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Ian Anthony Dale Joins TNT 'Murder' By Nellie Andreeva May 24. 2013 Ian Anthony Dale (The Hangover, NBC’s The Event) has joined the cast of TNT’s drama pilot Murder In The First as a series regular. Co-created by Steven Bochco and Eric Lodal, the project is a murder mystery that centers on San Fransisco PD homicide detectives Terry Seagrave (Taye Diggs) and Hildy Mulligan (Kathleen Robertson), as they take on a case that seems more like a maze. Dale will play Lieutenant Jim Koto, a no-nonsense homicide police lieutenant with movie star good looks who is Hildy and Terry’s superior. The actor, repped by A Management, Kohner Agency and Derek Kroeger, is recurring on CBS’ Hawaii Five-O as Adam Noshimuri, son to head of the Yakuza and boyfriend of Five-O officer Kono Kalakaua (Grace Park). www.deadline.com

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Rob James-Collier: Downton Abbey Is All From The Eyes, Love Life Means Loosening Up October 3, 2012 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk Rob James-Collier has admitted he's enjoyed playing a more "likeable" character in a new TV drama. The former Corrie actor has won a legion of fans playing Machiavellian gay footman Thomas in hit ITV show Downton Abbey. Now, in his first lead role since Downton began, Rob plays 30-something builder Joe, who returns from his travels to find out his ex-girlfriend is pregnant after an affair, and who has to decide if he should step in to support her. He admitted his latest role was a bit of a change from period drama. "It was weird because for the last year-and-a-half I've been schooled to keep my hands down by my side," he said. "You have to completely neutralise your body language for Downton and it's all very much from the eyes. So when it comes to doing something contemporary, the shackles are off and you're free to express yourself. "It was also nice to show something completely different from the dark character I play in Downton." He's been offered similarly dark roles, but admitted he and his agent had cooked up a plan to pick something "completely worlds away from Thomas" to avoid being too typecast. As for what Thomas gets up to in the third series of Downton, he's sworn to silence. Rob said: "He's definitely the same old guy, maybe he gets involved in a little bit of a relationship, but we'll have to wait and see. I want to talk about it, but Julian Fellowes will knock on my door and say 'What are you doing spoiling storylines?' "Particularly the one about the flying saucer coming to Downton, I can't give that one away - it's a pearl of a story."

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'Hannibal' review: Hugh Dancy and killer visuals power NBC's new drama By Rick Porter April 4, 2013 http://blog.zap2it.com NBC's "Hannibal" is a beautifully executed television show. It's anchored by several great performances, and it's among the more distinctive and gorgeously filmed shows on the air right now. And I'm not sure I can watch it beyond the five episodes NBC sent out for review. More on that in a few paragraphs. First, though, the "beautifully executed" part. "Hannibal," which premieres Thursday (April 4), is a prequel of sorts to "Red Dragon," Thomas Harris' first novel featuring Dr. Hannibal Lecter (although the show is set in the present). It centers on the doctor's (Mads Mikkelsen, "Casino Royale") relationship with Will Graham (Hugh Dancy), an FBI consultant with an uncanny ability to get inside the heads of serial killers. Will's empathy has taken a heavy toll on his mental state, but a new and particularly disturbing case brings him back into the field at the behest of Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne), the head of the bureau's Behavioral Sciences Unit. Crawford also enlists Lecter to help with the case, but mostly to keep an eye on Will and make sure he stays stable. We, of course, know that Lecter is himself a killer, but as far as anyone on screen knows at the moment, he's just another brilliant mind helping out the FBI. Dancy ("The Big C") and Mikkelsen are both superb in their roles. As Dancy plays him, Graham is a jangly, jumpy bundle of neuroses, prone to vivid dreams about his subjects and doubts about his own worth to the FBI. You can virtually feel him trying, not always successfully, to hold himself together. Mikkelsen, meanwhile, is the picture of calm, never raising his voice or making a rash move, even though you can tell his mind is a step or two ahead of everyone else's. Fishburne, too, raises Jack Crawford a couple steps above the typical crime-show authority figure. (It's not easy, incidentally, to divorce Hannibal Lecter from Anthony Hopkins, who played him so indelibly in three movies. It may take a bit for fans of "Silence of the Lambs" et al to get used to Mikkelsen's read