Biography

[on the Night King's (Game of Thrones (2011)) design] We designed his look a couple of years ago and the original sort of brief is that he is part of the White Walker family and is seen as their sort of leader - his character is the Night's King. We had to distinguish him from the rest of the White Walkers. The show's creators were after a look that gave him quite a regal sort of presence. So, one of the avenues we were sort of exploring - he didn't necessarily have long flowing locks of white hair - but he had almost a crown. Maybe the crown is incorporated into his head. We were talking about a crown of thorns and such, but maybe he has horns, which kind of grow from his skull and kind of give this crown impression - these sort of translucent icy looking, horns growing from his skull.

About working on Masters of the Universe (2026): We met with Travis Knight and just clicked immediately. I was a big fan of Bumblebee, but also my daughter and I were big fans of all the stop motion animated LAIKA films that Travis has made – Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), Missing Link (2019), Coraline (2009)... my god, he's made so many great films. Obviously it was a bit of a no-brainer that we wanted to work with Travis, but it was his passion for Masters of the Universe and his vision for what he wanted to do with the film that inspired us.