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[INAUDIBLE]
[LAUGHTER]
[INAUDIBLE]
REBECCA: THAT LANGUAGE AND
THAT'S JOE NAUFAHU ON HBO'S
MASSIVE HIT SERIES, KICK-- "GAME
OF THRONES".
JOE PLAYS DOTHRAKI
ROYALTY, KHAL MORO AND
HE IS HERE NOW WITH US
TO TELL US A BIT ABOUT
THAT SCENE.
THAT WAS FUNNY.
YOU GOT TO INJECT A
LITTLE HUMOR INTO THAT.
YOU DON'T NORMALLY
GET TO SEE THAT SIDE OF
HIM.
IT WAS COOL.
REBECCA: TELL ME WHAT THIS HAS
BEEN LIKE FOR YOU TO PLAY THIS
CHARACTER AND LEARN THIS NEW
LANGUAGE.
CRAZY.
I DID A SOFT TAPE AND
THEY MUST HAVE SOMETHING
THEY SAW.
THE SCENE WAS IN
ENGLISH, THE SCENE I DID
A SOFT TAKE FOR, SO I
FEEL FORTUNATE TO
RECEIVE THE ROLE AND
JUST HAVING A BALL WITH
IT.
LOUISA: SOMETHING MANY PEOPLE
MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT YOU ARE A
RUGBY PLAYER, A FITNESS TRAINER.
I DID YOU MAKE THE
TRANSITION TO ACTING?
I'VE PLAYED
PROFESSIONAL RUGBY.
AS SOON AS I COULD RUN I
PICKED THE BALL UP AND
FOR KIWI GROWING UP ITS
THE SAME FOR AMERICANS
WITH AMERICAN FOOTBALL.
RUGBY IS OUR THING.
LOUISA: HAVE YOUR ALL-BLACK.
YES, I WENT THROUGH A
CAREER INJURY AND THAT'S
WHY I PICKED UP ACTING.
FOUND A PASSION FOR
ACTING LIKE I DID RUGBY
AND I PURSUED IT AND
STARTED A GYM SIX YEARS
AGO, A COMMUNITY-BASED
GYM AND WE HAVE A LOT OF
TEAMWORK INVOLVED IN
THIS AND CAMARADERIE AND
THAT HAS GIVEN ME SOME
OF THAT FROM RUGBY AS
WELL.
LOUISA: I AM SURE THAT FITNESS
TRAINING HAS HELPED WITH THIS
CHARACTER.
DEFINITELY.
YOU HAVE TO BE IN SHAPE.
LOUISA: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
MOST SURPRISING THINGS FOR YOU
ABOUT PLAYING IN THIS
PARTICULAR?
GETTING PAST THE
LANGUAGE, LEARNING THE
LANGUAGE WAS PROBABLY
THE TOUGHEST PART.
LOUISA: I WAS GOING TO SAY EVEN
SAYING YOUR CHARACTER'S NAME WAS
TOUGH.
SEEN IT CORRECTLY.
KHAL MORO.
IT GET THAT IN THEIR.
LOUISA: I HAVE TO PRACTICE THAT.
AND YOU SAY THERE ARE
PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT
ACTUALLY KNOW THIS
LANGUAGE, THIS CREATED
LANGUAGE.
GOD BLESS THEM.
THERE IS A WEBSITE
DEDICATED TO THIS AND
IT'S AMAZING.
THE FANS ARE IN THERE SO
DEEP.
LOUISA: CAN YOU, I MEAN, TALK
SOMETHING OR SAY SOMETHING?
I COULD GIVE YOU A
LITTLE PHRASE I USED IN
THE TRAILER, THE TEASER,
ACTUALLY.
I CAN TEACH YOU.
FOLLOW ME.
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VERY GOOD.
LOUISA: HOW IS THAT?
PERFECT.
LOUISA: I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF.
I COULD NEVER SAY THAT
AGAIN.
SO, FOR YOU NOW, ARE YOU
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
SEASON.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T GET
INTO WHAT WILL HAPPEN,
BUT ARE THEY BIG CHANGES
TAKING PLACE?
YEAH, I MEAN, I HAVE
NOT SEEN ANY OF IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
SEASON.
LOUISA: IS YOUR CHARACTER
INVOLVING A LITTLE BIT?
THERE ARE A LOT OF
FANS OUT THERE THAT
REALLY ENJOYED SEEING
HIM COME BACK AND COME
BACK WITH DIFFERENT
CHARACTER TRAITS, SO
YEAH, JUST KEEP
WATCHING, GUYS.
LOUISA: I KNOW PEOPLE WATCHING
THERE IS ALWAYS A BIG REACTION
FROM "GAME OF THRONES".
I WAS A FAN BEFORE I
GOT THE ROLE AND I HAD
NOT ACTUALLY WATCHED
SEASON FIVE, SO I
WATCHED THE WHOLE-- IT'S
A 24 HOUR FLIGHT FROM
NEW ZEALAND TO LONDON,
SO I WATCH THE WHOLE
SEASON ON THE PLANE.
LOUISA: IT'S A LONG.
WELL, YOU CAN SEE JOE
NAUFAHU IN "GAME OF
THRONES" ON HBO AND YOU
CAN CATCH TONIGHT'S
EPISODE AT 9:00 P.M. OR
EARLIER IF YOU HAVE