on the character, but his performance is very strong in its own right.) Creator Bryan Fuller and his team also deliver one of the richest visual experiences you'll see. "Hannibal" is pretty much the opposite of Fuller's "Pushing Daisies" in tone and in subject matter, but his flair for a great image remains. Red is everywhere in "Hannibal," but for the most part it's not lurid, jump-off-the-screen crimson, and there's a twilight, late-winter quality to the light in many scenes that fits the brooding tone perfectly. So why, after praising the show for several hundred words, would I decide not to watch a gorgeous-looking, intriguing, well-made show? It has to do in part with the violence in "Hannibal," and in part with the larger world of pop culture, and in part with personal things. No one would expect a show about Hannibal Lecter not to contain some violence, and "Hannibal" does indeed deliver, often in baroque fashion: bodies impaled, bodies flayed, bodies used as mushroom incubators. To its credit, though, "Hannibal" is as much about the effect seeing that much death has on Will as it is about the killings themselves. Violent images have never made me physically squeamish, and they still don't. That's not where my unease lies. Nor does it lie in the idea that depictions of violence in media can cause or influence real-world violence -- I don't think it's that simple. What did turn me off a bit in the first couple episodes of "Hannibal" was the victims were all young women. That is of course a well-worn trope in everything from crime dramas to slasher movies, but it's one I've become hyper-aware of since becoming the father of a girl a year ago. The subtext in these episodes, or in any number of "Criminal Minds" episodes or "The Following" or "Last House on the Left," is that the life of a young woman is cheap, and that's not a message I want my daughter to take in as she grows up. That's obviously a very personal thing, and I recognize it has little to do with how well "Hannibal" is made or how anyone reading this review might respond to the show. But it is how I responded to the show, as otherwise interesting as it may be. "Hannibal" airs at 10 p.m. ET Thursday on NBC.

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'Grimm' Season 3 teases: David Giuntoli on zombie Nick and James Frain being next season's Big Bad By Terry Schwartz May 22, 2013 http://blog.zap2it.com "Grimm" might have ended on a massive cliffhanger in its Season 2 finale "Goodnight, Sweet Grimm," but at least fans can expect the series to pick up from where it left off when it returns in the fall with Season 3. At least, that's what series star David Giuntoli says to expect. There are a lot of loose ends left to be resolved in the current storyline, and Giuntoli is as clueless as everyone else as to how they'll all tie up next season. Still, he took the time to talk to Zap2it about what his Season 3 wishlist is, what he thinks of Nick's newly open relationship with Juliette and who he would like to see as Season 3's Big Bad. Zap2it: When fans first heard that a character was going to die in the finale, I don't think any of them expected it to be Nick. David Giuntoli: I would agree. Yeah, that's why I liked teasing it. It wasn't a fib because I'm not quite dead, but I think my heart stopped so maybe technically I wasn't lying. Do you expect Season 3 to pick up right where Season 2 ended? I would imagine so. I mean, I have to come back with the same haircut and the same exact weight just to make it seem like the three months hadn't passed between the finale and the premiere. I would imagine it picks up right where we started. I have no idea, honestly, where this is going to go. I don't know if it's going to go to Europe -- there's been talk of that. I don't know how I'm going to get saved. We know the process by which a zombie gets jolted back to life, and it takes the Scooby Gang to jab some needles into my stomach. I don't know how they're going to do that if I'm getting shipped off to Europe. Do you think that the primary conflict early next season is just going to be about finding Nick since they already have the antidote for the zombies? How would you like to see the plot get more complicated than that, if at all? I mean, I know that I'm probably going through the whole zombie thing where I go apesh** and get very violent. I can't imagine I can get out of that on my own. What I'm really curious to see is whose side Captain Renard is going to fall on. I'm not fully sold that he's just on the side of the Grimm, on the Scooby Gang side. I feel like his intentions are devious and I don't trust the guy yet. But he doesn't quite trust Eric either. Do you think he would be so quick to turn on Nick when they've had this sort of alliance in the past few episodes? Well, he tried to kill my aunt very recently, so I just don't