Can you tell us anything about the third episode of School of Thrones?
Prom night is here and I have two words. Dance off.
How was filming School of Thrones different from some of the other webseries or television shows that you’ve filmed?
It’s an awesome experience. It was different in that I know Game of Thrones and I watch Game of Thrones so I already knew who the character was. I think putting him in high school has changed things up a lot. The production was great and had awesome people involved. We had to film a whole lot in a little amount of time which is normal in the web world and we did it. I didn’t know how big it was going to get. I really didn’t it. I was kind of worried. “Oh gosh, are Game of Thrones fans going to like it?” But I knew when we were making it it was going to be good. I was just worried about Game of Thrones fans thinking, “This is dumb. This is high school. I don’t get it.”
But they’ve been pretty receptive to it, it seems with the official Game of Thrones account tweeting about the first episode.
Yeah that was really cool and a couple of Game of Thrones actors tweeted it as well. That’s awesome.
School of Thrones has only been slated for three episodes, how much more difficult was it to concretely develop characters in three episodes versus 90-something episodes?
Totally different. Because going into School of Thrones all I knew is that I had three episodes and you are Young Stannis. Here’s your arc and that’s about it. We don’t know what’s going to happen after that. I had my idea of who Stannis was in my head, mostly it’s the relationship with my brother Renly. I think Brendan and I did a great job together making it happen. I had a lot of time with Mr. Collins and develop him over the course of a few months. That’s always amazing. You don’t get the opportunity to do that that much as actor to take a character and have him for so long. That was a blessing with that entire series.
What preconceived opinions did you have about Stannis going in? Was he your favorite character?
He’s not my favorite character. My favorite character is Arya who is not in our show actually. I’m assuming she will be down the road if we get to film more. I’m interested to see what happens because there are a bunch of characters that they did leave in these three episodes. It’s going to be interesting to see how the writers develop it from here. I like our brotherly relationship going on because it’s a lot of fun. Obviously it’s different from the show and I don’t want to give anything away from the show. It’s different because we’re in high school.
Will Melisandre and Stannis have a moment in the third episode or will she forever pine for him?
Guess we’ll have to watch on Prom Night.
How has it been playing two iconic characters? Do you prefer to do adaptations?
I don’t think I have a preference. In an adaptation you still get to be original. You do have a preconceived notion of who the character is because you’ve read him or seen him before. Given the setting that you’re given on the show that I’m on, it changes everything really. You get to create your own take on that character. It’s kind of neat actually. It’s a nice challenge because you’re taking someone that people already know and you’re making him your own. It’s cool to see the reactions to your spin on a character. I love it. It’s some great fun to do adaptations.
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