You want me to insult you?

Who gave him the right to look like this?

[ 9.19.2019 arriving at Jimmy Kimmel Live ]

OH SHE DRAWS RESPONSES ALRIGHT!

I really wanted the possibility of the opportunity, as a testament to the character.

...and also I worked really hard...

I don’t think anyone on earth thought it would happen! And it has.

And it has and it’s genuinely one of the best things that’s ever happened to me in my life.

HER OVERWHELMED VOICE THOUGH!!

g - o - d - d - e - s - s        in feathers Ruven Afanador photoshoot for People

                        ++ BONUS ++                                  Can you hear her laughter?

About being emotional on the set of the final season of Game of Thrones

I didn’t suscribe to it at all during shooting. I stayed focused on trying to bring something to life. […] It was only when it got to the last day of the Winterfell shoot, which was my last day of shooting in Belfast, where it bubbled up. It was also the scene in which Jaime and Brienne part for the last time.

About the parting scene between Brienne and Jaime

When I read that scene, I felt incredibly upset about it on the character’s behalf. […] It was a brillian scene. Nikolaj and I had worked on the relationship between Brienne and Jaime for seven years, and I knew we were going to thouroughly enjoy playing that out. I did feel angry for the character in that moment, but what was brilliant is that she goes straight back to work, and ultimately, she supersedes her ambition.

About Brienne and Jaime consummating their relationship

I liked that Brienne elects to have that experience. It was a very deliberate moment where she chose to activate the sexual experience. […] I think it was good for her to allow herself to be emotional. She allows herself to display it. It doesn’t make her any weaker just because she is capable of feeling great pain. […] I’ve actually always felt that Brienne lives in a rich and sensitive emotional world.

Deadline Hollywood | AwardsLine | August 2019

His jawline is a work of art

I am almost embarrassed to admit how hard I’ve worked to make it work and to overcome my own insecurities in playing the part. I couldn’t be more delighted that people have enjoyed it, you know? And, yes, from the beginning I have told myself, ‘This is going to end; don’t let it hurt you too much.’ I adore the character, but the exploration and creation of (Brienne) has taught me so much about examining myself, society, patriarchal constraints – all those unconscious things that many of us are programmed with. It’s been a really invigorating experience, and that’s a gift. I’ve had a gift and now that’s ended. (But) I was lucky to ever have it at all.

Society seemed to be having a dialogue with me about the way that I looked – I mean, society has so much of a dialogue about how so many people look – so it interested me to make deliberate choices in how I presented myself and what I wore to continue that dialogue. To present an extremely feminised image. But I knew in the recesses of my heart that this was about fear (and) wanting to be accepted. I was hiding a lot. (Playing Brienne), I (knew I) would have to embrace myself in an entirely different way than before. It was about enhancing all the things I was ashamed of. Entering into that shame, exploring what it meant and applying it in the best possible way to the story, letting go of my vanity. The vanity, which was covering up the shame. It can be very difficult to play a character that society says is physically ugly because it feels like a rejection, like all of the things you feel insecure about (are) enhanced, telling you that you are no good. But the amazing thing is that people love the character.