know where he always lands. Nick doesn't trust him really. We all work together for the time being, but we're not buds. We're not like Monroe and Hank. He's not part of the Scooby Gang, as far as I'm concerned. This zombie twist could have some good consequences for you; you could get to spend the next episode or two lying in a coffin. In a coma? That would be great. The only downside is I've seen the zombies freak out and they all lose their voice at the end of those scenes, and they all have to wear these eye-sized contact lenses. The contact lens is the size of a silver dollar and it's not very comfortable to live in, but it would be nice to go dormant for an entire eight-day shoot. Are you looking forward to getting to play the zombie side of Nick? One of the great things about "Grimm," and a lot of our guest stars have said this, is you come in and you get to do something that you're never going to do again in your entire career. I've been blinded, I've fought blind -- for one episode, I'm blind. I think that's kind of rare. I've been under the spell of a muse so I was sexually just driven to kill for this woman a couple episodes back. It is fun as an actor to get to kind of do these very out there momentary roles. ... I'm definitely looking forward to playing a zombie for a little while an seeing where this storyline takes us. Beyond just this big cliffhanger, there were a lot of storylines left up in the air at the end of Season 2. Do you think that Eric is going to end up being the Big Bad in Season 3 since James Frain has done such a good job with him so far? Oh, I can imagine that. We love James and the work he does on the show. We would be all very happy if he was the Big Bad for Season 3. Do you think that the zombie storyline will take more than just an episode or two to be wrapped up at the beginning of the season? I would certainly think that the zombie story arc will go on for more than two episodes. I know that we would love to have Reg E. Cathey, who plays the Cracher-Mortel, for as long as we can. I think the zombie storyline won't go on for the entire next season, but we can expect it to last for a while. We have some great actors involved in this storyline, so it would be a shame to have them go so soon. It also must be exciting for you that Juliette finally has knowledge of the Wesen world. Was that a nice change for you? Yeah, I'm kind of shocked that she took it so well. She's been through so much and kind of at my doing. I sort of put her through all these horrible things because I just didn't want to tell her because I thought she might leave me. It was a pretty weak move on Nick's part to not tell her, and the fact that she's so willing to stand by my side was shocking. I am always thrilled to get to work with Bitsie Tulloch. I think every character gets elevated once they're kind of in the know. We've already seen a completely different side of her. Do you think she's going to get completely in on the Wesen action like Monroe and Rosalee? I would hope so. She deserves it. I mean, she's had some very difficult things to play throughout the last couple seasons and I think it's more rewarding as an actor to kind of get to be part of it and become a far more active member of the crime fighting team. She's a veterinarian after all; how perfect does that fit into her storyline? Has Bitsie been itching to get involved in some of the stunt-driven action in the show? I'm sure. She would work two days an episode, which is actually kind of lovely, but I think we can see Bitsie's schedule getting a little more filled next season. Bree Turner recently said she is excited for some Juliette and Rosalee girl power next season. That's true. Yes, some girl power. Some sexy girl power -- of course I had to make it sexy girl power. It couldn't just be girl power. ... They pillow fight Wesen. It's what the fans want. Speaking of what the fans want, I got to interview Reggie Lee recently and we started talking about what would happen if Sergeant Wu ever found out about the Wesen world. Do you think it's inevitable, since he's sort of the last one to know? I don't know how long they're going to keep him in the dark. I mean, it's only him, isn't it? Listen, I don't know how long he's going to be in the dark. I think there's something fun about keeping someone in the dark, especially Wu because he's so good with what he does. But I will say I cannot wait to see the moment where he finds out. He's such a fantastic actor and I know it's going to be so understated and filled with personality. That guy, he makes it look easy. I mean, he is a wonderful actor, so I can't wait to see that moment. It's going to be brilliant. Looking back at Season 2, what was your favorite storyline to get to be a part of? Boy. What was my favorite storyline? I really liked the muse episode because I got to be