John Bradley chats with THR at the BAFTA Tea Party and dishes on his career after 'Game of Thrones' with '3 Body Problem' and shared the last text he sent co-star Benedict Wong.
00:00How does it feel heading into this weekend? Is it just like all celebratory?
00:05Is it just like kind of like run and gun, no time to relax? How are you feeling?
00:09It's a pretty intense couple of days. I landed from England on Thursday night and I leave again on Monday morning.
00:15So yeah, so the weekend's a kind of concentrated thing. You don't really get a chance to stop for breath.
00:21But just to be part of the buzz of it and the energy of it and kind of plunk yourself into it for a few days,
00:27it's really, really exciting and I'm just thrilled to be here and thrilled to feel part of this amazing community of talent.
00:35I heard that this party, though, is one of the best parties of the weekend.
00:39So what do you think makes the Baptist Tea Party so fun? Is it just that the Brits have more fun?
00:45Well, speaking for myself, no. But yeah, I love this one.
00:49There's something about it being the daytime and there's something about it being a bit less formal.
00:54You know, people are dressed a bit less formal and, you know, it's usually outdoors and in nice weather.
00:59It feels a bit like a kind of, there's more of a kind of barbecue-y afternoon type of feel to it.
01:04It's a bit less stuffy and a bit less formal and people can just be a bit more relaxed, I think.
01:08And I think that's why people love this one.
01:10I know you recently talked about being a part of Three Body Problem and how you kind of felt limited before then,
01:15after your time at Game of Thrones in terms of the characters and roles that you were being offered.
01:19So how would you say that's sort of changed now by being a part of Three Body Problem and kind of going forward?
01:25Well, I think that the great thing about my part in Three Body Problem is that I don't think it could have been given to me by anybody who didn't know me really well.
01:32I think that once you play a certain part for a number of years, especially if it's your first role, people think that's what you're like.
01:39But it turns out I'm quite different from the character that I played in Game of Thrones.
01:43And it's only because David and Dan knew me so well that they knew that I could do other stuff, so they gave me this chance.
01:49And, yeah, it's been a bit of a reset, and I'm kind of looking forward to playing characters that are a bit more light and a bit more confident and a bit more comfortable with themselves.
01:58And, yeah, we'll just see what that brings.
01:59But, yeah, it's like a nice reset.
02:01They've kind of changed my whole career once for Game of Thrones, and it feels like they've kind of changed it all over again.
02:06I love that.
02:07Well, since we are at a tea party, I'm going to have you spill the tea on a few things.
02:10Can you spill the tea on the best thing you've seen on TV this year?
02:15Oh, well, I think the thing that came out of the blue and took everybody by surprise was Baby Reindeer this year.
02:21In terms of, you know, it wasn't a big, hard launch.
02:26There wasn't, like, a lot of publicity around it.
02:28It was just a real word-of-mouth success.
02:31You heard people talking.
02:32You saw people on social media talking about it, heard people talking about it, and it became one of the biggest hits of the year.
02:37And I think it's a great testament to you don't need an enormous budget.
02:42You don't even need, like, star power in it.
02:45If the story and the writing's good enough, they'll make those people into stars, and I'm so delighted for everybody in it.
02:50What's a show that you would love to guest star on?
02:53Well, up until it finished last year, it would have been Succession.
02:57There's just something about that show that had a unique kind of flavor to it, and it was kind of from an individual perspective.
03:08So I would have loved to have been in that at some point.
03:10And finally, who is the last person from the Three Body Problem cast that you texted, and what did you say?
03:16I texted Benedict Wong about 30 seconds ago, because he's supposed to be joining me here in a second, and he's running late.
03:23I'm not going to tell you what it said.
03:25It might not be suitable for whatever platform this is, but he's on his way.
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