Edmure Tully is back.
You didn’t have any dialogue!
Tobias Menzies:That’s right, yeah.
Credit: Helen Sloan/HBO
They just reveal that he’s still there, that the Freys still have him.
Did the producers tell you that your character would return someday?
No, and I’m not sure they knew themselves.
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I think they’ve sort of found their way and chose what bits of the book they are doing.
It was a question of fitting in amongst my other commitments.
But I’m a big fan of the show and was keen to make it work if I could.
Were you surprised to hear from them?
Yeah, of course.
It was very, a nice surprise.
When did you shoot your scenes?
I wasn’t onOutlander.
I was away fromOutlanderfor a few months.
So Edmure has been in a prison for two and a half years?
I mean they wouldn’t be drawn on the sort of time scheme.
It’s possible that it has not been as long as that.
It might have only been like a year or something.
It’s unclear how much time has elapsed.
Did you have to starve yourself for this role?
I didn’t, no.
He wasn’t being underfed.
He was just sort of, you know, maltreated.
Can you tease where things seem to be going with your character?
And then Jamie Lannister gets involved.
[Edmure] becomes a pawn in a large political fight.
He ends up having to make a very difficult decision over whether to betray his family.
When did you find the time to shootThe Night Managerfor AMC?
March of last year.
Is this your best year yet or is there actually a year that exceeds this?
It’s good and busy at the moment.
I’m enjoying it.
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