something so different for that, but my favorite storyline would be moving into Monroe's attic. I thought it was such a cool dynamic and I walk in a few times when I shouldn't and it kind of underscores our relationship that he'd give me his attic. Our grandparents were beheading each other, and now we're cool. I really enjoyed the Monroe and Nick in the attic storyline. It's my favorite. In terms of the overarching storylines that have developed in Seasons 1 and 2, what would you like to see touched on in Season 3? I would love to go to Europe and see what happens over there. I mean, there's been talk of possibly going over there. I would love to finally see what the key holds, what it leads to. I would love to resolve that. I would love to have my mom back in the mix. I would also just love to see, as we said, I would love to see Wu find out about everything. I would love the precinct to become this underground, crime-fighting cops-during-the-day, evil-crime-fighters-at-night kind of thing. So how can you top this Season 2 finale going forward? I don't know. We just raise the stakes constantly. I have no idea how we can. The thing about "Grimm," it's one of those shows where rules get written as the seasons go on, so it's very hard for me to even speculate as to how we can top Season 2, but that's kind of the joy about "Grimm." All you have to do is read about it in a book and it could come true.

'Game of Thrones' Kit Harington on Jon Snow's Wet-and-Wild Moment By Jennifer Vineyard 4/29/13 http://www.vulture.com To become a brother of the Night's Watch, Jon Snow swore an oath that included a vow of celibacy; now, in order to prove he's no longer a crow and show that he's on the side of the wildlings beyond the Wall, he has to forsake those vows. The best way to do that, other than giving up crucial defense info? Have sex with Ygritte. "We shouldn't," he tells her. "We should," she insists. And so in last night's episode, in one of the more romantic sex scenes on Game of Thrones thus far (cue the waterfall), Jon Snow finally loses his virginity. (Remember, as Jon once told Sam, he nearly did it with the prostitute Ros, until he thought better of potentially fathering a bastard child). Kit Harington, who plays Snow, chatted with Vulture about magic, his "cursed hair," and his long-awaited sex scene. How's your foot? When we ran into each other at New York Comic Con, you were injured. I was still limping then, wasn't I? Being wheeled around in a chair. It's much better. I finished physiotherapy and it's completely healed. And it only infringed on my scenes a teeny bit, but not as much as you might think, because we were able to shuffle some of the scenes. It could have been a lot worse. Most of my stuff, I could do, although I did have to use a body double for certain bits early on. But I could do my fight scenes and everything. Don't tell me you used a body double with Ygritte! [Laughs] No, not with her. Mainly, early on, when my foot was still bad, for the wide shots, when there were running scenes. But apart from that, I could do everything. And that was a lovely scene to film, with Rose Leslie. It's one of the rare moments in the series where you get quite a tender, happy moment between two people. We were looking forward to filming it, because it was so beautifully written, and then when we did it, it's so beautifully lit. I enjoyed it a lot, and it wasn't too awkward. I think Jon's the only one on the show who hasn't had sex yet, it seems to be, so that was nice. You're rooting for him to finally, for want of a better word, get laid. So it was good to get that on the show, as it was. How did you prep it beforehand? Rose and I had some spooning practice in the second season, with that scene on the top of the cliff. And you obviously talk it through beforehand. But it's also a very clinical procedure, you know? It's very strange. I've never done a love scene before, and especially a nude scene, so it's very strange being naked in front of a hundred or so people. So we obviously rehearsed it a few times — fully clothed, mind you! But this wasn't sex for manipulation. There were no power games going on. And it's not just lost. It's a love scene, and I think that's important to identify, for this show. There are very few love scenes [on Game of Thrones], so we wanted to do it justice. It was important that we didn't screw it up. Hopefully it worked. How have you enjoyed working with new actors this season, since Jon's been over with the wildlings? Ciarán Hinds was an honor, really. He's incredible, and such a generous actor. I wish I had more with him. He leaves you wanting more. And Mackenzie Crook is absolutely brilliant. He's done so many lovable, goofy guys [such as Ragetti inThe Pirates of the Caribbean], and now he's playing a real badass. I was a huge fan of The Office, so I did geek