Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has opened up on the high-profile snubbing of the show by this year’s Golden Globes nominations – and it looks like he couldn’t care less, to be honest.
The Danish actor potrayed Jamie Lannister for eight seasons on HBO’s fantasy drama, which ended it’s record-breaking this year with a final series that was lambasted by both fans and critics alike.
The furore over the final eight episodes may have harmed the show’s chances in awards season, too.
In a shocking snub, Thrones was only nominated for one Golden Globe (for Kit Harington) and the show was left out in the cold for the Best TV Drama gong, which it will now never win.
But, sometimes you have to take these things on the chin, it seems.
Speaking to Metro.co.uk at the Global Citizen Awards, Coster-Waldau was pragmatic about the perceived snub.
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‘It was such a big show, there were so many great actors, so many stories, it was always an ensemble,’ he says on no other actor being nominated for their performance aside from Harington.
‘I don’t think we can complain about getting enough attention or awards.’
The actor also admitted that he could understand why the last season ‘p***** off’ some hardcore fans.
‘I’ve travelled around the world and what’s really wonderful is how these communities have grown out of a love of this one show,’ he continued.
‘I also think that’s one of the reasons a lot of people have been p****d off is because they didn’t want it to end because is that one of the reasons I’m going to lose my friends because we’ve been hanging out…’
He added: ‘I’ve met people who have online communities around the world and it’s been about this show and now what? But then I’ve met people who have said we’re going to keep going.’
Nikolaj is not the first former Thrones cast member to speak out on the controversy either. His on-screen brother Peter Dinklage recently compared the fan backlash to ‘a bad breakup.’
‘Well, everybody’s always going to have an opinion, and that means an ownership,’ he said. ‘It’s like breaking up with somebody. They get upset.’
The Global Citizen Prize awards is set to air on Saturday 21 December at 7pm on Sky.
Game of Thrones seasons 1-8 are available to stream via NOW TV.
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