Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Details His Attempts To Apply ‘Game Of Thrones’ Wisdom To ‘Optimist’s Guide To The Planet’
DEADLINE
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is channeling the unique impact of Game of Thrones as he gears up for the launch of his Bloomberg Original documentary series this week.
The star, who played Jamie Lannister in the HBO juggernaut, told Deadline it would initially have been “absurd” that “a fantasy show about a girl who gave birth to three dragons and spoke in a made-up language would 11 years later have won more Emmys than any other show in history.”
However, “someone imagined it and pursued it,” he added.
The actor is taking that lesson as ammunition for his new doc series, Optimist’s Guide To The Planet with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, in which he travels the world with his team exploring humanity, witnessing its power for good, and learning about some of the remarkable solutions (both old and new) that inspire his optimism for the future. In the six-part series, the team visits Greenland, Australia, the U.S., Japan, Vietnam, Germany, Kenya, St. Vincent, Spain, Mexico, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
