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Photo: Proof That ‘Game Of Thrones’ King Joffrey Actor Jack Gleeson Is A Good Sport
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Game Of Thrones King Joffrey

We all know that Joffrey Baratheon on HBO’s Game Of Thrones is a real bastard… in every sense of the word. The boy king is hated by audiences so much, that sometimes fans find it hard to differentiate between the loathed character and the actor who portrays him, Jack Gleeson. Just the mere sight of Gleeson’s face, which has provided the background to countless internet memes and novelty t-shirts, incites a negative reaction. Just search Twitter for “King Joffrey” to see what people post about the character and what happens if someone bumps into the 21-year-old Irish actor, who’s a student at Trinity College, Dublin, on the street.

But over and over again, Gleeson proves that he’s a nice guy and even a good sport about the whole thing. A photo posted to Reddit shows the actor smiling while holding up a drawing of King Joffrey with the words “There’s no cure for being a cunt” (a quote about King Joffrey from the show) in a decorative banner around it. Check out the photo here below.

Proof That Game Of Thrones King Joffrey Actor Jack Gleeson Is A Good Sport

[Jack Gleeson photo via Reddit]

There was no caption, source, or explanation for the photo, just the headline: Jack Gleeson is a good sport.

Because Gleeson plays the hated character so well, author George R.R. Martin, creator of A Song of Ice and Fire book series on which the Game Of Thrones television series is based, reportedly sent the actor a congratulatory letter, stating, “Congratulations on your marvelous performance, everyone hates you.” The author has stated that Gleeson is actually “…really a very nice young man, charming and friendly.”

But, it’s no wonder Gleeson wants to give up acting to pursue an academic career – he’s “nasty King Joffrey” wherever he goes!

Gleeson, who had a small role as “little boy” in 2005’s Batman Begins, probably never thought he’d go the typecasting way of Fonzie and Spock – or should I say, more like The Karate Kid baddie William Zabka. If the young actor, who is actually quite adorable off-screen, had been cast in the Twilight movies instead of Game Of Thrones, he’d be a teen heartthrob instead of universally despised. Hopefully, after taking time off for his studies post-Thrones, Gleeson can return to the acting world and maybe go the way of Gary Oldman or his former Thrones co-star Sean Bean, both of whom were able to break out of their early on-screen villain typecasting.

Game Of Thrones King Joffrey hating meme

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6 Comments »

  1. Sometimes the best parts of tv series, comics or movies are the villains.
    For instance Darth Vader in Star Wars or the Joker in The Dark Knight, and if there is one thing Game of Thrones truly nails, it is the villains, and Jack Gleeson is now one of the most memorable villains I have seen on the screen.

    Comment by merwanor — August 17, 2013 @ 8:41 pm

  2. The pic, made me laugh so much. I want the cup. xD

    Comment by Greenleaf17 — August 18, 2013 @ 2:37 am

  3. I actually like king Joffery I think I’m the only one but fuck it ahahah

    Comment by PandaDonna — October 18, 2013 @ 4:19 pm

  4. The artist is who did the piccy of Jack Gleeson is Chris Hill, he works outta Belfast City Skinworks.

    Comment by duder1980 — April 16, 2014 @ 1:10 pm

  5. It takes incredible acting talent in order to inspire such hatred. I hate Joffrey as much as the next guy but I hope most people don’t actually give Jack Gleeson a hard time for, effectively, doing a good job.

    Comment by Kwehrheim — April 22, 2014 @ 5:38 am

  6. Its like Glen Close in Fatal Attraction. It doomed her career.

    Comment by wildbirds — November 30, 2014 @ 9:44 pm

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