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3 Body Problem’s John Bradley Was Thrilled He Got to Raise the Stakes This Time


“So many of those great moments that people remember … I never got it in Game of Thrones. To finally get one, I was kind of thrilled.”

Despite being known for playing bookish geeks in genre fare, most famously Samwell Tarly in Game of Thrones, John Bradley is not actually into that sort of stuff. And, after making a principled stand to reject an offer to ally with the aliens, Jack meets a grisly, unexpected end in the third episode — the first major death of the series. As I learned what the adaptation was and what they were planning to do with it, my respect for them — as if it could get any higher — only increased because I realized that they were not taking it easy on themselves for their next thing after Game of Thrones.

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