Oh, yeah.
That's how it ended last season, right?
That's how it ended.
Yeah.
Was that you riding that horse?
It was.
Yes.
Really?
So you're a good rider, because that was going fast.
Yeah.
It was fun.
Yeah.
Did you right before this?
Did you know how to ride?
I did.
I mean, actually, I did know how to ride.
But the first time I did, it was a movie
called "Kingdom of Heaven."
They called me and they said, we have this part.
Do you know how to ride?
Of course, I said, yes.
Put the phone down.
Picked it up.
I said, hello.
I need help.
Yeah.
As all actors do, right?
Yeah.
Because you say yes to everything.
Everything, of course.
But it's not that easy to learn how to ride, turns out.
No.
It's not.
Yeah.
No.
You fall off.
Yeah.
So you were just in Rwanda.
And you did--
I'm building a campus in Rwanda.
They all told me about it.
I was there with the UN.
And I went to see all these projects.
And then, at the end of the trip,
we went to see the mountain gorillas
with this thing called the Lions Share, which
is also a UN project.
And then, you get out there and then,
of course, everybody talks about you.
Oh, really?
Because you created this amazing a continuation
of the Dian Fossey work.
And they really needed that help.
Oh, that's so good.
That's so good.
Had you done that before?
Was it your first time?
I mean, you go out there.
And as you know, you trek through the jungle.
And that happened.
Yeah.
It looked like that silverback was coming at you.
Was it aggressive?
I did.
I mean, we came out like two, three hours of trekking,
suddenly you're there.
And this, guy, the tracker, he was next to me and said,
just sit down.
And I was watching this beautiful creature.
And suddenly, I stood up.
And it did that thing where it goes.
And then, it ran towards me.
And they told you, just go down.
And I just went, oh my god.
And then, of course, they're so calm.
It's fine.
You sat right in this lunch.
So that's why.
I just happened to sit on his dinner.
Well, there's lunch all around him.
You could've sat on his lunch anywhere around.
Yeah.
That would be scary.
That never happened to me.
I've seen the little babies try to do that, which is adorable.
But to have a silverback do that, that
would be your heart pumping.
The fact that you're so close to them.
Yeah.
I mean, I've never seen an animal
that powerful in the wild.
Yeah.
I mean, I don't know how you felt.
I mean, you must have done it several times.
No.
I've only done it once.
But it really stays with you.
Yeah.
It's life-changing.
It really is.
There's nothing like being-- and they're
so gentle and sweet and smart.
And anyway, so they all must've known you there too,
because your show is all over the world.
Did they--
The gorillas?
Yes.
No.
In Rwanda.
But that was the thing.
I didn't expect them to see "Game of Thrones."
But yes, every one loved the show,
was excited about the new season.
And it was so weird.
But I have to say, I mean, because I went there
with the UN.
And I don't know what you guys know about Rwanda,
but 25 years ago, this horrible thing happened, this genocide.
And I expected to see a country in complete disarray.
It's the opposite.
They had this tragedy happened.
They analyzed it.
And they said, well, that must never happen again.
So the whole thing is about inclusion.
It's about everybody have to come together.
62% of parliament are women.
50% of the cabinet are women.
I mean, it's an amazing country.
And very poor.
Yes.
And did you meet Kagame?
Or no?
No.
I did not meet the president.
Yeah.
He's a great guy.
I mean, what he's done, like you said, after that genocide,
to have such a safe country, to have a clean country,
to have everybody's happy and so happy to see--
But also imagine here, if or back home--
I'm from Denmark.
If you said to all adults, listen,
every first Saturday of the month,
we all have to do community service.
We just have to help each other and everybody did it,
I mean that would not happen back home, but they do.
They take responsibility for their country.
It's a very poor country.
Yeah.
There's no roads sweepers.
They have to do it all.
And it's clean everywhere.
Yeah.
All these little things.
And then, of course, the whole idea
of planning for the future, they do it's sustainable.
They don't want to mess up.
Like the future of this big city Kigali,
well, they want it to be 100% electric, all public transport.
I mean, all these things that--
Yeah.
And I met these ministers.
And I say, but what about business?
What do they say?
And they said, well, it's going to be challenging,
but it's what makes sense.
Yeah.
It makes sense.
They cut out plastic bags 10 years ago.
They want to cut out single use plastic.
And I said, well, you do that where I'm from
and everyone's going to say that's impossible.
And so how much time are you going to give them?
We're going to give them two years.
I said, two years?
That's not enough.
Well, it's challenging, but they'll find solutions.
And that's the way-- and it makes sense.
Yeah.
I mean, yeah.
No.
It's a great country.
It is quite impressive.
I know.
I feel the same way about Rwanda.
It is a beautiful country and a lot of people scared me
before I got there that you can't eat the food
and you can't drink the water and get all these shots.
And I go to Rwanda and I'm like, I just
didn't wear the right boots, because my feet,
because I got like so soaking wet from climbing up to see
the mountains to the gorillas.
But let's talk about "Game of Thrones,"
because everybody is waiting for this to come back.
And so for people who haven't seen "Game of Thrones,"
sum it up in 30 seconds.
What is it?
OK.
That's easy.
There's a boy who--
oh, there's a clock ticking.
There's a boy who's has lost his way in life.
He needs help.
And this guy, Jamie Lannister, helps him.
He pushes him out a window.
He falls to his ground.
He realizes, I have to do something with life.
He becomes the three-eyed raven, this magical creature who
can foresee the future, look back,
and to help save the world, and all
because of Jamie Lannister, this great guy.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
That's how you see it?
Yeah.
OK.
Some other stuff happens as well.
It's amazing how you see yourself.
Yeah.
And then, falls in love with the sister.
That too.
Yeah.
So this is the final season.
And do you know if you live or die?
Because a lot of people don't make it through that.
I know.
Yes.
You know if you live or die?
I know.
Yes.
OK.
What I'm going to do is I'm going to show you two t-shirts.
And you can only go home with one.
I would-- I'll take both.
I thought you would.
I thought you might.
All right.
And then, we'll see you wear one of them when
we're all finished watching it.
In seven weeks.
All right.
I can't wait.
I'm so excited.
And the final season of "Game of Thrones"
premieres this Sunday at 9:00 on HBO.
We'll be right back.