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" I had actually sent an audition tape for Simon Pegg's movie 'Hot Fuzz,' which came to nothing. Four years after the film released, out of nowhere, I got a call saying the producers of 'Game of Thrones' wanted me to play Hodor after they had seen that particular tape. "

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Kristian Nairn

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Learning

Out

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" I grew up with the British-Chicago crossover of house music with a lot of pianos and very heavy bass lines, but what I love about house is you can mix it up a bit. "

" I played with local bands and ended up touring with Scissor Sisters, Mylo, Alphabeat, and Calvin Harris. That somehow changed into DJ'ing. "

Kristian Nairn

Changed

Local

" When I started 'Game of Thrones,' the first three seasons, I still DJ'd every night before I went on set. I'd finish DJing at 3 A.M. and have to be on set at 5 A.M. "

" There's no one else like Hodor on 'Game of Thrones.' There's no other character with that warmth, humanity, and a little bit of comic relief. "

Kristian Nairn

Game

Warmth

" I really wasted a lot of time in my 20s. "

" My drag name was Revvlon. "

Kristian Nairn

Drag

Name

" To play this iconic character from this historically wonderful series of books - who wouldn't take that opportunity and be happy about it? I'm happy to be Hodor forever. "

" I think if everyone had a little more Hodor in them, it'd be a nicer world. "

" I sorta worked out a few years ago that one of my favorite things to do in 'World of Warcraft' is look for things, to just spend the time flying around searching. "

" I did a music festival in France. I'm not going to name names, but there were bigger bands and DJs on before me, and throughout their set, all I could hear them chanting was 'Hodor!' And I was, like, 'Oh, please stop! It's so disrespectful to the other acts!' In a way, obviously, I loved it, but it was kind of embarrassing at the same time. "

Kristian Nairn

Name

Music

" I don't really make a distinction because when I'm acting, I feel like an actor, and when I DJ, I feel like a DJ, and when I play the guitar, I feel like a guitar player. I don't know which I prefer. I think I just like to perform, in some way or another. "

Kristian Nairn

Think

Guitar

" I'm a massive 'WoW' nerd, and gamer in general. "

" Obviously, there's so many different types of gay people, but some people don't know that. Some people think we all look and act a certain type of way. "

" I recognise that, while I was fortunate enough to grow up without any discrimination or stigma attached at all, other people haven't been so lucky. "

Kristian Nairn

Discrimination

People

" I get 'Hodor' tweeted at me a lot. "

Kristian Nairn

Get

Lot

" I love saying 'Hodor!' "

" I actually started off - believe it or not - doing drag. I travelled the world because I was a completely off-the-wall drag artist. "

" I would relish a role that really shows a bit of background into how the bad guy got the way he is... a little more complex than cackling behind a hooded cloak. "

" It's an actor's dream to only have one line, and people like him, so I'm really lucky. "

" My first musical dream was to be a guitar player, and believe me, it's still in there. "

" In all honesty, when you talk about 'the gay community,' you are talking about my community, haha. "

" I don't see the benefit in giving yourself a belief system that allows you to judge other people. "

" I have no difficulty with career duality! "

" I've never given a damn. A seven-foot man who dresses as a woman as a job is not interested in what other people think. "

" I was a total metal-head as a teen. I still love it, too. "