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The execution of ned strong in “Game of Thrones” moved the viewers of the HBO series so much. Because it was clear from that moment that this “song of ice and fire” would go all over.
Actor Sean Bean now reveals that he put the stamp on the scene with a very own emotional mood. The actor went through his head a lot. Before his figure lost him.
Sean Bean still thinks of the scene
After the secret was recently revealed about what was actually NED’s last words, Bean now tells what remained unsaid. In a conversation with “Entertainment Weekly “On the occasion of his new “Apple TV+” animated film “Wolfwalkers”, he spoke about the shooting of his last “Game of Thrones” episode.
The 61-year-old reports on the multitude of emotions that he felt shortly before his serial death. “It was horror and unbelief – that Joffrey changed his opinion [über die Verbannung von Ned] – and then resignation and [die Erkenntnis, dass er] His daughter Arya sees for the last time. “
Sean Bean suspects that it was in particular this wide range of emotions that made the scene so expressive. “I tried to go to all four [Dinge] to think. It wasn’t just: ‘Oh god, my head is chopped off.’ This mixture of feelings is that made it what it was. I assume. “
The shocking scene in the episode “Baelor” published in 2011 is also one of his most memorable scenes in the series. The actor was just only seen for nine episodes in “Game of Thrones”.
Death scene needed a whole day of shooting
All of this was not very easy to shoot, says Bean. So it took an entire shooting day for the scene to finally be in the box. He asked him to concentrate full: “You just have to concentrate on the fact that you are about to meet your death without refraining from.”
The actor also jokingly suspects that his good looks had something to do with the fact that the scene was finally celebrated: “I was pretty hot at the time, so that probably helped.”
But he also praises his co-star’s acting performance: “And the reactions of everyone else were fantastic-Cersei and the children. It was very moving and the scene had a lot of pathos. Then I put my head in the block and was ready for the day.”
Ned Stark’s last words
After many speculation, fans recently learned what ned actually whispered quietly before Ser Ilyn Payne separated his head. Fans originally suspected that the last words were the mantra of the series: “Valar Morghulis”. This means a silent acceptance that all people have to die.
Other theories stated that with his final statements by his beloved dead sister Lyanna, he assured that he had kept his promise not to reveal Jons true Targaryen rampart.
However, Bean explained the “Huffington Post “that it was much less spectacular: “I just thought: ‘What would you do if that really happened?’ You would probably pray.
Sean Beans new film “Wolfwakers” can be streamed at Apple TV+.