Richard Madden
Richard Madden
Richard Maddenis a Scottish stage, film, and television actor best known for portraying Robb Stark in the HBO series Game of Thrones and Prince Kit in Disney's Cinderella...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 June 1986
CityElderslie, Scotland
age bit school suddenly
I was always a bit old for my age, then suddenly I'm on set, working alongside the adults, skipping school completely for two years.
sam scene since watched work
I think meeting someone like, meeting Sam Shepard, that was someone who was kind of important for me, because I'd read so much of his work and watched him as an actor since I was a kid, then being on set doing a scene with him and thinking, 'This is really surreal.'
awareness job trying
I only have an awareness of what I'm trying to achieve as an actor and what my job as the character is to service.
geek love since watched
I've watched 'Doctor Who' since I was a kid. I loved it, and I still love it. I can geek out about it, like when I go to set and see the TARDIS.
demands expecting life man onto parallels responsibility stark weight
Robb Stark was a young man not expecting anything, thinking his life is going to be on one path, and then he's pushed. More weight and responsibility get put onto him; more demands are made of him. For me, as an actor, there are parallels to that.
worse
I thought 'Game of Thrones' had this challenge in filming, and it's one of those things you think, 'It can't get worse than this,' because it's really cold, and you're in pain, and it's miserable.
affects costume costumes
The costume affects your posture, affects your walk, how you hold yourself, and how you breathe. The costumes make you deliver.
change philip
I like to try to change things up a bit in the way that actors such as Philip Seymour Hoffman or Michael Fassbender did and do.
classes naturally
Oh, I am not naturally gifted in dancing in any way! Stupidly, I didn't go to those classes in drama school. I was like, 'I don't need that; I'll never be dancing in anything.'
hours love rather six
I love doing television; it's such a brilliant way to tell a story over six hours rather over the two hours of doing a movie.
characters delicate people portray worship
You have to be delicate with how you can portray characters other people are having a worship over.
characters open
We don't really get to see gay characters who are completely open with their sexuality, but it doesn't define who they are.
mistake believe thinking
I think often I learn the most from other people's mistakes. If I'm in the audience watching an actor and thinking, 'I don't believe you,' I spend the rest of the play working out why I don't believe them.
horse dizzy
I didn't get dizzy, but I love working with horses.