On auditioning three times before landing Gendry: "I auditioned for the pilot. I had no idea what Game of Thrones was. Didn't get it. Kind of forgot about it . . . nobody knew it was going to become the biggest TV show on the planet at that point. [I] was convinced that they must just think I'm a terrible actor. Then Gendry came along and again I went along to the audition and I think it was three auditions I had. I had one in London, then one in Belfast, where I met [showrunners] David [Benioff] and Dan [Weiss] for the first time. And then a final one where David and Dan were there again. And there was like four other producers in the room, too. And I was fairly convinced it was the worst audition I've ever given."