‘Hey, they were in Game of Thrones’—Where else have you seen these 50 GoT cast members?
36) ALFIE ALLEN
As Theon Greyjoy, Alfie Allen has had to play a lot of uncomfortable situations, and that was before Ramsay tortured his identity away. Speaking to to Tribune 242 in 2012, he described how he would get uncomfortable every time Theon dropped his trousers in the early days of Game of Thrones:
"I did it for a play called ‘Equus’ where I had to be (nude) on stage for about 15 minutes, but when you’re in the theatre you’re just in the moment more. I was very unconscious of the audience. But it is a bit strange when you’ve got a mic boom and stuff and there’s people there. To a degree they have a closed set, but then the directors and producers have to be there."
Allen’s screen roles include The King’s Messenger in The Other Boleyn Girl (above, 2oo8), Wheezer in Powder (2011), Iosef Tarasov in John Wick (2014, joining Thrones guest star Ian McShane, who played Brother Ray) and Wheeler in Pandemic (2016). As a little boy, he made a brief appearance as Arundel’s Son in Elizabeth (1998).
It looks like Allen has a nose for classy pictures, established early in his small role as Danny Hardman in Atonement (above, 2007). That movie was nominated for seven academy awards. He has also appeared in TV series such as Casualty 1907 (2008) and Close to the Enemy (2016).
And we can’t talk about Alfie Allen without mentioning that his sister, pop star Lily Allen, once made a music video about what a lazy git he was.
Other than Thrones, Allen has joined the cast of Shane Black’s The Predator, slated for release in 2018.