Ira Parker says that collaborating with the 'Game of Thrones' author on their new HBO series has been a lot of fun.
Ira Parker says that collaborating with the 'Game of Thrones' author on their new HBO series has been a lot of fun.), there are few other authors who are under such scrutiny from people who feel so passionately about their works.
But Parker, whose new series adapts Martin’s“I hope everyone aspires to work on something that’s going to be seen by millions and millions and millions of people all over the world,” he explained in a recentroundtable interview attended by io9 and other journalists. He did admit that it’s “a little scary” but thinks anyone fearful that the show won’t be faithful to the much-loved source material can rest easy. “I would say anyone who is a fan of the novella will be a fan of the show. We tell the same story; we have the same beginning, same middle, same end. We don’t go off-book. We don’t send Dunk off on any strange side quests,” Parker said. The on-screen version of the story stars Peter Claffey as Dunk, a hedge knight who gets in over his head when he strikes out on his own for the first time after his master’s death, deciding to enter a nearby tournament he’s somewhat ill-prepared to face. “I love this novella,” Parker said. “I love Dunk, and George shares that as well. He often says that this is the best thing he’s ever written—which may be a version of him saying that this is his favorite thing that he’s ever written. And I took that to heart very early on. I wanted to make sure that he was happy and saw this properly represented.”showrunner Ryan Condal as “abysmal” and said that by the time the show reached its second season, “he basically stopped listening to me”—a feud made very public thanks to“Because we agreed on what it was and who these characters were and what this story was, it was easy. We weren’t fighting about these things. I told him quite early on that I wouldn’t put anything in the show that he did not want in the show. And It never came to that. It never came to him telling me, ‘Don’t do this, don’t make this change, don’t make this addition.’ Everything was a conversation upfront and there’s no better person to have a conversation about Westeros with than George R.R. Martin,” Parker said. “It’s fun, we riff off of each other, and he’s only been a benefit to this show. Look, is everyone gonna love this show? No. But hopefully everyone will appreciate that we put forth an honest effort. We really did try. We are imperfect in our result—but, you know, so is Dunk.”premieres January 18 on HBO and HBO Max. It runs for six episodes total with a weekly rollout.How ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Reminds Us We Need Ordinary Heroes More Than Ever‘Starfleet Academy’ Begins With Something Old and Something New 'Kids These Days' and 'Beta Test' reflect the push and pull between 'Starfleet Academy' and its twin desires of feeling like 'Star Trek' while also trying something new.
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