It was a tribute to the world's most beautiful woman by the Lannister most women would fight a duel for. "You want to click a picture with me and her?" asked Jaime, the knight of the Kingsguard, pointing to a picture of actor and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai in the lounge at Cannes.
Incest, bloodshed and shrewdness aside, Jaime Lannister is best known for his irresistible charm. But unlike his cult on-screen character Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is simply the definition of humility. India Today caught up with the 47-year-old 'king slayer' from the world's most popular series Game of Thrones at the L'Oreal lounge in Cannes.
When India Today informed Nikolaj that Ash walked the Cannes red carpet for the 17th time, he said, "Seventeen years! Wow! That's quite something and she is so stunning. She is the global ambassador, isn't she?" Nikolaj was seen on red carpet with Ash behind on Sunday.
As daft and irritating as it may sound, when this correspondent asked, "May I have a picture with you?" Nikolaj said, "Yes, let's do that; let's take a picture,". "When will your show be back?". A generous non-GoT type laugh followed, "Next year, 2019." His tone had changed too as he seemed excited. A mere mention of the show transported Nikolaj on-set. GoT will finally end next year and Nikolaj was quite visibly deeply attached to the American fantasy drama TV series.
Nikolaj has been part of GoT for the last nine years and Jaime Lannister is one of those rare characters who survived the brutality, which became the USP of the unforgiving show.
With a warm smile and nostalgia in his eyes, he knew what was coming next. "What happens next, any spoilers?" He just laughed that one off. Which is his favourite series of all time? Breaking Bad? "Yes, of course, I have seen Breaking Bad; it's really good. I love it," Nikolaj said. "I also like The West Wing (American serial political drama) and recently I think HBO's Barry (American comedy series) is amazing," he added. Nikolaj went on to hail the makers of Barry. It was quite evident that he was hooked on to the dark comedy.
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