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Peter Dinklage on House Of The Dragon vs Game Of Thrones & Being The Famous Dwarf Ever

2024/8/7
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Peter Dinklage discusses his unique fashion choices during his youth, including capes and top hats, and how they reflected his personality. He also touches on his early acting experiences and the challenges of being typecast as a dwarf.
  • Peter Dinklage wore capes and top hats in his youth.
  • He was in a ska band where he played the trumpet.
  • He lived in Williamsburg in the 90s.

Shownotes Transcript

Yerrr we got Peter Dinklage aka Tyrion Lannister in the studio today. We’re talking all things Game Of Thrones, House Of The Dragon, and his new film with Schulz, The Thicket. We even discuss some crazy P. Diddy Rap stories, and the future of Artificial Intelligence in film. INDULGE!

00:00 Intro 00:55 Peter is too high brow 9:50 Peter is the most identifiable person on the planet 12:16 Game of Thrones writing was incredible + Tyrion 17:56 HBO didn’t believe in Games of Thrones initially 19:32 Film industry is too risk averse 20:45 Girls throwing cat at Peter 22:50 Getting the role + indie feeling on GoT 25:41 Refusing the typecast 28:40 Dwarf community representative + Protective over family 33:10 Being Swifities, Peter’s 90s band + Williamsberg [sic] 43:56 The Thicket coming out on Tubi + Andrew is good at acting? 47:28 Book adaptations are hard 48:44 Having a female villain is GREAT 51:23 Elliott Lester directed Rap videos + WILD P Diddy stories 56:31 Jay-Z is the greatest 57:56 Method Man & Redman were fantastic 1:01:27 DMX was a wild boy - Rest in Peace 1:02:26 Why did we film in the cold? 1:05:18 Andrew demonstrates his infamous popcorn move 1:09:24 Respect to Calgary + Trans teams are weird 1:14:57 Demons are real 1:16:41 Drugs are bad mmmkay and Zyns 1:19:13 Hot Ones is all about Sean Evans 1:21:45 Snoop Dogg & politics of chicken 1:25:55 Peter’s a meat eater 1:31:29 STFU MARK 1:32:27 There’s a place for theaters + too much is spoiled 1:43:14 Reminiscing about p0rn0 + watching with the boys 1:48:48 AI being used in films 1:53:02 Real sets are cheaper than artificial ones 1:56:14 Ebbs and flows of TV & Films 1:58:01 Being courageous in filmmaking + Koreans leading the way 2:02:23 Why is Stephen Spielberg so special? 2:04:09 Eternal cynicism + Stanley Kubrick 2:06:47 Worried all the time about this country + hope 2:07:53 “Fail better”