“I played Romeo when I was younger, and I think I did a couple kind Romeo-like parts after that, and I kind of went, 'I mustn't do this again. I must always choose something that I don't know if I'm a good enough actor to play.'”

Scottish actor

Richard Madden is a Scottish actor, born in 1986. He began acting as a child, with his first role at age 11, and made his screen debut in 2000. While studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, he also started working on stage. He toured with Shakespeare's Globe in 2007 as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, then returned to the role in the West End in 2016. He became widely known for playing Robb Stark in Game of Thrones from 2011 to 2013.