out a bit when I found out he was doing the show, and then you meet him and become friends, and he's your mate on set, versus being Gareth from The Office. I'm hoping we get to see more of him as a Warg, where we see him become his eagle, as a parallel to Bran learning to become his dire wolf. It seems like we're getting more magic this season. In the very first episode, you see a giant, so it smacks you in the face from the word go this season. You've got more of the White Walkers, and over the season, it escalates. I love it, really, because it's not like it's a world in which Jon knows there are giants, so it's a surprise to him and to us. I mean, we've heard since the first season the old tales of years ago that these creatures existed, but it seemed all myth and legend, and now we're learning that the whole idea of "winter is coming" means that these beasts are coming out of the woodwork, and throwing everyone's lives into disarray. So it's kind of a shock to them as well. People used to call you a bastard. Now that Ygritte's catchphrase is becoming more prominent, are they also coming up to you and saying, "You know nothing?" Yes! I get that a lot on the street. And if I'm with someone who hasn't seen the show, like a friend of mine or something, it seems quite a naughty thing to say, just off the cuff: "You know nothing, you bastard!" But yeah, I do get that quite a bit. I take it as a compliment. How do you monitor fan response? Are you still seeking out the fan mash-ups and spoofs? My brother seems to look those up and send them to me, like the funny high school one where they're all . I like that one. But otherwise, I miss out on them, because I try to avoid things on the Internet. I do like that it's entered into pop culture that way, and that it's got a rabid fan base. Jon Snow is a fan favorite from the books, so it's great. Until you cut your hair. Sophie Turner [who plays Sansa] says you're obsessed with it, that you go through your ringlets in the mirror. [Laughs] The girl is lying. No, I would never have to have this cursed hair had I not had Game of Thrones. And now because it takes so long to grow back, I have to keep the ringlets, definitely. If I didn't have to have this, I'd have short hair. Luckily, I don't have to do much to it. I don't particularly take care of it. I never wash it. It just does what it does. You don't deep condition it or do anything to protect it against the elements when you're shooting in Iceland? No. I mean, one day maybe when I get a hair commercial or some hair sponsorship, maybe? Maybe I will then. But until then, I dream of when I can chop it all off!

'Game Of Thrones' Robb Stark Speaks: Richard Madden Addresses Shocking Development By Maureen Ryan June 2, 2013 http://www.huffingtonpost.com As soon as he wrapped the bloody "Game of Thrones" scene in which his character, Robb Stark, was killed, actor Richard Madden went straight to the airport and flew home to London. "And I cried the whole way," Madden said in a recent phone interview. "I was the crazy boy on the plane crying." In an interview with a small group of journalists on Friday, Madden talked about how difficult it was to film the Red Wedding, a tragic event that was even bloodier on the screen than it was in the George R.R. Martin book. Not only did Robb Stark, the King in the North, perish in Sunday's episode, but Robb's mother, Catelyn (Michelle Fairley), also died -- all of which tracks with what transpired at those cursed nuptials in "A Storm of Swords," the third book in Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series. As payback for Robb not marrying one of his daughters, Lord Walder Frey engineered the deaths of the Starks -- but even those who've read the books may have been shocked by the third significant death at the so-called Red Wedding. In the episode, Robb's pregnant wife, Talisa, was also murdered, thus eliminating the Stark clan from competition for the Iron Throne (at least for now). As fans know, Talisa (Oona Chaplin) is a new character; in the books, Robb married Jeyne Westerling (who did not die in "A Storm of Swords"). Below, Madden talks about filming Robb's final moments, working with his great friend Fairley and the tears that were shed on set that difficult day. He also offers thoughts on why Talisa had to die and discusses what the King in the North had in common with his ill-fated father, Ned. Below, Madden talks about filming Robb's final moments, working with his great friend Fairley and the tears that were shed on set that difficult day. He also offers thoughts on why Talisa had to die and discusses what the King in the North had in common with his ill-fated father, Ned. Don't miss HuffPost TV's interview with Fairley. What did it mean to film your exit with Michelle? Can you talk about that, and how you supported each other as actors and people