Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
He hasn’t watched “House of the Dragon”.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau was one of the stars of “Game of Thrones”.
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While many Game of Thrones fans have diligently watched House of the Dragon, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has avoided the series.
Like his “Game of Thrones” colleague Emilia Clarke (36), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (52) cannot watch the prequel series “House of the Dragon”. “One day it started and I saw the opening credits. And it was a bit strange because it was the same music”, he explained in an interview with “Entertainment Weekly”.
The opening sequence was also “somehow similar” to “Game of Thrones”, said Coster-Waldau. “I thought, ‘Ah, that’s too early, too early.'” However, Jaime Lannister’s actor does not believe that he will completely avoid the prequel, which takes place almost 200 years before the events of “GoT”, in the future. “I’ll wait. I’ll wait a few seasons and then I can watch it […].” But he knows that many fans have fallen in love with the new series and are happy about it.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau played Jaime Lannister in 55 episodes from 2011 to 2019. The Dane was nominated for a number of awards for his performance, including two Emmys.
Still “too strange” for Emilia Clarke
Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen on GoT, had a similar explanation earlier this year for not having seen House of the Dragon herself. It still feels “too strange” at least for the moment she revealed to “Variety” in an interview.