Almost gone: the allergy to the fame of the sadist Joffrey Baratheon of Game of thrones

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On August 22, HBO Max will broadcast the first chapter of

A

to his popular

series , which has caused countless fans to relive and

the award-winning fiction.

As a result, Twitter has remembered numerous actors who went through medieval fantasy, such as

who last year played Dane Whitman in

,

-who shines in the Emmy-nominated series

,

(which will premiere

on Disney+ in 2023) and

(30), who played

According to critics, Joffrey managed to become one of the

due to Gleeson's acting quality.

But, despite being aware of his talents, the artist decided to

in 2014. The reason?

He didn't like being a TV star.

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Gleeson

But, as a child, he grew up in Dublin, where at an early age he began

and auditioning "for fun".

In fact, at the age of eight he got

and in 2002 he acted in the movie

, where he experienced a somewhat peculiar situation.

"I had to go to the bathroom, but the production wouldn't let me and I just got wet. I

But I tried to stay as calm as possible and act professional. ", commented in 2016 to MTV.

As a result, Gleeson realized that he could

and began to take his acting career seriously, continuing to audition for movies and accept roles in such films as

,

,

, and

In this way, HBO noticed Gleeson's infinite potential and

offered him the role of Joffrey Baratheon, who

of

.

"I remember it was a

and the show's creators were laughing. I thought they were laughing at how bad my acting was. But eventually

I could be." , he pointed out in an interview with

, in 2016, where he also revealed that playing Joffrey

due to his personality.

However, Jack was not confused for a second with his character and was not transformed in any way into a despotic person.

For this reason, during his time in

, Gleeson

way and decided to live a life "as normal as possible".

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"I don't feel comfortable with fame,

because it can change you a lot. That's why I've tried to live as normal a life as possible, almost to the extreme. And I don't know, maybe it's the issue of star status that bothers me. I think that some people, when they become famous, feel

he mentioned six years ago, when he had already been away from the world of acting for a while... And all because of the little that he liked "every day" of the celebs.

"When I started doing

, reality became very real to me and I realized that

I don't like. And yes, I'm

if that is going to help my happiness.

It's probably naive to say it, but that's how I feel," he told the

in 2012, two years before announcing his retirement.

Although it is not that Gleeson

from British television... What's more, during these years, the interpreter has granted

and has appeared on some programs, but he insists that he prefers to

Above all, to his two passions:

-which he formally studied at Trinity College in Dublin- and his love for the stage.

So far, Jack has acted in seven plays and even

called Collapsing Horse, in which they worked with puppets.

But his adventure ended in 2019 due to various problems.

"We are ending this project because we have spent a lot of time thinking about

and artistic needs of the company and we didn't find any measure that suits us," the company posted on Instagram.

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And what has Gleeson done since then?

Strange as it sounds.

In 2020, Gleeson participated in the BBC series

, where he played Casper, and in 2023 he will return to the cinema with the film

, which is in post-production.

Until now, the actor has not made any statement about the film.

However, he has revealed that it

and is about an Irish town, where "a retired assassin is drawn into a deadly game with a trio of vengeful terrorists."

Even so, it is not known if Jack will make

However, his fans welcome the fact that one of the baddest bad guys from

returns, even momentarily, to the screen.

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