The veteran actor on the need to take artistic risks, surviving Covid and his admiration for the pope
Jonathan Pryce has played popes, cardinals and kings – not to mention a High Sparrow in Game of Thrones – and next year he is due to appear as the Duke of Edinburgh in the final two seasons of The Crown. Yet the acclaimed actor is calling for smaller-scale stories to stay at the centre of television entertainment. Big-budget, lavish dramas made by major streaming services could be all that survives the virus crisis, he has warned.
“There is a danger we are going to see more dominance of big companies,” Pryce told the Observer. “I hope it’s only short term.”
