The year 2023 has been proving itself to be quite fruitful for Game of Thrones celebrities, as well as Game of Thrones fans. For one, our beloved actors from the show are grabbing some of the most sought-after roles in the industry, and the fans are getting one spinoff after the other. Richard Madden, who played Robb Stark on Game of Thrones, will be starring in one of the most expensive TV shows in history, but he never forgot his roots.
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Richard Madden feels detached from Game of Thrones
Madden spoke to RadioTimes.com at the premiere of Citadel, and said, “I feel very detached from it now, it was so long ago. I feel like it’s a character I’ve watched die quite a few times because often journalists ask me to rewatch it!”
Richard Madden has fond memories of filming The Red Wedding
In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Madden remembered, “I still have fond memories of that whole experience. I mean, not that particular scene, but the whole experience I have fond memories of. It’s nice to be back into recurring series drama where you get so much time to tell a story, and the you get these huge payoffs like [the Red Wedding.] Three seasons deep, we got to have this horrible death with characters that you’re invested in. I think that’s our ambition [with Citadel] too, to create a huge world and get to know these people well.”
Richard Madden thinks Priyanka Chopra can play Daenerys
In a recent interview with India Today on his promotional tour for his upcoming TV show Citadel, Madden was asked to assign his co-star Priyanka Chopra a Game of Thrones role. His immediate response was “Daenerys Targaryen“. He explained his choice saying it was because “she is so powerful”.
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