Peter Dinklage Calls 'Game of Thrones' Cast an "Enormous Family to Be Apart Of" | Emmys 2018 - video Dailymotion

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"I was not only saying goodbye to the show but the life I had built there," Dinklage said of his last day filming the HBO series.

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00:00Do I say? What do I do? Okay.

00:05Peter. Julia Pierpon from Xinhua News of China.

00:08This has been an extraordinary ride for you.

00:11And apparently you didn't originally want to do the role.

00:15Where'd you hear that?

00:16Everybody says that.

00:17That's nonsense.

00:18No, how does that rumor get started?

00:20No, I originally didn't want to do the role.

00:24No, I had some concerns.

00:25Maybe it's filtered down into some sort of rumor that I didn't want to do it.

00:29But when I met Dave and Dan for the first time with Carolyn Strauss,

00:33another producer on the show,

00:35so many years ago in Los Angeles here,

00:39they told me about it briefly before I met them,

00:44and I came in with some concerns about this genre.

00:48Having seen many, many pieces,

00:53because I wasn't familiar with the books,

00:55so I wasn't familiar with the complexity of Tyrion at that point,

00:59because unfortunately before this character,

01:02many times people my size weren't complicated enough for me to be interested in doing it.

01:08I had done it one or two times before, and it sort of didn't, you know, grab me.

01:13But they relieved my concerns very quickly.

01:19In the back row, in the left.

01:20Peter, congratulations.

01:22It's kind of a far-traveled journey you've had from the station agent.

01:28You know, the last time I spoke with you, you were just doing indie films,

01:32and you were perfectly happy doing indie films,

01:34and now you're in one of the most successful television programs of all time.

01:38Bittersweet to find out it was coming to an end?

01:42Of course.

01:43Yeah, I had my last day on set back in July of this year.

01:48Just two months ago now.

01:50A little over two months ago.

01:52And it was very sad.

01:55This is not only a great TV show to be a part of,

01:58but it was an enormous family to be a part of.

02:01And I'm sure you've heard that before from actors,

02:05but in this case, I was far from home.

02:08I live in New York, and we shot the show over in Europe.

02:11So many times I had to stay there,

02:14and I wasn't able to go home on the weekends.

02:16And so I really developed deep roots in the community of Ireland

02:22and in some of the other countries we shot in.

02:24So it was definitely hard to say goodbye,

02:27because I wasn't saying goodbye just to the show.

02:29I was saying goodbye to a life over there.

02:31And how do you top this?

02:33How do I top Game of Thrones?

02:36Or winning an Emmy? Or everything?

02:39No.

02:40You just keep searching,

02:42hoping that the next writer you come across

02:46is equally as talented as David Benioff and Dan Weiss.

02:51Mr. Dinklage, congratulations to you.

02:54It doesn't matter.

02:55I'm nothing to look at anyway.

02:57Hey, watch that.

02:59The show had become so popular so fast.

03:03It's a major motion picture every week.

03:05Yeah.

03:06With its popularity, I know that didn't surprise a lot of people as it began to grow.

03:10But has anything in that process surprised you?

03:16About what?

03:17About the popularity?

03:18About the growth of it?

03:19About where it went?

03:20Yeah, it's always very surprising.

03:22Oftentimes, the things I love being a part of, the movies I make, that I'm very proud of,

03:28nobody ends up seeing.

03:30Because they're indie movies and we struggle to find audiences for them.

03:35But this had that same feeling, but on a grander scale.

03:40And I absolutely adored this character and the stories we were telling.

03:45So it's just so beautiful when other people feel the same thing you do.

03:51Last question here on the right.

03:53Hi there, Peter.

03:54Angela Bishop from Network 10 Australia.

03:56G'day.

03:57Hello.

03:58You came down under a few years ago to make one of your films,

04:01I Love You Too with Pete Hellyer and I thought it was magical.

04:05Now that Game of Thrones is done, would you consider coming back and making another one?

04:10On my way.

04:11On your way?

04:12I love that man.

04:13You love that man?

04:14Yeah, I do.

04:15So we could get you back down under in a flash.

04:17Anytime.

04:18Okay.

04:19You want to promise?

04:20Yes, I will commit to that promise.

04:22Thank you, Peter.

04:23Congratulations.

Peter Dinklage Calls 'Game of Thrones' Cast an "Enormous Family to Be Apart Of" | Emmys 2018

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