Matt Smith has opened up about having doubts over accepting roles in Doctor Who and House of the Dragon . The actor, 41, played the Eleventh Doctor from 2010 to 2013 . He also portrays the sadistic antihero Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon , which returns for its second season on Sky Atlantic on Monday (17 June).
Speaking in a new interview with The Guardian about his doubts over House of the Dragon ’s potential to live up to the legacy of the original Game of Thrones series , he said: “I had the same feeling when I took Doctor Who . And my agent was like: ‘You’re doing it!’ Thank God I did. It changed my life.
To this day, it is just the most brilliant of jobs.” Asked why he hesitated so much, he added: “The way to make an actor unhappy is to give them a job, because there’s self-reflection. Like can I enjoy it? My dad used to say to me when I told him I wasn’t enjoying this or that aspect of work: ‘Bloody hell, son.
It’s work. It’s not meant to be enjoyable all the f***ing time. Get on with it.
’” Smith, who lives in London, also said he sometimes regrets not following his Doctor Who co-star Karen Gillan to the US, to pursue his dreams of becoming a movie star. “I was gonna move over there,” he said. “Sometimes I look back, and maybe I should have literally just gone after her.
And then things happened. I got in a relationship here and I ended up staying.” His past relationships include model Daisy Lowe and actor Lily James.
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