through this huge scene? [Asked by AccessHollywood.com] We developed the best relationship on and off the screen over the course of the past few years. And we went into that scene with a heavy heart, because we really love being on that show and we love working together ... It was a really hard thing to push through, but the scripts were great and the whole episode was so operatic. ... When we shot the scene, it took a few days because it's huge. There's actually a moment in the scene that we look at each other, and it's Robb Stark essentially saying goodbye to his mother and giving up. And rather than it being something really bad, there's a moment of tragedy and utter relief, actually -- because these two characters have fought and fought and fought and fought, and it's finally over. Me and Michelle really felt that on the day, as did a lot of the crew, I think. It was a big emotional moment because we're one big family that's plowed on through this for years, and it's a sad day. When did you know Robb would die? When did you read the books, and when were you aware of the course of his future? [HuffPost TV] As soon as I got the job, people managed to spoil a lot for me. Constantly, people would be like, "Oh my God, your death, that was so terrible." And you're like, "What? Oh, right." But I read [the books] season by season, because ... I never wanted to preempt where the character went. And as an actor, it was a much better challenge for me to make decisions based on the scripts and based on the first book and then the second book. And then, by the time you get to the third book and Robb's making other decisions, then I'm, as an actor, forced to bend the path I put Robb on and change it and keep the surprises coming. Hopefully, I managed to do that. How do you hope Robb is remembered by fans? [HBO.com] I suppose, much like Ned, I think it's constantly been in my brain through the whole time -- I mean, less so into Season 3, where he starts making worse decisions. But just like his father, as an honest man and a just man. You know, typically in "Game of Thrones," people who are honest and just and do things for the right reasons are the people who tend not to survive, and Robb's a great example of that. But I hope he's remembered as a good man and, essentially, the man that would have been the best person to lead the Seven Kingdoms. It's tragic that he is killed, because I think he is the best leader of all the candidates available at the moment. Because of the fans of the books and this show are so devoted, how are you anticipating the next couple of weeks are going to go for you? [Calgary Herald] I don't know. I just hope people really enjoy the surprise of it. I hope a lot of people haven't been as stupid as I was and Googled that kind of thing before the time came. I learned that lesson very quickly in Season 1, not to Google things... [it's] great for research purposes but not great dramatically, because you learn about all the stories before [they] actually happen. One of the big changes about the Red Wedding is the fact that Talisa dies. And she's pregnant at this point. Why do you think that it was important to have her character die when [Robb's wife] lives in the books? And also, what was your relationship like working with Oona? [Zap2it.com] I think it was important for her to die, because in the books the characters are very different ... It's just a full stop to that train of a story of [Robb's] army. I think it's more tragic that there's nothing left over from it. There's no possibility that Talisa's in hiding and going to have a baby, and one day, that baby will take over as King of the North. There's something tragic about it just all being cut short instantly. And I have such a great relationship with Oona on set. She's a wonderful actress and I think she did something very clever with the part that was honest and kind, but had a strength deep inside her. And I think that resonates a lot with Catelyn -- even though they are very different characters and very different women, essentially there's bits of the characters that [have] real parallels. There's that quiet strength that Oona has, that Talisa has, that Catelyn has, that Michelle has. [it] really powers things through and makes it all the more tragic when those characters get killed, because they're the least deserving of being slaughtered in such a way. [Executive producers D.B. Weiss and David Benioff have said] they effectively wanted to make the show in order to make it to Season 3, and the Red Wedding is the reason why. As the central figure in the Red Wedding, I was wondering what it feels like to have that kind of weight on your shoulders from Dan and David on down? [RollingStone.com] I consider it a bit of an honor, actually, that David and Dan trusted me with this character. I think I was, like, 21 when I first met them. After I got cast and got familiar with them and became friends with them, I learned so much about how [much they wanted to get to this point in the show]. It was a gift for me in Season 2 -- they really gave me a lot more material than the book featured. Hopefully, I've been able to build a character with them, and that means that by the time the audience gets to see this episode, they are as involved with Robb Stark as I am, as David and Dan have been since the very beginning. So I consider it less of a weight and more of an honor that I was trusted with that responsibility. Obviously you must empathize with this character, having been a part of him for so long. Did you feel a little bit of bitterness in the way he went? Because not only doesn't he avenge his father, but he's denied that big heroic, glorious death that we're used to in this genre if someone is bumped off. Do you have any hard feelings about the way he's going out? [New York Daily News] I mean, it's horrible, obviously. I don't have any bitterness to it, because I think Robb Stark dying there in that way is one of the best things [the show has done]. One thing HBO does so beautifully, and "Game of Thrones" does so beautifully, is just rip these characters' hearts out in front of you. You know, it's hard, and yet maybe it would have been better for Robb to have died gloriously on the battlefield or something else like that. But this is so sudden and violent and horrible. And I think the way that I've tried to build Robb Stark up and the way the writers have [written him], there's no other way we could have killed him. Because he is great on the battlefield, and despite his very poor choices, he is a great leader. A lot of people would stick up for him and watch his back. [At the Red Wedding,] he's been outsmarted, and it all comes from his good heart and his trust of other people. His trust that people will do the right thing and not just destroy each other like they do. What was mood like on the set when you hit that key part of the sequence? [New York Daily News] Honestly, it was horrible. It was a really difficult day for everyone, and there was lots of tears from many people, including myself. Just ... the way it happens -- Robb Stark with his dead queen in his arms and his stomach ripped open and blood pumping out of that. His mother getting her throat slit. It was a really disturbing day. And just because it's such a big part of my life and of Michelle's and Oona's and all of the crew -- we've been through a lot together, from extreme weather conditions to just the journey of trying to make this show as best as we can, and pushing forward against lots of things that have been pushing back against us. There was just a total sense of exhaustion, and it was horrific. And these characters that you love get slaughtered. And it made me think of my dad: When he read all the books and he got to the Red Wedding, he put the book down and didn't go back to it for a couple of months. And I think it's obviously because he ties Robb Stark in so closely with me. The journey of that character and the fondness that we all had for each other as a cast and the crew [made it hard]. As the characters playing the story, it was really moving and not very nice. And I left [the] set and got straight to the airport and got on the plane because I didn't want to be there anymore. It was very difficult. How long did this stay with you? How long did it take to shake this off? [AccessHollywood.com] It won't shake off until I've seen the episode, so it is still there. That will be really difficult to watch. I think it will dredge up a lot of emotions and stuff that I maybe just pushed aside for a while ... It's not like any other job I've had, because you don't close the book on that character. It's just like you become him for six months, and then, [next season] you come straight back into his shoes, literally the same boots that you were wearing the season before, the same costume. It's funny because I'm still very close with all the crew, and I've been talking to the hair department and the other actors who are all gearing up and going back into it. It's really strange for me. It's like when you've done a play for four months and the first night that you don't do the play, it gets to about 7 p.m. and you realize that you're pacing up and down ... Something’s missing. You realize, "Oh, God. It's because I'm not just about to go on stage." I suppose there's a little element of that that's happening. Did it ever occur to you to lobby for altering Robb's fate or extending his time on the show? Obviously the producers were open to changing the character of Talisa from Jeyne, so did you ever discuss extending Robb's time a little bit or maybe going about this a different way? [HuffPost TV] No, I knew when it was in the placing of the books