The actor that played Joffrey is a wonderful, sweet young man, and a really great actor. I’ve watched him in interviews and he seems so nice and even a little bit shy about the attention. And I still can’t see his face and not want to wring his neck. I know intellectually that he is a completely separate and even great person. But my lizard brain still still triggers the “kill it with fire” response to seeing him. Obviously I know better than to listen to my lizard brain, but there are plenty of people who absolutely cannot control their’s. Honestly, in a weird way, it’s a complement to his acting ability.
Laura Bailey is super sweet too - she even cried for Ashley Johnson during the recording of the death scene. Those people not just threatened her life, but even that of her newly born son.
And yes, Joffrey is one of the most hateable characters out there for sure (and an actually evil one, unlike Abby). I cheered when he died, wishing that it would’ve been more prolonged and painful. I never felt an ill will towards the actor though.
yeah I have the opposite reaction like with Louise Fletcher nurse ratchet and ki winn on DS9. I would be excited to meet them because they made me love to hate their characters with their preformence.
i also found some of the nicest people play the best villains. Because they have to act vs just be themselves like some movie stars and most people that are assholes are not self aware enough to realize they are a shitty humans.
He played that role so fucking damn good, its not often that I get such a visceral reaction from an actor, bug god damn I despised every atom of Joffrey, also similar respect to the dude who played little finger, both showed a masterclass in being an utterly hated character.
The actor that played Joffrey is a wonderful, sweet young man, and a really great actor. I’ve watched him in interviews and he seems so nice and even a little bit shy about the attention. And I still can’t see his face and not want to wring his neck. I know intellectually that he is a completely separate and even great person. But my lizard brain still still triggers the “kill it with fire” response to seeing him. Obviously I know better than to listen to my lizard brain, but there are plenty of people who absolutely cannot control their’s. Honestly, in a weird way, it’s a complement to his acting ability.
Laura Bailey is super sweet too - she even cried for Ashley Johnson during the recording of the death scene. Those people not just threatened her life, but even that of her newly born son.
And yes, Joffrey is one of the most hateable characters out there for sure (and an actually evil one, unlike Abby). I cheered when he died, wishing that it would’ve been more prolonged and painful. I never felt an ill will towards the actor though.
yeah I have the opposite reaction like with Louise Fletcher nurse ratchet and ki winn on DS9. I would be excited to meet them because they made me love to hate their characters with their preformence.
i also found some of the nicest people play the best villains. Because they have to act vs just be themselves like some movie stars and most people that are assholes are not self aware enough to realize they are a shitty humans.
Just go and rewatch Batman Begins. Maybe his role as the kid who spots Batman from his porch and gets given one of his gadgets can soften the reflex…
He played that role so fucking damn good, its not often that I get such a visceral reaction from an actor, bug god damn I despised every atom of Joffrey, also similar respect to the dude who played little finger, both showed a masterclass in being an utterly hated character.