NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 29: Actress Emilia Clarke attends the “Last Christmas” New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on October 29, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)
Even as the pandemic rages on, Game of Thrones stars are finding ways to keep themselves busy. These are their stories.
First up, Sean Bean has scored a new gig, or rather he’s continuing with an old one. The man who played Ned Stark was the narrator for the video game Civilization VI, which came out in 2016. Now, he’s returning to lend his voice to a multiplayer feature called Red Death, his dulcet tones leading you through history to victory or defeat:
Next up, Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) will be getting out there at the Edinburgh TV Festival, which will “look to dissect the TV industry and debate the many challenges facing producers in the current climate,” per The Herald. It’ll be digital-only this year, of course, with Clarke participating from the safety of her coronavirus-free home. She’ll be taking part in a conversation with Paul Feig, who directed her in the rom-com Last Christmas,
If you’re looking to get some culture, the National Theater has uploaded a full performance of a 2019 production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, starring none other than Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth), who plays both Titania, the queen of the fairies, and Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons:
I think we can all agree that Gwendoline Christie is a good fit as a queen. And two are even better. You can watch her performance in A Midsummer Night’s Dream through July 2, when it will vanish from YouTube.
And finally, John Bradley (Sam Tarly) contemplates having a mustache:
“I look like a cuckolded husband from the 50s.” So is he happy with it…?
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