'Game of Thrones Season 8': Iain Glen reveals how Jorah Mormont will deal with Daenerys Targaryen's new lover Jon Snow
In an interview, 'Game of Thrones' actor Iain Glen reveals how his character Jorah Mormont will deal with Daenerys Targaryen's new lover Jon Snow.
Less than 24 hours are left for the season 8 premiere of much-awaited show Game of Thrones. The fantasy show is in its final season and people can't wait to know the fact of the characters that are left alive. Apart from several leading characters namely Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Tyrion Lannister, Sansa Stark, Arya Stark among others, there are many supporting characters as well. One of the most important characters is Ser Jorah Mormont.
The character of Jorah is played by Scottish actor Iain Glen and his maximum scenes on the show are with Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) and Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister).
During an interview, Iain was asked about the grand table read of Game of Thrones where everyone found out what happened to everyone else. To which he stated, "It was amazing actually. We'd never done it before. This was the first time all six episodes were read at once. We all sat around one enormous table with all the directors there, all the heads of department. We read it from beginning to end over the course of two days. It was just a really unifying experience and very moving. When you hear it read by mostly the people doing the roles, you do get a lovely arc and you do hear the story. Also, even with Bryan's reading all the stage directions, you got a sense of the impossibility of what it was that we were trying to shoot. Then, jump cut two months later and you see what's being prepared and what's been done and you can’t believe it."
On being quizzed about the framed storyboard, he received as a gift, Glen replied, "It was the gladiatorial sequence in the Great Pit of Meereen in front of Daenerys. It was very beautifully done. It's like you fast track a story of arriving, surprise, fighting, nearly dying, saving the day. Then there were some very sweet words on the back from David and Dan."
Game of Thrones season 8 will air on Star World from April 16, 2019, at 10 pm.
Here are a few excerpts from Iain Glen's interview: