Peter Dinklage admits he had some hesitation in playing Tyrion in Game of Thrones. The 52-year-old opened up in a new interview during the Telluride Film Festival where his upcoming movie, Cyrano, is screening. Click inside to read why Peter was hesitant in taking the role… Peter says when the offer first came to him, he thought it would be very stereotypical for him, as a character with “a really long beard and pointy shoes.” “That is just what followed the fantasy genre for people my size,” he shared. “Why do we always have to follow that boring f***ing formula of pointy shoes and a beard?
Who invented that? Why are we still following that? We don’t need to. I said that to them.” Peter then added that when he learned what they were doing
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