'But the last time I sat down and watched it all the way through? God, I don’t know, it might be the premiere!” He was also in two seasons of Game of Thrones.

“I might watch 10 minutes every now and again,' he said. That has to be interesting for you as an actor. While many people make it a point, specifically, to have Love Actually in their rotation at a certain time of year, Brodie-Sangster said in the same interview that he hasn't actually watched it.in years. PHOTOS: Game Boys: The Young Hunks Of ‘Game Of Thrones’ : Jojen Reed’s power comes from his mind, not his physicality. I think there’s something beautifully simple about that.” “It’s a little bit cheesy and it’s a little bit unrealistic sometimes and the score is really lovey-dovey, but it follows several different paths and different people and different ways in which people can all find love. “It’s just about love and about companionship and togetherness,” he said. He's also learned to see the movie for what it is-maybe a little corny, but definitely with some good themes to take away. In the interview with NME, he said that he's recognized more during the holiday season, and he's OK with that. Where Taylor-Joy puts on a quiet assurance that grows into confidence over the course of the many years that the show envelops, Brodie-Sangster brings Benny onto the screen from the very first moment with a strut that would be arrogant if it wasn't so damn charming.īrodie-Sangster also seems to be OK with the fame that he initially garnered-or that has grown with time-from the movie. Brodie-Sangster carries a swagger unlike anyone else in the show-and it plays perfectly. Chess champion and rival-turned-friend of Beth's.īenny, who wears a long leather jacket and carries a big knife strapped to his leg everywhere he goes, is played with a cowboy-of-chess gusto by 30-year-old actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster. But perhaps the most interesting character Beth crosses paths with throughout The Queen's Gambitis Benny Watts, himself a U.S. In another case she grows particularly close to her adoptive mother following her adoptive father abandoning the family. Growing up in an orphanage without any family to speak of, Beth is forced to find her own family in the world in some cases, this is the orphanage's janitor, who teaches her chess. The Queen's Gambit, Netflix's 7-part limited series from writer/director Scott Frank, follows the life of Beth Harmon ( Anya Taylor-Joy) as she rises to the top of the competitive chess world. “I went on to Queen’s Gambit and I felt a bit rusty, but I also left feeling like ‘I can’t wait for the next job!’ And then this all happened…' he told NME.

He took a two year break prior to shooting Gambit, but then the world shut down due to COVID.

Benny is played by Thomas Brodie-Sangster, who has been in a number of high profile projects, including Game of Thrones, prior to Gambit.

The Queen's Gambit follows Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy), a chess prodigy, who eventually meets a fellow chess star named Benny Watts.

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