Game of Thrones: this actor hated by fans is unrecognizable in Sex Education

This star of Game Of Thrones hated in the heroic-fantasy series is back in a completely different role in season 4 of Sex Education on Netflix. Did you recognize him?

Nine years after his last appearance on screen in Game Of ThronesJack Gleeson swaps his role of Joffrey Baratheon for that of Moe the Barjo in season 4 of Sex Education. If he only appears in two episodes of the final salvo of the Netflix series, his new look did not fail to make the spectators react. And for good reason, Jack Gleeson once again plays a detestable character as possible: drugged and sassy, ​​Moe the Barjo lives up to his name with his long hair and mustache. Within the story, he plays a friend of Maeve’s brother. As for Jack Gleeson, he has hardly appeared on our screens since the end of Game Of Thrones.

Why did Jack Gleeson stop acting after Game Of Thrones ?

During a conference given at University College Dublin to students, the interpreter of Joffrey Baratheon confided why he needed take a break from your career : “I didn’t enjoy acting as much as I used to. I started acting when I was eight and I really, really loved it, you know… Then it became a bit mechanical and less passionate when I started Game of Thrones.”

Will Jack Gleeson return to our screens after Sex Education ?

If this role made less noise than that of Moe in Sex Educationthe 31-year-old actor recently played the character of Casper in the sitcom Out of Her Mind by Sara Pascoe. Soon, he will be in the cast of the new BBC One adaptation of one of Enid Blyton’s novels, Famous Five. He should play Wentworth’s role in the new series alongside Diaana Babnicova (Don’t Breathe 2), Elliott Rose (The Northman) and Kit Rakusen (The Midwich Cuckoos). In addition to Famous Fivehe will play in Liam Neeson’s next action thriller, In The Land of Saints and Sinners.

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