Rose Leslie Interview: Honeymoon, Game of Thrones, and more!

Rose Leslie on her new film Honeymoon, leaving Game of Thrones and prying spoilers out of George R.R.

The two actors create an intimacy that immediately makes the situation unsettling and uncomfortable.

Den of Geek: What was the draw for you in doing this?

What appealed to you about it?

So I thought that was a great draw because that appealed to the theatrical side of me.

There were rehearsals and then boom we went straight back into it, back in the scene.

And then we kind of came out and there was so much rehearsal and dedication.

Youre always like on top of one another to get it right.

Also just the transformation that the character that I play goes through…it was great.

With a few little changes you could put this on a stage really.

Because it is so close and you are, from an actors perspective, leaning on each other.

And Harry and I, we have a great dialogue off-screen as we do onscreen.

So having such a wonderful person to work with and to collaborate with felt very different from other jobs.

You had not met Harry before this, right?

But years ago we went to the same drama school together.

Harry was in his final year.

We both did a three-year course.

Harry was in his final year and I just arrived.

He was incredibly, hugely talented.

And so I always knew of him but he never knew me.

So that was great.

How did Leigh fit into this and what was it like working with her on her first feature?

We chatted a lot on Skype prior to actually going out to North Carolina to work.

She was very, very keen on rehearsals, which is such a blessing.

That really fed onto the days when we were on set having to work for long hours.

It was six day weeks for four weeks straight really.

That was a true privilege, it really was.

It was a completely new kind of area.

I never had explored that before.

That was something that Id never really had any experience in.

I had never really put myself through something whereby I couldnt tap in and out of it.

I kind of wanted to stay within the realms of that world.

So that was a new thing for me.

What were some other especially challenging scenes to play?

There was a barfing scene that was pretty much top of the list as well.

That was rather disturbing as well because you are never at ease with yourself.

Did you factor that into your performance?

Thats really what it tapped into and why you feel slightly uneasy.

So when an actor leavesGame of Thrones, do they have some sort of ritual on set?

Do they give you some sort of a sendoff?

I was so lucky.

I was given a lovely sendoff.

It was a wonderful thing that the production had scheduled the scene whereby Ygritte dies on my final day.

That was my final scene.

I didnt have to shoot that and then come back and do something else.

So that was a lovely thing knowing that once it happened I was then leaving.

It was very emotional.

Yeah, it was.

I had read the books.

Have you read all the books now?

I havent readA Dance with Dragons.

But I most certainly will.

Have you ever tried to pry any information out of George R. R. Martin?

We all ply him with whiskey and any jot down of booze that we can get our hands on.

But no the man is stone.

He absolutely is and so are (showrunners) David (Benioff) and Dan (Weiss).

But they are hugely intelligent men and they wouldnt want to ruin it for anyone anyway.

I read you spent your childhood in a castle…?

I also read that your family is part of the Clan Leslie, which has great meaning in Scotland.

So whats it like growing up in a real castle?

I have had the most wonderful childhood and I was raised in a very loving family.

But living in a house and being brought up in a house like that, my god its cold.

And holy shit, is it drafty.

There are stone floors that that are not cozy or comfy in the way that this lovely carpet is.

You dont walk down to the kitchen for breakfast in your pajamas because its too freezing.

You have to get dressed.

So there are wonderful, wonderful points and less so wonderful ones.

But I feel incredibly lucky to have been raised in such a lovely place.

Oh yes, yes.

With all the clans in Scotland and with all the battles, dating back to 1066 or even before.

I had a little insight from my dad.

Whats next for you?

Im a lucky girl.

I am currently working in Pittsburgh on a movie calledThe Last Witch Hunter.

Who are you doing most of your work with?

I believe it will be Vin Diesel.

Anything beyond that you know of?

Not at the moment.

Honeymoonis out in theaters Friday (September 12).

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