The Lannisters send their regards this week as we catch Game of Thrones and After Life actor, Tim Plester, for a right royal chinwag. 

All-round stellar chap (off-screen anyway), Tim is best known for selling drugs to Ricky Gervais in Netflix’s After Life and slitting Cat Stark’s throat in Game of Thrones.

But alongside his film and TV exploits, Tim has made documentaries capturing the weird-and-enduring folk customs of our Sceptred Isle, won the National Student Playwright of the Year Award and featured in over 70 adverts. Yes, that’s right, he was once one of the 118-118 runners.   

Tim doesn’t sell Giles any drugs, but does talk to us on stealing comic books, Nativity plays, having an interesting face, ads bleeding into culture, Nobby’s (and Rowan’s) nuts, writing versus acting, getting the role in After Life, dipping his toe into ad land, his Morris dancing journey, why the Red Wedding stunk, and tons more. 

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Check out Way of the Morris and The Ballad of Shirley Collins
Southern Journey [Revisited] is on Now TV
Backyard Village is on Apple TV and Amazon
Love Me Till Monday is on Amazon and iTunes
And finally, The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself and Shadow & Bone are on Netflix

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Timestamps
(02:28) - Quick fire questions
(05:00) - Stealing comic books and his first ever job  
(11:57) - Getting an agent and having an interesting face 
(14:58) - Writing vs acting 
(19:43) - Acting in ads (118-118, AIB bank, Nobby’s Nuts)
(27:50) - Getting the role in After Life (after not getting the role in The Office) 
(40:45) - Dipping his toe into ad land 
(45:31) - Being a Morris dancing convert  
(58:28) - Advice for copywriters 
(01:03:35) - Game of Thrones and The Red Wedding 
(01:14:39) - 4 pertinent posers 

Tim’s book recommendations are: 
Herzog on Herzog by Werner Herzog
A Guide for The Perplexed by Werner Herzog
Pilgrim At Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard 
The Book of Trespass by Nick Hayes 
The Trespasser’s Companion by Nick Hayes 

He also recommends a couple of films: 
Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths by Alejandro Iñárritu
Haulout by Maxim Arbugaev and Evgenia Arbugaeva

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