Game of Thrones star ‘humbled’ to play Bond legend Nick Nack
Game Of Thrones star Peter Dinklage has said his latest role portraying the actor Herve Villechaize was a “humbling experience”.
Villechaize had dwarfism and was best known for starring in 1970s TV show Fantasy Island as well as playing the villain Nick Nack in James Bond film The Man With The Golden Gun.
The French-born actor and artist took his own life aged 50 in 1993.
Dinklage is starring alongside Jamie Dornan in My Dinner With Herve, which tells the story of director Sacha Gervasi’s meeting with Villechaize shortly before he died.
Dinklage, who also has a form of dwarfism, said he initially felt under pressure playing the role but the “balloon was popped” after he met Vil- lechaize’s brother, Patrick, and his girlfriend, Kathy Self.
Speaking at the film’s premiereinlosangelesonthursday, Dinklage said: “They really sort of gave me a beautiful blessing to let go of that stuff. And at the end of the day, I am not Herve, I am just doing our version of the man and will never know what went on in that man’s mind or soul.
“Truly, I can just do what I can do to tell a story, a part of his life. It was a very humbling experience.”
The film is based on Gervasi’s meeting with Villechaize in 1993, shortly before he died. The actor pulled a knife on then journalist Gervasi before telling him he “regretted nothing”.