{"id":2055896,"date":"2025-09-28T17:15:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T17:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2055896"},"modified":"2025-09-28T17:15:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T17:15:31","slug":"game-of-thrones-star-explains-why-he-took-a-break-from-screen-acting-and-it-was-nothing-to-do-with-his-king-joffrey-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/game-of-thrones-star-explains-why-he-took-a-break-from-screen-acting-and-it-was-nothing-to-do-with-his-king-joffrey-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Game of Thrones star explains why he took a break from screen acting, and it was nothing to do with his King Joffrey role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: HBO<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He&#8217;s responsible for bringing one of the most hated characters on television to life, but after he departed from Game of Thrones as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/whos-the-biggest-game-of-thrones-bastard-joffrey-baratheon-or-ramsay-bolton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the biggest bastard in the Seven Kingdoms, Joffrey Baratheon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the biggest bastard in the Seven Kingdoms, Joffrey Baratheon<\/a>, Jack Gleeson seemed to vanish off the radar completely. Now he&#8217;s back in the new Netflix series House of Guinness, from Peaky Blinders&#8217; creator, Steven Knight, and he&#8217;s finally explained what brought him back to the screen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stopped by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thehook\/status\/1970842105053663588\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Hook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Hook<\/a> at the premiere of the new show, Gleeson was asked where he&#8217;d been all this time, and it turns out he&#8217;s been acting, but keeping strictly to the stage before heading back to our televisions. \u201cThankfully, it wasn\u2019t because I received any sort of abuse from anybody. Thankfully! I know that can happen, sadly,&#8221; Gleeson said. &#8220;People confuse the character with the actor, but after Game of Thrones or even during the show, I was continuing to act, but it was more of just a theatre company that I set up with some friends in Dublin, and I was more into that at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the new show, House of Guinness follows the titular Irish family as they recover from the death of Benjamin Guinness, leaving his children to battle over control of the company that is flourishing between Ireland and New York in the 19th century. Much like Peaky Blinders, Knight&#8217;s latest work does brew a hefty dose of fiction within the fact of this world-famous family tree, and that includes Gleeson&#8217;s character. Arriving in the third episode of the new show, the former Game of Thrones star plays the fictional character Byron Hedges, who reveals himself to be the illegitimate child in the Guinness family tree and is keen to help push the drink into America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You can watch the entire show now on Netflix, but remember to binge responsibly. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/best-shows-on-netflix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:After you're done, why not check out 25 of the best shows to watch on the streaming service here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">After you&#8217;re done, why not check out 25 of the best shows to watch on the streaming service here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: HBO He&#8217;s responsible for bringing one of the most hated characters on television to life, but after he departed from Game of Thrones as the biggest bastard in the Seven Kingdoms, Joffrey Baratheon, Jack Gleeson seemed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2055897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[348114,330562,381291,381292,318038,318040],"class_list":["post-2055896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-benjamin-guinness","tag-game-of-thrones","tag-jack-gleeson","tag-joffrey-baratheon","tag-peaky-blinders","tag-steven-knight"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Game-of-Thrones-star-explains-why-he-took-a-break.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2055896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2055897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2055896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2055896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2055896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}