Game of Thrones – Stannis Baratheon actor has tough time reflecting on performance
While speaking on this subject within a new interview with The Times of Britain, Dillane made clear many of his misgivings towards the show and subsequently his own performance as Stannis:
“I’ve flicked [the show] on [since leaving] to see if I could figure out what was going on, but I couldn’t … Liam Cunningham [Ser Davos Seaworth] is so passionate about the show. He invests in it in a way I think is quite moving, but it wasn’t my experience. I was entirely dependent on Liam to tell me what the scenes were about — I didn’t know what I was doing until we’d finished filming and it was too late. The damage had been done. I thought no one would believe in me and I was rather disheartened by the end. I felt I’d built the castle on non-existent foundations.”
The only thing in which we agree with Dillane on is the end of Stannis’ time on the show left a little bit to be desired; yet, we would argue that the rest of his time on the show was nothing short of extraordinary and he brought a lot of fire and passion to a part that he really was not all that familiar with. He clearly didn’t know the source material all that well, but sometimes that’s better and can give a fresh perspective to a character.
As hard as Dillane may be on himself for some of his scenes, one thing that we would mention is that it’s better to have a humble performer than someone absolutely convinced that they are the gift that keeps on giving. He’s obviously hard on himself, but if this is a performance that he’s not altogether proud of, we’d certainly love to see one that he thinks was a home run. How good would he be then?
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