Alfie Allen: ‘The only competition on Game Of Thrones was over who had the best six-pack’

The Emmy-nominated actor (and Lily’s little brother) talks new films, family and fatherhoodWhen Alfie Allen was nominated for an Emmy earlier this year, for his performance in Game Of Thrones, many were quick to point out that the boy from the 2007 Lily Allen single Alfie had finally proved his big sister wrong.

In the song, Lily pleads with her weed-smoking little brother to get off his “lazy arse” and stop wasting his life away.

After eight seasons of HBO’s epic fantasy drama, Allen, 33, appeared to have done just that.

But the truth is more complicated.“When Lily wrote the song, I was in Canada teaching kids how to snowboard,” he recalls, lighting a cigarette and taking a drag.

He’d already moved on, and got his life together.

“I was getting a snowboarding qualification.

I went on Myspace [the social network where Lily first uploaded her music in 2005] and listened to it, and I was… entertained.

It’s a song about love,

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