Why You Don't Hear From Jack Gleeson Anymore

Best known for his role as sadistic boy-king Joffrey Baratheon in Game of Thrones, Irish actor Jack Gleeson seemed poised for big things but for a while, he was pretty much nowhere to be found. So exactly what happened to him?

Here's an important thing to know: Gleeson really isn't interested in living an actor's lifestyle. In an interview with the Irish Independent, Gleeson said:

"When I started doing Game of Thrones, perhaps the reality was made too real for me. The lifestyle that comes with being an actor in a successful TV show isn't something I gravitate towards."

In fact, he only started acting because it was just something for him to do. Gleeson started taking acting classes with his two older sisters at his local community center because there wasn't much else available. He told Vulture:

"It was nearby [...] I did it because it looked fun. If the community center hosted karate classes instead, I might be a karate person, but for some reason they happened to have acting classes, so I went to them."

Perhaps the main reason Gleeson didn't much like playing Joffrey was that he just didn't enjoy working on set.

Specifically, Gleeson isn't intrigued by the faker aspects of filming an effects-heavy show like Game of Thrones. He explained to Vulture:

"When you go on to a set, you realize the very visceral reality that you see on the TV show is a product of a huge amount of processing and editing and storytelling that isn’t present on the day of filming.”

Worse yet, Gleeson found actually doing his job to be almost entirely unfulfilling — and incredibly boring. He said:

"You go and put your makeup on, put your costume on, wait in your caravan-trailer thing for an hour and then you go the set, and you film for three minutes and then they change around the lights, and the camera angle and you wait for an hour, and then you film for another three minutes. It's a very boring, tedious process."

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Strange origins | 0:15
Playing the part | 0:56
Giving up the Throne | 2:06
Fame and fortune | 2:50
Comeback kid | 3:56

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