Game of Thrones star explains why he took a break from screen acting, and it was nothing to do with his King Joffrey role

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“Thankfully, it wasn’t because I received any sort of abuse from anybody."

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He's responsible for bringing one of the most hated characters on television to life, but after he departed from Game of Thrones as the biggest bastard in the Seven Kingdoms, Joffrey Baratheon, Jack Gleeson seemed to vanish off the radar completely. Now he's back in the new Netflix series House of Guinness, from Peaky Blinders' creator, Steven Knight, and he's finally explained what brought him back to the screen.

Stopped by The Hook at the premiere of the new show, Gleeson was asked where he'd been all this time, and it turns out he's been acting, but keeping strictly to the stage before heading back to our televisions. “Thankfully, it wasn’t because I received any sort of abuse from anybody. Thankfully! I know that can happen, sadly," Gleeson said. "People confuse the character with the actor, but after Game of Thrones or even during the show, I was continuing to act, but it was more of just a theatre company that I set up with some friends in Dublin, and I was more into that at that time.”

Nick Staniforth
Nick Staniforth
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Nick is a freelancer whose work can be found at Screen Rant, The Digital Fix, and Looper. He loves movies, TV, DC, and Marvel. He also believes that the best Robin Hood is still a talking fox.

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