Jonathan Pryce, the Welsh actor best known for playing Prince Philip in Netflix's The Crown, has aimed a cutting remark at comedian Ricky Gervais during a recent interview. The 78-year-old star made the comment while discussing his failure to watch the divisive final season of Game of Thrones, in which he played the High Sparrow.
Pryce admitted he fell asleep during his own character's death scene in the Season 6 finale, explaining that the slow build-up 'went on forever'. He only realised he had missed the moment when a waiter joked about 'wildfire' the next morning, prompting him to rewatch the episode that night.
When asked about never seeing the finale, Pryce quipped: 'Well, when you see the work, you know why.' He then added: 'Does Ricky Gervais watch his own work? I bet he does. He shouldn't.' The comment was made ahead of the release of his new Sky Atlantic crime thriller, Under Salt Marsh.
In Under Salt Marsh, Pryce plays Solomon Bevan, a local farmer whose land becomes central to a murder mystery. The role marks a return to his Welsh roots, nearly 60 years after leaving. He confessed that while he had not lived in Wales for decades, he had 'never left emotionally', and that the country's beauty was often man-made, with green hills covering slag heaps from mining.
