Actor Who Portrayed The Night King Recalls Challenge Of Playing Character With No Purpose

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BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND—Shedding light on the difficult process of believably portraying the Game Of Thrones villain the Night King, actor Vladimir Furdik opened up to reporters Monday about the creative challenge of playing a character with absolutely no purpose whatsoever. “The Night King was a very demanding role because all my character did was just sort of stand there, so it’s on you as the actor to sell his emotions and make up for the fact that he had no narrative function,” said Furdik, explaining that in order to really get into the Night King’s mindset, he focused on thinking about ice all day long, a strategy he developed after reading all of George R.R. Martin’s books, which provided him with no additional information on how his character actually felt or fit into the series as a whole. “I kept asking David Benioff and D.B. Weiss if the Night King was going to have any meaningful impact on the story, but they kept dodging the question and telling me to “look evil.” The scene where my character killed one of the dragons was pretty cool, and I enjoyed getting to flex my acting muscles by pretending to throw a spear. Beyond that, though, all I really did was show up to set in costume. It’s tough when your character has no arc, personality, or reason to exist.” Furdik also thanked the cast mates who played Samwell Tarly and Ser Podrick Payne for understanding first-hand the struggle of portraying characters that also had no effect on the series’ ultimate conclusion.

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villain the Night King, actor Vladimir Furdik opened up to reporters Monday about the creative challenge of playing a character with absolutely no purpose whatsoever.

 

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Just a cold heartless thin skinned really really cold guy with a crap eating smile on his face.

Imagine not having a single line to memorize, but also not having any character development 😂 He basically showed up for work, just to put on special makeup, and stare at people. WinterIsHere but didn't do much

They even recast the character for no real reason

faultyfaucet

Some have said there should have been a Jon Snow/Night King fight. They even set it up for that happening, but in the end they didn't freakin' do it. I don't know why.

The real story is not so far off. Director: 'Can you walk like you see the cake and you would like the cake? You’re looking forward to the cake.'

It is so sad that he's dead. With temperature rising above 40°C I would've invited him to my place to enjoy a little bit of snow. It is death either way 😁

Ah,much like our current president.

Hahaha

I understand that for inspiration he imagined being Vice President.

This is literally a perfect description of the Night King. A deflated balloon 🎈 of a character.

He played Bran the same way so he was magnificent in his dual roles.

You're character is 1000s of years old and, in the end, gets outwitted by a 17 year old boy

Gottem

Plus no dialogue. Just paid extra wages.

the purpose was to show us what Alolan Darth Maul would look like

I bet the Night King is Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive...

vocalrush419 itsachimp

iCotun lmao

When I think of all of the open plot holes like Varys Blue Flame!

He did have a purpose. Depleting some of Daenerys’ army (even tho it made no difference in the end, in which case it was just for tension in the following episodes.)

HeavySigh

zerohedge shadignaji 😂

He killed a dragon!

Too soon :(

His doppleganger KellyannePolls wrestles with the same

He would muse for hours on his inspiration and yet none came, before he knew it; he had to pretend he knew who the little girl killing his character was. “Why does she matter to me?” “What have I done to wrong her?” He asked himself. Alas, no inspiration came that day

zerohedge But you're forgetting, the Night King represented climate change

What's the night king from? Goosebumps?

What a visonless fool..... can't he see the potential to replace Fudgy the Whale in the Carvel empire?

LOL

Death is the enemy. The first enemy, and the last. The enemy always wins, but we still have to fight.

zerohedge Tell him to wake up to bitcoin for a real purpose in life!

Dang. 😂

RhymesWithFleek

Literally. None

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Oof

Repeats? 🙄

Nice

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