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GOT actress Carice van Houten: GOT fans are ungrateful, petition signers are extremists

Posted on 5/23/20 at 12:25 pm
Posted by Bench McElroy
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 12:25 pm
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"I loved the randomness and clumsiness of picking some guy, which is very representative of the world right now, as crazy people are ruling the world," van Houten said. "I thought it was a great comparison."

Van Houten also defended the show against its detractors, telling Insider that it was inevitable there was going to be those who didn't like the end of the show.

"The fact that some people were so disappointed is because everything before that was so good," van Houten said of the previous, highly-rated seven seasons.

"So it feels a bit ungrateful. You've had such great times and then yeah, you're going to be disappointed because it's not going to go exactly how you anticipated. Of course, you're going to have all sorts of criticisms and I just thought it was a sign of how good the show was."

The only thing that did affect her, because she was upset for the show's writers, was that infamous petition, which now has over 1.8 million signatures and is still gaining more. Petition creator Dylan D wrote: "This series deserves a final season that makes sense."

"That's beyond fandom. That's extremism. That's scary," van Houten said. "Knowing the writers and knowing how f-----g great they are, they don't deserve that.


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Posted by Yeti_Chaser
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 12:26 pm to
Pics?
Posted by Clockwatcher68
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 12:28 pm to
Melisandra is just auditioning for her next role.
Posted by SEClint
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 12:37 pm to
IWHI
Posted by chinese58
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 12:39 pm to
Posted by BregmansWheelbarrow
Member since Mar 2020
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 12:42 pm to
At the end of season 5, the way the show was gonna end was inevitable. It dragged out and dragged out and dragged out and dragged out and then they had 4 seasons worth of material crammed into 6 episodes and it was over. Why they did it that way I’ll never understand but the least they could have done was a split 7th season with 6 more episodes. It still would have been rushed, but it would have been better than what we got.

And if she’s surprised people were happy for years and are now complaining...I mean...people eat at McDonald’s for 25 years and their nugget sauce gets left out of the bag once and they will never go back. People’s loyalty is fickle AT BEST.
Posted by Corso
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 1:06 pm to
She's hot as hell but it tells you something about these actors' mindset when they call people that don't like what they do "ungrateful". How dare the peons aren't grateful for the heavenly gifts they have bestowed on us all with their script reading and playacting
Posted by craigbiggio
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 1:15 pm to
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"I loved the randomness and clumsiness of picking some guy, which is very representative of the world right now, as crazy people are ruling the world," van Houten said. "I thought it was a great comparison."



“I’m ok with ruining 8 seasons of buildup for a hamfisted political statement”

Shut up and show your tits bitch
This post was edited on 5/23/20 at 1:16 pm
Posted by EGCROSS
Northern Idaho
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 1:24 pm to
Shut up van Houten and dance for me like the well paid monkey you are. Here is your peanut.

frick all actors and actresses that need their ego stroked all the time.
Posted by Wrenchruh
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 2:12 pm to
Posted by Broski
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 2:24 pm to
She's right about the petition people being crazy.

I mean, damn, it's a TV show.
Posted by Cap Crunch
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 2:35 pm to
Anyone who signs a petition because they are upset that a TV show didn't end the way they wanted it to is a giant loser.
Posted by southdowns84
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 2:46 pm to
Jesus Christ.
Posted by Jay Are
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Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 2:48 pm to
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She's hot as hell but it tells you something about these actors' mindset when they call people that don't like what they do "ungrateful". How dare the peons aren't grateful for the heavenly gifts they have bestowed on us all with their script reading and playacting


It says something about the people criticizing an actress who was asked a question in an interview just because that person feels a misguided, entitled ownership of a piece of art. Some Game of thrones fans got and remain straight up hostile. Hostility based on a TV show is prime stupidity. I'm not saying this describes you or anyone here, but if we are allowed to bitch and moan and harass actors over the internet, the actors are allowed to complain about it.
Posted by Proximo
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 2:48 pm to
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She's right about the petition people being crazy.

I mean, damn, it's a TV show.


So people can’t petition for what they want a company to do with a property they love? If it weren’t for fans online retweeting and sending in letters to WB to #releasethesnydercut it would’ve never happened
Posted by Sponge
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 2:49 pm to
Nearly everything she said about why she thinks fans are upset is incorrect.
Posted by PsychTiger
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 2:50 pm to
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"I loved the ending. I loved the randomness of just picking a king," van Houten said. "That's why I loved the first season, the guy who actually was king [Robert Baratheon], didn't want to be king, so we already got a lesson in the beginning: 'Why are you striving for that sort of power when, obviously, it doesn't make you happy?'"


Guess she didn’t read about that whole Robert’s Rebellion thing where he willingly took the crown, only to become disillusioned with ruling later on.
Posted by WaltTeevens
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Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 3:15 pm to
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So people can’t petition for what they want a company to do with a property they love? If it weren’t for fans online retweeting and sending in letters to WB to #releasethesnydercut it would’ve never happened


It's pretty cringe
Posted by geauxtigahs87
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2008
26267 posts
Posted on 5/23/20 at 3:18 pm to
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person feels a misguided, entitled ownership of a piece of art.

Expressing disappointment is entitlement now. GTFO

quote:

harass actors over the internet,

It doesn't get much worse than people saying mean things over the internet.
Posted by Sentrius
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Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 5/23/20 at 3:19 pm to
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If it weren’t for fans online retweeting and sending in letters to WB to #releasethesnydercut it would’ve never happened


The joke's going to be on them when the "Snyder Cut" confirms exactly why WB kicked Snyder off and hired Whedon to do reshoots.

Imagine thinking Zack Snyder is a competent storyteller.
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