Ciaran Hinds: Game of Thrones star on The Dry, sex scenes and nepo babies

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I was already working on it in Dublin,” says Hinds, “and then Hélène phoned and said, ‘Somebody’s just got in touch with me about something. “He’d have said, ‘Couldn’t you have managed that a little more subtly?’ Peter was a very witty man.” open image in gallery In ‘The Dry’ In The Dry, Hinds plays Tom Sheridan, a big old bear of a man whose long marriage has been slowly corroded by time and disappointment – and, specifically, by the death of a son. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free “I didn’t believe in it at first,” says Hinds. When our Zoom call freezes a couple of times – “These intimate questions aren’t going down very well with the gods,” Hinds suggests – there’s a chance to study those charismatic features at leisure.