Nikolaj Coster-Waldau talks Game of Thrones memories with Kelly Clarkson
By Dan Selcke
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) misses his friends from Game of Thrones, but doesn’t sound like he’d return. “I think we’ve told the story.”
Game of Thrones veteran Nikolaj Coster-Waldau stopped by The Kelly Clarkson Show, which has gone virtual like every other talk show during the pandemic, to talk about his new movie, Game of Thrones memories, and more. “Remember when Game of Thrones was on and we all had lives and we saw each other?” Clarkson asks at the top. Barely.
Check out their conversation below:
“I miss my friends, right?” Coster-Waldau said of his time in Westeros. “So you spend eight, nine years, almost 10 years together…you make friendships. So I miss them.”
Coster-Waldau has particular memories of the younger cast members like Sophie Turner (Sansa) and Maisie Williams (Arya). “They were kids when they started out. You have this whole growth…They became young adults on that show. It’s an incredible, intense experience. Also, when the show becomes as successful as it did, that’s a whole different challenge, if you will. But inside the bubble, it was always a bit of 2fun.”
On the other hand, he thinks the actual narrative arc of the series is complete. “I think we’ve told the story,” he said. “The story was over.” I’m guessing that means he wouldn’t be up to return to the role of Jaime in a prequel or something.
Coster-Waldau touched on some other topics, including his role in the new movie The Silencing, where he plays a hunter looking to get justice for his murdered daughter, and his work as a UN Goodwill Ambassador focusing on preventing climate change.
“When these disasters strike, they strike us all,” Coster-Waldau said, comparing our current COVID-19 situation to the threat posed by climate change. “We’ve known about this for a long time…And we still have time, but we’re running out of it, to do something about it, to change our ways. And I have this hope…that our leaders also have learned something from this, that when they talk to us as grown-ups, when they take the science, the facts, and pass on that information to us, then we will react accordingly and we can actually do something and we can make change on a large scale.”
Finally, just for fun, Clarkson also asked Coster-Waldau to teach her some Danish. Both the food and the language are involved:
The Silencing will be available on demand this Friday, August 14.
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