Rose Otille was born earlier this month to his sculptress fiancée Eleanor Boorman, who is 26 years his junior, and he admits to having some fears about what the next few months of sleepless nights have in store for him.
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"I know what it involves; it’s exhausting,’ he says. ‘So I’m feeling a mixture of excitement and apprehension about the whole thing. I think it will be quite interesting. With my first two children [Oliver, 37, and Rebecca, 27, from his 33-year marriage to another sculptress, Joanna Haythorn] I’d often only be home briefly in between jobs, but I’ve learnt a little more about life now. I might even have to slow down a bit."
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Tywin seems a classic Charles Dance character – cold-blooded and aristocratic – but beneath the calm exterior he’s ruthless and bloodthirsty. ‘I’m not sure why I get picked for these roles but I think it is kind of the way I’m put together,’ says Charles, clearly relishing indulging his bloodlust in a show he describes as ‘like Lord of the Rings, only with more rumpy pumpy’.
The first series was notorious for its sex scenes as well as its blood and gore, but Charles says he feels there’s something almost Shakespearian about the show’s use of violence.
‘There are classical references and it feels like some of Shakespeare’s history plays,’ he says. ‘It’s rather like the Hammer Horror films; there’s a lot of blood and gore, people get stabbed, have their eyes poked out and get eaten in pies. As humans we seem to have a taste for gore; we seem to love a bit of horror in our lives. We love being frightened as long as at the end of it we know it’s only pretend. We like to see people pretending to kill. It’s odd, that'
Charles says working on such a big production has made him angry about the state of the British television industry. ‘A lot of the stuff coming into this country from America is better than the stuff we’re producing. We underestimate the intelligence of audiences. We think because a few million lap up junk television that’s all people want to see. It maddens me the way the top priority is reality TV.’
Now Game of Thrones has made him famous around the world again, although he admits he worries how long it will last. Last season’s lead character, played by Sean Bean, was beheaded at the end of the series and all the actors know they could be next. ‘I hear from people who’ve read the books – and I haven’t – that my death will be particularly gothic,’ he laughs. ‘Although I’m hoping it won’t happen for a few more years.’http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2122124/Excited-baby-65-Of-course
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"I know what it involves; it’s exhausting,’ he says. ‘So I’m feeling a mixture of excitement and apprehension about the whole thing. I think it will be quite interesting. With my first two children [Oliver, 37, and Rebecca, 27, from his 33-year marriage to another sculptress, Joanna Haythorn] I’d often only be home briefly in between jobs, but I’ve learnt a little more about life now. I might even have to slow down a bit."
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Tywin seems a classic Charles Dance character – cold-blooded and aristocratic – but beneath the calm exterior he’s ruthless and bloodthirsty. ‘I’m not sure why I get picked for these roles but I think it is kind of the way I’m put together,’ says Charles, clearly relishing indulging his bloodlust in a show he describes as ‘like Lord of the Rings, only with more rumpy pumpy’.
The first series was notorious for its sex scenes as well as its blood and gore, but Charles says he feels there’s something almost Shakespearian about the show’s use of violence.
‘There are classical references and it feels like some of Shakespeare’s history plays,’ he says. ‘It’s rather like the Hammer Horror films; there’s a lot of blood and gore, people get stabbed, have their eyes poked out and get eaten in pies. As humans we seem to have a taste for gore; we seem to love a bit of horror in our lives. We love being frightened as long as at the end of it we know it’s only pretend. We like to see people pretending to kill. It’s odd, that'
Charles says working on such a big production has made him angry about the state of the British television industry. ‘A lot of the stuff coming into this country from America is better than the stuff we’re producing. We underestimate the intelligence of audiences. We think because a few million lap up junk television that’s all people want to see. It maddens me the way the top priority is reality TV.’
Now Game of Thrones has made him famous around the world again, although he admits he worries how long it will last. Last season’s lead character, played by Sean Bean, was beheaded at the end of the series and all the actors know they could be next. ‘I hear from people who’ve read the books – and I haven’t – that my death will be particularly gothic,’ he laughs. ‘Although I’m hoping it won’t happen for a few more years.’http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2122124/Excited-baby-65-Of-course
in 2015 :
What sort of women am I attracted to? Beautiful ones! Of course I am being facetious. I like independence, I like strong women, women who survive and thrive in what is still a male-dominated world in most professions. I think that description fits my ex-wife and my former fiancée, Eleanor [Boorman, with whom he has a daughter, Rose, 3].
Fatherhood is great, and Rose is fantastic. Having her has awakened paternal feelings in me despite the unshakable love I have for my grown-up daughter. Rose is as bright as a button, and despite our age difference I hope I will have a few more years so that I can see her grow from child to adulthood.
I hope that as Rose grows the world will continue to become less biased against women. I think there is a lot more sexual democracy now and less bigotry, which is a good thing.
But I sometimes wish Rose was growing up in a different time. When I was a kid, despite the fact we were all floundering around a bit, there was a kind of freedom in living in a world that wasn't permanently online. I regret the passing of those days of innocence.
