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star Peter Dinklage has admitted that he had some "concerns" before originally accepting the role of Tyrion Lannister.

The actor, who won the Outstanding Supporting Actor Emmy for his portrayal of the character last night (September 17), revealed that all those years ago he wasn\'t as aware of Tyrion\'s complexity as a character before agreeing to do the show.

"I had some concerns, maybe it\'s filtered down into some sort of rumour that I didn\'t want to do it," Dinklage said backstage at the awards while answering a question on a rumour.

Peter Dinklage reflects on the end of #GameOfThrones: "This is not only a great TV show to be apart of but it was an enormous family to be apart of. I absolutely adored this character." #Emmys pic.twitter.com/4WsW2U3IXY

— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 18, 2018

"But when I met [showrunners] Dave [Benioff] and Dan [Weiss] for the first time with Carolyn Strauss, another producer on the show, so many years ago in Los Angeles, they told me about it briefly before I met them and I came in with some concerns about this genre, having seen many pieces.

"I wasn\'t familiar with the books, so I wasn\'t familiar with the complexity of Tyrion at that point, because unfortunately before this character, many times people my size weren\'t complicated enough for me to be interested in doing it.

"I had done it one or two times before and it didn\'t grab me. But they relieved my concerns very quickly."

During his Emmys acceptance speech, Dinklage remembered to thank his wife after forgetting her in his speech a few years ago, saying: "Thank you, Erica, for putting up with me. I\'m very temperamental and I love you very much."

Meanwhile, the actor recently teased the upcoming eighth and final season, revealing that the epic Battle of the Bastards may be topped in the new episodes.

"Oh my god, and then some," he said. "You are in for it. Truly."

season 8 will premiere in 2019. The show airs on HBO in the US and Sky Atlantic and NOW TV in the UK. Season 7 is now available to buy on DVD, Blu-ray or digital download.

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