Excited about a baby at 65? Of course... But very apprehensive too!

Rose Otille was born earlier this month to his sculptress fiancée Eleanor Boorman, who is 26 years his junior, and he admits to having some fears about what the next few months of sleepless nights have in store for him.

"I know what it involves; it’s exhausting,’ he says. ‘So I’m feeling a mixture of excitement and apprehension about the whole thing. I think it will be quite interesting. With my first two children [Oliver, 37, and Rebecca, 27, from his 33-year marriage to another sculptress, Joanna Haythorn] I’d often only be home briefly in between jobs, but I’ve learnt a little more about life now. I might even have to slow down a bit."

Tywin seems a classic Charles Dance character – cold-blooded and aristocratic – but beneath the calm exterior he’s ruthless and bloodthirsty. ‘I’m not sure why I get picked for these roles but I think it is kind of the way I’m put together,’ says Charles, clearly relishing indulging his bloodlust in a show he describes as ‘like Lord of the Rings, only with more rumpy pumpy’. 

The first series was notorious for its sex scenes as well as its blood and gore, but Charles says he feels there’s something almost Shakespearian about the show’s use of violence.

‘There are classical references and it feels like some of Shakespeare’s history plays,’ he says. ‘It’s rather like the Hammer Horror films; there’s a lot of blood and gore, people get stabbed, have their eyes poked out and get eaten in pies. As humans we seem to have a taste for gore; we seem to love a bit of horror in our lives. We love being frightened as long as at the end of it we know it’s only pretend. We like to see people pretending to kill. It’s odd, that'

Charles says working on such a big production has made him angry about the state of the British television industry. ‘A lot of the stuff coming into this country from America is better than the stuff we’re producing. We underestimate the intelligence of audiences. We think because a few million lap up junk television that’s all people want to see. It maddens me the way the top priority is reality TV.’

Now Game of Thrones has made him famous around the world again, although he admits he worries how long it will last. Last season’s lead character, played by Sean Bean, was beheaded at the end of the series and all the actors know they could be next. ‘I hear from people who’ve read the books – and I haven’t – that my death will be particularly gothic,’ he laughs. ‘Although I’m hoping it won’t happen for a few more years.’

 

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