and the placing of the scripts from the start of the job. I knew that's when we were aiming to do it. And I think it's the perfect time for that. Other stories are going to move forward and progress, but it's also shocking enough at this stage. I didn't want to change it at all. And I know that David and Dan have spent so many years structuring things out beautifully, and I'm not going to come in and try to push any of that around because I want an extra season of "Game of Thrones," or anything like that. I wanted to stick to it, and I wanted it to be as sudden and as shocking as it was when I read the book and I read that section. Hopefully, the audiences are going to be shocked by it. It [takes place in] Episode 29, so that's very [early for a show to be] killing off another character, just like what happened to Sean Bean's character [Ned Stark]. I think it's essential. I did not want to mess with that. Do you have a favorite scene or a moment over the past three seasons? [HBO.com] Instantly, I get flashbacks of all of my scenes with Michelle Fairley. And in one Season 1 scene, I feel like that was the moment I started to kind of really fit into Robb's shoes. [it] was with Bran, when I come to say goodbye to him and I'm going off in the night and I've got a sword around my waist and my cloak on. I think that was something where you go, "This is a significant change point for Robb Stark, leaving Winterfell and going off and becoming a man." That was an important scene for me, because I love Isaac [Hempstead-Wright, who plays Bran] a lot, and that was a really great scene to film. But any time I'm on set with Michelle Fairley, it's a joy. You were saying you came on to "Game of Thrones" when you were 21 and you grew and developed as a person, as an actor on the show. And does your journey parallel Robb's in some ways? [Calgary Herald] There's been a lot of that, from Robb Stark being a young man, not expecting anything, thinking his life's going to be on one path, and then he gets pushed more weight and responsibility put onto him and demands made of him. And I suppose for me as an actor, there was similar [journey]. David and Dan started to push me more and give me more responsibility, writing scenes into Season 2 that never existed and giving me more of an on-screen journey and responsibilities. So that was something I really enjoyed, because as an actor I get pushed and I grow more and I have more responsibility to keep up with and deal with, like Robb has. But you rise to the challenge -- I mean, Robb did and hopefully I did. Do you have a message for fans who are going to be watching this happen for the first time on the show -- encouragement to keep watching after the Red Wedding takes place? [Zap2it.com] I don't. Apart from: No one is safe in "Game of Thrones." Obviously, it was an emotional sequence, but I was wondering if you were ever able to step back and think about its potential place in TV history. It seems to me that it could well be talked about like "Who shot J.R.?" from "Dallas" or the finale of "The Sopranos" and these really pivotal television moments. Did you have any kind of sense of that while you were making the show? [RollingStone.com] Never. I've never had any sense of that as an actor. I think I get too involved in what [i'm filming] that I always get surprised ... For me, I just shoot a television show in Ireland. And then you travel around the world and you realize there's so much more than that. I'm not being ignorant when it comes to that, it's just that I go and I've made this program with people that I consider my friends for years now, and so I have no kind of concept of the significance of that. I only have an awareness of what I'm trying to achieve as an actor and what my job as the character is. I remember the scale of it and the emotion that it brought out of me and the other people there, and thinking that this was something significant. But the lines get a bit muddled up between characters and actors sometimes ... and that's what keeps me from having an awareness of the outside world. I'm just focused on doing my job well. [Michael McElhatton, who plays Roose Bolton,] was the one who delivered the killing blow in the scene, as this character does in the book. Did he apologize at the end of it, once the cameras stopped rolling? [New York Daily News] No, not at all. Not at all. Just like Roose Bolton wouldn't. There was no apology at all there. Quite funny, because you're covered in blood and he's got his prop knife in his hand, and then we have a hug to say, "Pleasure working with you." So that's quite an odd image that just comes up in my head. Could you clarify where the plane was going [when you left the set]? [AccessHollywood.com] Home, London. And I cried the whole way. I was the crazy boy on the plane crying and, at about midnight, landing in London.