'Game Of Thrones' Star Jacob Anderson's Goodbye To Playing Grey Worm Has Us Sobbing
Jacob Anderson, the actor behind the “Game of Thrones” character Grey Worm, shared an emotional tribute to the head of the Unsullied army.
“GoT was like the craziest school trip ever. A 6 year Adventure Weekend,” he wrote in a three-part Twitter thread on Sunday, mere hours before the show’s series finale.
The actor and rapper, who also goes by Raleigh Ritchie, called out the names of the “Targs team” ― castmates of his who were part of his journey on the show as a supporter of Daenerys Targaryen. He appropriately shouted out Nathalie Emmanuel, who played Grey Worm’s love interest Missandei, first.
1/3 (Thread)
GoT was like the craziest school trip ever. A 6 year Adventure Weekend.
Huge shout out to the Targs team: Nats, Emilia, Conleth, Peter, Iain, Ian, Michiel, Reece and Ed for making every day fun.— Raleigh Ritchie (@RaleighRitchie) May 19, 2019
2/3 Here’s to every single department behind the scenes who worked tirelessly everyday to make this thing, and they never get shout outs and they know that but they do it anyway. Here’s to you, you ragtag bunch of talented clever rascals. I love ya’ll. Thank you.
— Raleigh Ritchie (@RaleighRitchie) May 19, 2019
After also calling out the “ragtag bunch of talented clever rascals” that made up the crew, Anderson shared a side-by-side of himself as Grey Worm on day one on set and his last day on set.
Honoring his character’s arc as a forced warrior without autonomy to a loving leader with drive and hope, the actor wrote: “Grey Worm. You went from a robot to a real boy. I’m proud of you. I’ll miss you bud. Thank you to everybody that cared about him and rooted for him. He was really scared at first, but you made him feel loved. He appreciates it. I asked him.”
3/3 Grey Worm. You went from a robot to a real boy. I’m proud of you. I’ll miss you bud. Thank you to everybody that cared about him and rooted for him. He was really scared at first, but you made him feel loved. He appreciates it. I asked him.
Here’s me on my 1st and last day. pic.twitter.com/ivNUNVd1vC— Raleigh Ritchie (@RaleighRitchie) May 19, 2019
Fans of the show and Grey Worm were very responsive to the post and couldn’t help but respond with gratefulness and thanks for Anderson and his character:
❤️😭 pic.twitter.com/vg5v0hATth
— KaliGoddessofTimeCreationDestructionandPower👁️ (@Dies_Natalis99) May 19, 2019
This just made me so emotional. Grey Worm officially developed into one of my favorite characters. Thank you so much for putting all of your heart & soul into him as a character. You did such an incredible job! 💖
— ᴀʟᴇx 🌊 (@_daimonas) May 19, 2019
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING KING
— daenerys should've stayed in essos (@bubbldreams) May 19, 2019
This rules, what a journey!!!
— Arin Hanson, you say? (@egoraptor) May 19, 2019
You were always one of my favorite characters, you made leading an army of badasses look easy. Thank you for all the hard work you and the whole team put into the show.
— 𝐃𝐞𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐑 (@DeucesRage) May 19, 2019
— bubbly (@raread) May 19, 2019
WE STAN
— Blair Imani (@BlairImani) May 19, 2019
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