Game of Thrones was the biggest fantasy epic the world has ever seen. The show amassed record viewership and awards and is dubbed the greatest TV show of the 21st century. The series became a sensation as it moved through its eight seasons. With every season, the expectations skyrocketed. This was one of the reasons why the fanbase was divided at the end of the final season. Actress Carice van Houten, who played Melisandre on the show, talked to Collider about the same.
Van Houten explained, “It was so epic that, for a long time, I wasn’t really aware of it being that epic. I just was doing my job and having fun with my colleagues, being in this weird fantasy series that was really well-written and really new and cool. Only towards the end did I feel like it was really taking over the world and that the expectations were becoming so crazy and high.”
She continued, “It became bigger, bigger, bigger, and bigger, and I felt a bit smaller and smaller and smaller, even though people knew me more. It has definitely done good for my career, but creatively, after a certain amount of years, I just felt like I needed to go in a different direction. I loved playing her and I loved being on that show. It definitely has opened a lot of doors for me, that would probably not have been opened before or after if I hadn’t done it.”
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