary situations occur. It’s full of drama and she is lumped with someone that is abusing her constantly.
And who that is may surprise you! Read the full interview with Gwendoline Christie at Access Hollywood.
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