Nikolaj Coster-Waldau looks back at playing Jaime on Game of Thrones in this extended edition of Season 8’s “The Cast Remembers” behind-the-scenes series.
@@alexbecker4367 i agree, it was a good ending for him. But, i think that they should wait a couple of chapters before jaime decided to leave winterfell
@@alexbecker4367 including the scene where he says he didnt care about the innocent? even though a big part of why he killed the mad king was to protect those innocents? He is so much better in the books
@@hoffa9000 yes including that scene. He cares about his family first and mb a bit about the people that’s why he fought in the battle of winterfel but when it comes to his love and his family he doesn’t care about people and he said it tons of times and that’s who he is. It’s like you don’t understand his character well. He didn’t kill the mad king just to save the people. He’s not just that angel.
Nah, he and the show did great. A flawed man seemingly redeeming himself before falling back into his old terrible ways because he does not believe he deserves true happiness. That's an amazing character.
0:13 Still gets me every time. Just a major throwback to E1 S1 He also looked remarkably a lot like the king blonde haired king from Shrek The way we went from hating him, to really liking him tremendous actor.
@@TalkingThrones It amazes me that the writers thought that was an okay line. But it amazes me more that the EDITORS left it in. Am I really to believe that at no point in this process somebody raised their hand and said "Ummm, but this kind of recons the arc and point of Jaime's character. Let's cut this one line."
@@TalkingThrones He always put his family first, that's pretty in character. He took out the mad king when he was commanded to kill his father, not to save the city
@Not Alfie "Have you ever considered that maybe George RR Martin has a different arc in mind for Jaime then the one you expected and envisioned?" Of course. But that doesn't add up. George has spoken at length about building a character up in a certain way and paying that off, rather than changing things just because readers have figured out what he's going to do. He hates any authors who do that, because to change something like that betrays everything which was meant to be built towards.
Beauty about Jaime is that he is a mixture of his 2 siblings. What's even more interesting is that in the start he was 90% cersei and 10% tyrion and by the end it's 90% tyrion and 10% cersei. Layered like a lasagna.%
When Jamie rode in to Winterfell and removed his helm didn’t everyone think he looked like the living version of every Disney prince (charming) ever? I certainly did 😍
It’d be such a shame if they gave this guy an incredible redemption arc and then without warning just completely shit the bed with it and erased all his progress instantly
You guys are so funny. There's 10 times more foreshadowing of Jaime dying with Cersei than Jaime leaving her. Just because the story doesn't have the happy ending you were wishing for, doesn't mean it was bad. Jaime was never supposed to stop loving Cersei. They said 20 times during the show that you don't chose who you love and that they had a special connection. That "Redemption arc" was just what you guys were wishing for. This fandom is so childish,
@@poub06 the Jamie arch was good but Danny's just didn't have the progression ..and they totally made Jon look like a dush at the end My Queen this My Queen that..and the whole thing seemed to be on fast forward at the end. that's my take on it..loved the show and the books... WTF
@@poub06 Its not about him dying or being with Cersei, its about him saying shit like "To be honest, I never cared about the people." THAT was straight up character assassination. He always cared.
Much love Nikolaj, you delivered an awesome performance throughout the entire series, and you made Jaime my favorite fictionnal character ever I would have never thought of it
I have said it before and I'll say it again, Jaime Lannister is and will continue to be the most complicated morally grey character who's messed up but is basically an unsung hero. I wish the ending was better, but it made a lot of sense! And I really see it as a part of his character vs what most people feel that it destroyed his arc!
In my opinion, he’s still redeemed. I believe that what he said to Brienne before he left was a lie so that she might fall out of love with him so that his leaving would be less painful in the long run knowing that he was going to die. Cersei might’ve been evil, but she’s still his sister and just loved her more than his quest for honor.
@@nononono3421 he probably will choke her though lol. Even if he doesn't there's no way he drips what he's doing to go back to her. In the books he even left her earlier than he did in the show. The scene where she sends him a letter to save her and he literally just throws it into the fire and doesnt send a reply back to her is awesome and shows that he's already done with her and moved on
@@Spongebrain97 Couples go through phases. When he realizes the mobs are coming to rape and kill Cersei, the mobs being the people he fought alongside with to save the world, he's going to go to protect her.
Jaime Lannister is one of my favourite characters in Game of Thrones. Nikolaj Coster Waldau played the role so well. Mad respect for this man 👐 Happy GoT anniversary to you all my fellow World Of Ice And Fire fans 🍷
To be honest, i think he was the only character that keeping his identity from the start to the end. He took a bad reputation as king slayer to save the people in kings landing. And he just loved his sister no matter what kind of person she is..so he decided to standing next her until the moment that death was coming.. yes he may not a typical stereo type hero, and he did many bad thing for her sister. But he is still the best character in Drama ver.
You just can’t make/produce something better than this.. Nothing in the past years will beat this show.. Every character evolved with time.. The whole GOT team did humanity a huge favor
I'll always stand by my belief that Jamie returning to his sister wasn't a bad thing ... He was obsessed with her, he loved her ... completely. I never once thought he would permanently stay away from her. Plus his ending didn't erase all the progress his character made ... it just meant he was still hopelessly and stupidly in love.
