Game of Thrones star has Sturgeon crush
GAME of Thrones star Charles Dance has revealed he has a crush on Nicola Sturgeon.
The actor disclosed that after meeting the “feisty” First Minister during the 100th anniversary commemorations of the Battle of the Somme, both he and Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs fell for Scotland’s most powerful woman.
Along with The Tudors actress Joely Richardson, the pair pleaded to be allowed to come and live in Scotland when backstage in the green room, following the actors concluding poetry readings for the event.
Dance said: “We met Nicola afterwards and Jason and I both agreed that she is, to put it mildly, not unattractive.
“We all of us – Jason, Joely and I – said: ‘Can we come and live in Scotland please?’ And she said: ‘Aye, I’ll get you a passport, don’t worry about it.’ I think she’s a feisty, terrific woman.
“She seems to still have this integrity which is a quality that, from a naive observer’s point of view, very few politicians have.”
Though best known to younger generations as the ruthless Tywin Lannister on HBO’s hit show Game of Thrones, Dance has graced our screens for more than three decades.
His latest big screen appearance sees him in the remake of Ghostbusters.
Speaking on male fans who have criticised the all-female reboot, he said: “They’re talking about it as if somebody’s demolished Shakespeare or Dostoevsky. It isn’t. It’s a piece of light entertainment.”