On Monday’s (March 18) “Game of Thrones” premiere red carpet in Hollywood, I had short conversations with many of the show’s stars.
You’ve already seen my interviews with Rose Leslie and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, which only ran around two minutes apiece.
Somehow, I ended up getting a meatier seven minutes with franchise author George R.R. Martin, which was good because the “Song of Ice and Fire” scribe was in a thoughtful mood, starting right off the top with a simple-silly question asking him to play favorites with the books in his series.
In this conversation, Martin discusses the changing nature of TV from the more procedural-driven format he had to work in back in the ’80s to its more serialized permutations now. He also talks about the pleasure of writing last season’s “Blackwater” episode and seeing that epic battle brought to the screen. He also talks about what drew him to the episode he wrote in Season 3.
It’s a good chat.
“Game of Thrones” returns to HBO on Sunday, March 31.