He also worked as a bridge painter (on the Forth Road Bridge), landscape gardener and carpenter.
īefore becoming an actor, McCann was a painter who studied at the Scottish School of Forestry near Inverness. He has a sister, Sally-Gay McCann, born in 1972. “I see it as Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.McCann was born in Glasgow, Scotland. “He’s in a dangerous situation - he’s got no House looking after him, his armor is rusting up every day, so, you know, it’s a game of survival.
“It’s like a wake up and she’s woken up and she’s now walking it, she’s doing it,” Rory said.Īnd with Arya now riding independently, perhaps their relationship will become more of a partnership. WATCH: ‘Game of Thrones’ Cast Reveals Favorite Shocking Momentsįor The Hound, watching Arya turn from girl-in-the-corner to killer, was a big deal. And this new assistant arrived gingerly through the trees and I just remember leaning and going, ‘F*** off!’” I’ll be back.’ So I was in the middle of this clearing on my hands and knees being sick and trying to be sick. We were out in the woods, out in this estate. I must have had about six liters of this gone off, flat, ginger beer, I think it was,” he continued. … My brother-in-law and my sister on set. “In fact, it was my brother-in-law that was giving me that because he’s the props guy. “That was a horrendous amount of beer that I had to drink that time,” he said. Not only is her son starring as a one of the show’s killer characters, but her daughter and son-in-law work on the show too, Rory revealed as he continued to discuss his Season 4 premiere scene. “My mother won’t be happy,” Rory added, confirming his mom does watch the show.Īnd why wouldn’t she. I’m very proud to have won the prize this year of the swearing. He might have carried on until the immortal words of, ‘F**k the king.’ … But even that scene, there’s a lot of comedy. I mean, if there was a piano player in that pub, he would have just stopped.
It was going to kick off,” Rory said of the explosive fighting sequence that ended the “Two Swords” episode. PHOTOS: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 4: Even More Pics! But Rory said Polliver’s insulting chicken trade offer (one of his chickens for Arya) didn’t prompt the blood bath. You could see his face, going, ‘Oh, for f**k’s sake!’ I mean, he hated me,” Rory told Access.īefore the duo took down the King’s men and rode off with their new horse and chickens, there was a cat and Hound game going on inside the establishment between Polliver and Sandor Clegane.
“Just in real life, honestly, we would arrive on set and that horse would look at me and then his ears would go back and the head would drop and then, when get on, he’d be shifting from one leg to the other. WATCH: ‘Game Of Thrones’: What To Expect From Arya & The Hound? Two people on one horse isn’t good.”Īnd on set, splitting the two up was something Bjork – the real name of Rory’s male horse (yes, as in the Icelandic music star) – was fond of too. “I think she’s earned it,” Rory McCann told Access Hollywood of Sandor Clegane/The Hound’s feelings on Arya getting her own four-legged ride. “Game of Thrones” served up a satisfying ending to its Season 4 premiere, as Arya Stark road off with The Hound, atop her own horse.