To cut a long story short, I’d dislocated my shoulder. By the time we shot, I was in a lot of pain and I didn't want anybody to know. Then of course, we had a couple more rehearsals and then the take.
I've been working in theatre all my life I can do this.” So we set up to rehearse it, and I did something to my shoulder. I said to John Glen, the director, “Look, I just have to fall over. There was a point at which something explodes beside where I am, and I’m kind of knocked off my feet. We were in Cortina, doing the snow stuff, and I'm supposed to be having a fight with Roger Moore while we’re sliding down a ski slope. How well do you remember Claus in For Your Eyes Only? Would it be fair to say that that’s the kind of film where you stood around and glowered a lot, and then a stuntman took on large sections of the role? Roger Moore was an absolute gentleman and one of the nicest men I've had the fortune of working with. It obviously worked, and ended up being the most successful television shows ever made.
Ungrateful little sod, after all I’d done for him. Luckily for me, on the screen it wasn't quite as drastic as it is in the book you who have read the books will know! But still quite spectacular. I was quite near a Waterstones bookstore so I went in and got a copy of the book off the shelf and thumbed through until I found Tywin Lannister’s death. “ Game Of Thrones, I love it – you’ve got this great death scene.” I said, “Oh, do I?| He told me about it. I was walking down the street and this guy came up to me. So how early did you know about your death scene? And, finally, for the good of his position. But he did what he did for the good of his family. That world is feudal, so you have to behave in a particular way to retain your position in a feudal society. Even though this was fictional, it was based on fact. You chose not the read the books, but those of us who had read them had him pegged as a bad guy from minute one. That gave Empire the perfect chance to dance the dance with Dance himself, talking through his many memorable roles – from his experience learning of Tywin Lannister’s death from a book-reading fan, to his… erm… unusual medical situation on the James Bond set.
#FOR YOUR EYES GAME SERIES#
He’s as busy as ever, popping up in blockbusters and brilliant series alike – and he’s recently lent his voice to a chilling, thrilling Diablo IV promo video.For Diablo fiends, the fourth instalment in the hit game franchise is available for pre-order now, and you can even get a little early access by signing up to the beta now.
The legendary actor has been lighting up the screen for decades, whether lording it over Westeros in Game Of Thrones as Tywin Lannister, or menacing 007 as mercenary Claus in For Your Eyes Only. If you need to add a sense of gravitas to your project, or have a villain who needs to be deliciously evil with just a hint of twinkle in his eyes, there’s a pretty simple solution: hire Charles Dance.
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