Dane Of Thrones

He might be the star of the biggest show on TV, but his wifestill hasn’t watched it. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau talks to LUCY PAVIA about climate change, feminism and code names.

- Lucy Pavia

There was a bit of a hoo-ha filming Game Of Thrones season seven in Ireland last year, says Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. To protect against plot leaks, every member of the cast was given a code name. The trouble was everyone kept forgetting what their code name was. ‘So they’d go, “Nathaniel! Who is Nathaniel?” Then you’d have to check a special book to find out who Nathaniel was, and you’d go, “Wait, I’m Nathaniel?”’ he says. There was also the constant interruption of drones buzzing overhead, trying to capture the actors in the middle of a revealing death scene. ‘Last year, they were shooting in San Sebastián and suddenly there was a drone,’ says Coster-Waldau. ‘People started throwing rocks at it until they realised that it was their drone. They were shooting a scene with it,’ he says, laughing.