Exclusive John Bradley didn’t know what he was getting into 3 Body problem. the game of thrones The star plays physicist and businessman Jack Rooney in the upcoming sci-fi epic. Talking to Delivery timehe said that showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss initially told him about the character they had written for him, but very little: “David and Dan called me and said, ‘We’re doing this new thing, we’re not going to tell you what it is, but we wrote this part for you.
The relationship is forged with Benioff and Way On game of thrones “And the character details they shared meant it was the easiest yes of my career,” the actor said. “I’ve worked with them for ten years and I know them well and they know me. I knew for sure that they were giving me a personality that matched my strengths.”
Bradley was talking to Delivery time In the Mania series where 3 Body problem It was its first show in Europe. After Bradley was introduced to the series, he read the books and realized the huge scope of the project. “My first thought was just huge admiration for them for taking on such an enormous task then game of thrones. They could have taken it easy on themselves and adapted something more straightforward, but they were really too ambitious.
Trilogy by Chinese author Liu Zixin The three-body problem It inspired the Netflix series. The books were described as unfilmable before Benioff, Weiss and Woo made the show. The show spans geographies and realities as humanity comes into contact with an alien civilization and a group of brilliant scientists – the Oxford Five – team up with an unconventional detective to take on the greatest threat in history.
The series bowed at SXSW last week before making its European debut at Series Mania at Lille last night. Jess Hong plays Jin Cheng in the series, another member of the Oxford Five, who was also in attendance at the French Drama Festival.
Hong said Jin Qing is “perfect.” Delivery time About her personality. “She’s very optimistic about the future and that’s what keeps her going, because even though she can’t see what’s on the other side, she knows that if she solves this huge problem, the world can become a better place. I think she’s actually a big part of The heart of the show, its empathy, she definitely feels things very strongly.
“It’s a combination of the writing and Jess’s exceptional performance. But Jin Qing is the inspiration for the show,” Bradley added. “When people watch it, they’ll say, ‘In these circumstances, I want to be like her.’” Bradley added.
Meanwhile, Bradley’s character left academia and became a snack food entrepreneur. He remains friendly with his fellow scientists, but is often off the mark, making for some pithy and smile-inducing one-liners. “When you see some movies set in the future, especially science fiction ones and when the stakes are so high, you find yourself thinking, ‘I wonder what year people stopped saying funny things,’” Bradley said.
The cast was given screens in January, and Hong Said watched the entire series from bed in (almost) one sitting: “I accidentally messed up the whole thing because I couldn’t stop. Well, I actually got to episode seven… and then I finished the last episode in… The next day.
After American and European festival outings, 3 Body problem It drops on Netflix next week. For Hong, seeing the streaming marketing machine in action has brought home the fact that the series is about to go down worldwide. “This feels like a global event now, and that adds to the pressure, but next week, when it all unfolds, it will be the complete end of this massive operation. For us, it’s been two and a half years, for David, Dan and Alex, it’s been four years. It seems It’s like everything leads up to the st.