We only have just over a month to wait for Season 5 of HBO’s epic fantasy series Game of Thrones to return to our screens and one of the new cast members joining us for the ride this time around is legendary Welsh thespian Jonathan Pryce (Brazil, Evita).
Pryce recently spoke about his role in the upcoming season and the veteran actor admitted that he wasn’t a fan of “swords and sorcery” type TV shows or movies and that he only got involved after reading the scripts and realising that his character ends up being very influential to the whole story.
“If the role hadn’t been what it turned out to be for High Sparrow, I probably would not have been involved…I remember starting out and my agent said ‘does the character change the situation or is he just a functionary’ and this character changes the situation.”
Despite having no previous knowledge of the show or the books Pryce was very pleased to be apart of Game of Thrones and revealed, “Once I started work on Games Of Thrones I was incredibly impressed with the organisation, the crew and they’re really good at their job and story telling so I have become a fan of the show.”
Pryce will play a character known only as the High Sparrow, the leader of a religious zealot group who convene in King’s Landing and are sworn to the Faith of the Seven. He has been described as being an old, thin man with a strong devotion to his faith who has walked all over the realm performing the traditional duties of a Septon.
Game of Thrones Season 5 will premiere on April 12th
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Originally published March 4, 2015. Updated April 13, 2018.
