“Bonfire Night is a big thing, but it feels like all the fireworks and the bonfire itself makes it seem like the actual story is fading in people’s minds.” It’s an extremely interesting and murky time politically." "It’s not just bad Catholics who want to blow up the King, there are terrible things being done against the Catholics in the name of justice and reason. Mark Gatiss who plays Robert Cecil, the royal spymaster, also stars in the drama: "However there is a comparison to be had with these young men who are disenfranchised from society and go about trying to blow up government." They thought they were bringing direct change to government because how they were being persecuted." "It’s important to say – I never wanted to think of these men as terrorists." “What we’re trying to do is to tell the story from the plotters’ perspective as well, to try to understand what pushes people to do horribly violent things.” Henry VIII's break away from the Catholic church created terrible tensions and after King James I ascended to the English throne in 1603, it became a criminal act to practice Catholicism. He was brought up at a time when England was in religious turmoil. They know the rhyme ‘remember, remember the 5th November’ but that’s pretty much all they know.”īorn in Warwickshire in 1572, Catesby came from a well-off devout Roman Catholic family and was well educated. They know that barrels of gunpowder were put underneath parliament. "If you asked someone on the street they'd know the name Guy Fawkes. His given name is Christopher Catesby Harington. Catesby was his mother’s maiden name and he even carries the name himself. Harington is a direct descendant of Robert Catesby. "Mum used to say 'Robert Catesby was the leader of the gunpowder plot' and not many people know that." "It's been a family curiosity for as long as I can remember". In the same post, Martin clarified his comments during the Santa Fe Literary Festival about “GoT” prequel series “House of the Dragon” premiering close to the release date of Prime Video’s “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” Martin similarly is behind “House of the Dragon,” even saying that the screenwriters added “ some improvements” to his original story.Harington spoke to Front Row about a part of his family's history that helped inspire his latest drama. The likelihood of all four series getting on the air… well, I’d love it, but that’s not the way it works, usually….’Snow’ has been in development almost as long as the other three, but for whatever reason it was never announced and it never leaked…until now.” Please note: nothing has been green lit yet, and there is no guarantee when or if it will be… on any of these shows. Outlines and treatments have been written and approved, scripts have been written, notes have been given, second and third drafts have been written. The author continued: “All four of these successor shows are still in the script stage. “Kit’s team have visited me here in Santa Fe and worked with me and my own team of brilliant, talented writer/consultants to hammer out the show,” Martin wrote. Martin added that he is “involved” in the series, similarly with fellow “GoT” shows “The Hedge Knight,” “The Sea Snake,” and “Ten Thousand Ships,” plus all the animated series in the works. Martin Calls ‘Six Feet Under’ the ‘Best Finale in the Entire History’ of TV I cannot tell you the names of the writers/showrunners, since that has not been cleared for release yet…but Kit brought them in too, his own team, and they are terrific.” “Yes, it was Kit Harrington who brought the idea to us. “It seems as though Emilia Clarke has already mentioned that ‘Snow’ was Kit’s idea in a recent interview, so that part is out,” Martin penned, also citing the THR report breaking the news. In a blog post titled “SNOW…and Other Stuff,” author Martin clarified there are “four live-action successor shows in development at HBO,” one of them being the Harrington-led spin-off. Co-star Emilia Clarke teased the sequel series that is set to pick up immediately following the “GoT” finale, telling BBC that Harrington created the series “from the ground up.” There is no word yet if Clarke will be cast. Martin confirmed that Kit Harrington will return to the “GoT” franchise with a sequel series, working title “Snow.” Harrington portrayed Stark bastard child Jon Snow in the original series from 2011 to 2019.
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