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49 • SAG-AFTR A SPECIAL ISSUE 2023 • sagaftra.org a smooth, energized, professional moment that no one would dream was done on the hoof." BEST DINNER PARTY EVER "Like all people working in the industry who've lived in Hollywood for a minute, we've learned to play it cool despite whatever level of freak-out is happening inside. The SAG Awards definitely puts that to the test, but normally we hold strong," says SAG Awards Committee member Jason George. "But my wife and I are ridiculous GoT fans [Game of Thrones for the uninitiated]. Near the end of the show's run, we knew the whole cast was going to be at the SAG Awards and we were prepared to stay chill — however, we had recently seen the original cast of Hamilton on Broadway and, through friends of friends of friends, gotten backstage. As fate would have it, the friend of a friend was the violinist and concertmaster for the show, a man named Jonny Dinklage — brother to one Peter Dinklage. It turns out that all the Dinklages are good people who are super talented and always up for some rowdy fun. "So the only GoT cast member we approached was Peter Dinklage because we had the perfect not-too- fanboy excuse for getting a selfie. That night of the SAG Awards, I texted Jonny Dinklage a photo of me, my wife and his brother, Peter, flipping him the bird. "The SAG Awards is the P U T T I N G I T TO G E T H E R Game of Thrones actor (and Jonathan Dinklage's brother) Peter Dinklage Jason George SAG AWARDS