Peter Dinklage Shares the 'Very Paternal' Gesture HisGame of ThronesDad Charlie Dance Would Do Between Intense Scenes: All Tywin Did Was 'Humiliate Me'

Mar. 15, 2025

Peter Dinklage and Charles Dance.Photo:Amy Sussman/Getty; Jeff Moore/PA Images via Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty; Jeff Moore/PA Images via Getty

Peter Dinklagehad a far better off-screen relationship with hisGame of ThronescostarCharles Dancethan he had on-screen.

The actor, 55, appeared on the latest episode ofHot Oneson Thursday, Oct. 17, and chatted about his time on the HBO fantasy show and the friendships he forged with his castmates.

Thefour-time Emmy winnerexplained to hostSean Evanshow much he values his friendship with his onscreen father, Dance. Dinklage portrayed Tyrion Lannister and Dance, 78, portrayed Tywin Lannister.

Peter Dinklage on ‘Hot Ones’.First We Feast/Hot Ones

First We Feast/Hot Ones

“I love Charlie Dance, he’s one of my favorite human beings,” Dinklage began. The actor explained that all Dance’s character did was “humiliate me” and eventually sentence Tyrion to death. Before he detailed the interactions, Dinklage credited their emotional performances to the “great dialogue” fromGoTcreators Dan Weiss and David Benioff. “It really felt really lived in.”

“We would get really invested in those things,”  he said. “Just like between every take, he would come over and just gently touch me on the shoulder.” Dinklage said they didn’t have the time to “hug it out,” but the interactions “felt very paternal too.”

“But, he played a horrible human being, but he’s one of my favorite human beings,” the actor told Evans.

Ahead of the season 3 finale in March 2013, Dance spoke withNMEand praised Dinklage. The veteran actor confessed to constantly apologizing to his costar. “I spend a lot of my time with Peter Dinklage and he’s the most adorable man, a wonderful actor,” Dance said at the time.

“After all those scenes, I apologize to him every time. I have to treat him like s—. You’ve only seen a little snippet of the awfulness in episode 1.”

Charles Dance and Peter Dinklage in “Game of Thrones” season 3 episode 8.HBO

HBO

The widely popular show first premiered in April 2011 andaired its series finalein May 2019. Throughout the eight seasons, the series garnered 164 Emmy nominations and scored 59 awards.

Since it wrapped,multiple spinoff serieshave been in development, including theprequel,House of the Dragon, which debuted in August 2022. Additional projects are also apparently underway.

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Game of ThronesandHouse of the Dragoncan be streamed on Max.

source: people.com