Game of Thrones' Iwan Rheon uses a 'Dark Knight' reference for the brutal Ramsay BoltonApr 6(AZINS) One of the most talked about moments from season 5, apart from Jon Snow’s death, was Sansa Stark’s brutal rape scene at the hands of the Ramsay Bolton. In an interview, Iwan Rheon, who plays Ramsay on the show, revealed what he thought of his character.

When asked what he thought about his character now, Rheon said, “He does have motivations in life, like all the other characters do in their striving for power. But he is a sociopath, without a doubt. You know, there’s his lack of empathy towards other people and his love of hurting other things is frightening.”

He further added, “He has motivations to succeed in this world and that’s driven by being a bastard all your life. You’re a second-class citizen in this world, especially if you’re around all of these very powerful people, the Lords and the Heads of Houses. You’re almost in there, but you’re not and so he inhabits that weird place in between. It leads to a lot of uncertainty in his world. He gets left behind. He’s never had any security in his life. He feels dispensable, so he is constantly having to prove that he’s useful.”

When asked if Iwan based Ramsay on any particular character, he revealed, “I’ve got a couple of references that I used for him. It was somewhere in between the Joker from The Dark Knight and Dennis the Menace, with a bit of Liam Gallagher in there too.”

He continued, “But the challenge is making him real, because you easily could be so over the top. He’s a big character and I think the key to him was finding that joy he takes in everything. He’s not, like, bogged down and evil. He’s like, ‘Oh, this is great - I get to do this.’ He genuinely enjoys it. He was left to his own devices for too long and he’s gone mad.”

Season 6 of Game of Thrones will premiere in India on April 26. It will air every Tuesday at 10 pm on Star World Premiere HD.