I disagree, I think Cersei was like a drug addiction for Jamie and like a drug addiction made him do terrible things to sustain it. I believe his arc was partly about overcoming Cersei, only then could he regain his honour. It makes sense Jamie would try and rescue Cersei, there is a duty to his family and his own child, but the way the writers went about it made no sense. I think for book readers its a bit more frustrating (despite the ending not being written). In the book, Jamie abandons Cersei to the sparrows, burning the letter she sent begging for help because he realises just how awful she is and how awful she makes him, the reason for him going back into his old addicted ways must be a good one, the show doesn't give a reason.
You are absolutely right, the line "i never really cared for the innocent " makes so much sense. He just wanted to play Russian roulette with his honor
It's weird. On the show, he has a Danish/British accent, but in real life, he has a Danish/American accent. I guess it makes sense, since most characters on the show have (or fake) a British accent, but somehow it's weirder with Nikolaj.
"It made complete sense for me. [Jaime] has always been dedicated to his sister, she was pregnant and on her own... of course he's gonna go back and try to help her. It made complete sense to me. That ending I thought was beautiful, very romantic." - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
@Nick Fanchette why do you ask me? ask the actor or screenwriter. by the way, yes, you can write this question to Waldau on his Instagram or write him a fan letter
@Not Alfie Most of the fans we see crying on every youtube videos can't understand complex and grey characters. Totally agree with you, dying with Cersei was the logical ending for Jaime and Cersei. Tragic, yes, because we know that Jaime can be a decent person, but it makes perfect sense.
So he stopped being well written in episode 1 when he pushed an innocent child out a window? Jaime was one of the better written characters through all seasons of the show. His love for Cersei was always going to be his downfall, as Lady Olenna correctly predicted. He was a man who valued honor and at times did the honorable thing, but he was also deeply selfish and valued the ones he loved above all others to a degree that was destructive. He was never going to end up “a good guy” and ride off with Brienne simply because some fans wanted that.
@@Samuel-ut7mj I never had an impression like he cared. He did what's right when he could but that doesn't mean that he would put his own family over the lives of strangers. His one defining priority through the entire show has been his family. Everything he did was for the betterment of their position and that never changed. In season 6 he says to Edmure that he would slaughter everyone at Riverrun and I believe him but somehow no one was complaining then even though what he said there was far more savage. At the beginning of season 8 he says he regrets nothing and no comments from anyone too. I really don't see how Jaime in season 8 contradicts what we know about him and I don't see how trying to save your own sister carrying your child is a wrong thing to do. I never thought that Jaime's story was about redemption but more about being more than people think you of.
@@johnnyskinwalker4095 Aquaman would have been a good pick for him but Jason's doing great. For Nikolaj, something that requires lotta acting chops would be great. Constantine maybe? I don't know but he needs to get a good role in either superhero universes.
Jamie, Jamie, Jamie, I have never felt such an intense love/hate relationship with a character! One thing I am sure of, I loved watching every minute of your scenes. I'm a fan of all your movies actually, you are a wonderful actor. Thank you for bringing Jamie to our homes and hearts.
@@681Irena not exactly. show Jaime made the whole thing about Cersei, whereas book Jaime refused to go back to King's Landing despite Cersei's pleas. Despite all that, the acting in that scene is just phenomenal.
The great thing about him is that he's incredible humble and down to earth. He's very danish in this sense. Met his wife Nukaka on set in Greenland while filming Vildspor with Mads Mikkelsen back in 1997 and they have been together ever since. Great actor, great person. 😊😊😊
My favorite character ❤️ Jaime Fooking Lannister. The best arc of the show with a amazing redemption and character development! Also the best duo with tyron!
@@zuhasajid900 I don't think the ending needs justification. I think him going back to cersei and dying with him as the queen protector is the best ending for him.
@@erosion271 yeah I think the ending is exactly where he was always headed. The show ending was better than all the big brain alternate disney endings I've come across. But the execution could've been done better.
For those who whine about Jamie's return to Cersei in the end... Listen to Nikolaj here, he said it all. He knows his character better than y'all. She was his main motivation, his core, everything revolved around her - so it made all sense in the world that he chose to return to her and die by her side. If we love someone, we love them despite their faults, we accept them for who they are. Jamie still loved her even after he saw her true nature, it is what it is.
The tub science was sooo well done. Like so well I wanted to read it in the book . A show or movie is at its best I think when after seeing it you think wow, I wonder how could the book could be .
I noticed this on a re-watch of the pilot- check out the size of Jamie's pauldrons (shoulder armor) at 1:42. They're half as big upon entering Tyrion's room than the were outside.
Jaime did have a redemption arc but in the end retreated into the world and person he felt most comfortable even if it led to his death. So while I didn't like how his arc ended, and it could have been written better IMHO, it was in line with his character. A sad ending, because there was another path available to him, but was in line with his character.
It took them to so long to meticulously build his character ark, and two episodes to nosedive into fucking oblivion. "to be honest, I never really cared for the innocent" BRUH, WHAT THE FUCK? Then why did you sacrifice your image and honor?
Best character of the entire series to me. I really thought that he is gonna be The Azor Ahai. It would be really cool if his right arms turns into a flaming sword (as teased by Jojen Reed) by some kind of prophecy magic. He really was the best swordsman even better than john snow in books and in the show as well, and now after his left hand is also capable of fighting, it would be so damm cool to see him fighting the Night King with both his hands (Just like Ser Arthur Dayne) and won by the end. WoW it would be soo great to see that happening.
