‘Line Of Duty’ star Martin Compston says ‘Game Of Thrones’ turned him down

nme.com:

Game Of Thrones.Compston, who is best-known for playing DS Steve Arnott in hit BBC series Line Of Duty spoke recently on his podcast, Restless Natives, with Daniel Portman, who played Podrick Payne in Game Of Thrones.Speaking on the hit HBO series, Compston said: “I auditioned for the pilot and not only did I never get that, I never got an audition again.”He continued: “That character died fairly quickly and I thought, ‘That’s good, maybe I’ll get in later’, [but] no.”Elsewhere in the episode, Compston spoke about the finale of Line Of Duty.

He began: “I remember that final night. I went for a walk when that final episode was on.“I wanted it to be done by that point, but also I just felt somebody was not going to be happy, and the negative voices are always the largest on social media.”He continued: “I was getting people texting me,[(saying] ‘Who’s H?

I’m going to put a bet on’. I’m like ‘I can’t tell you that’. That’s how stupid it gets.”Portman empathised with Compston, after the finale of Game Of Thrones received widespread criticism from disappointed fans.Portman said: “You’re never going to please everybody.

I think they maybe could have extended it. They maybe could have given a wee bit more time for people after such a long, epic thing.