Dornish Representation
Fabien Frankel who stars as Ser Criston Cole, who’s of Dornish descent. He shared that playing a common-born son with no claim to land or titles but mad skills with a sword is something he was able to tap into. “I read summaries on the internet of the way the Dornish were spoken about in King’s Landing. My family are from all over the world, I feel very lucky in that. And I think that when you have a character that doesn’t come from the same world as everyone else, you instantly find yourself isolated. And I thought that was a very helpful tool for me in terms of the way that I wanted to create this character. I actually think it echoes modern day racism in a lot of ways.”
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