Game of Thrones star predicts HBO goes back to hard copy

Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau thinks it’s time to turn back the clock.

The 47-year-old actor, who promoted his new film Shot Caller at the Build Series New York City Thursday, told EW Morning Live earlier in the day that the network and others can benefit from veering away from digital communications when it comes to protecting certain creative properties.

The issue is a hot-button one amid a flurry of recent cyber security breaches resulting in unreleased episodes of Game of Thrones falling into the hands of hackers demanding ransoms for the material.

‘I think they’re basically going to go back to hand-delivering and just giving us scripts,’ said the Denmark native, who plays Jaime Lannister on the HBO show. ‘Just give us the hard copies instead of all this email and digital stuff.’

Coster-Waldau predicted that with the ongoing spike in cyber crimes, it behooves the broadcasting company to reduce the risk of hacking.

‘I think that’s what’s going to happen in a few years’ time, because you know, you talk to cops on the street, “What’s the biggest crime now?”‘ he said. ‘It’s all credit card fraud. It’s all that stuff. It’s digital.

‘So we got to go back to cash.’

Casual: The actor was clad in a blue jacket, navy blue polo shirt, grey pants and light grey sneakers as he made his way through the Big Apple

In demand: Nikolaj was flooded with autograph requests on the New York City street Thursday

Changing times: Coster-Waldau said that a rise in digital crimes calls for a revised game plan 

Coster-Waldau said that HBO’s recent litany of headaches comes after the company took extensive steps to safeguard itself from digital attacks.

‘The irony, of course, is last year was crazy,’ he said. ‘We had to set up all these email accounts. They had to be triple and quadruple [verified] … all this stuff, right? And, of course, now they have this big hack!’

The performer recalled the back-and-forth after HBO officials informed he and his colleagues of the recent hacks to plague the network.

Inspired: The performer told Haute Living last month that he was initially ‘drawn to the layers [and] to the secrets’ of Game of Thrones 

Uphill battle: The actor said that he and his peers went through rigorous digital security measures last year in hopes of preventing the hacks

Charismatic: The actor fielded questions at the forum as he promoted his new film Shot Caller 

‘We get a call [and are told,] “They have all your information. And we’re not sure what’s going to happen,”‘ he said. ‘What do you mean you don’t know what’s going to happen? “Well, we don’t know what’s going to happen but they have everything.” Okay, great.’

Twice this month, hackers have leaked Game of Thrones episodes online, as well as the show’s scripts. On Wednesday, a hacking outfit called OurMine embarrassed the organization by hacking into several social media sites under the corporation’s umbrella, a situation HBO said ‘was recognized and rectified quickly.’

The actor is on the promotional trail for his new drama Shot Caller with Jon Bernthal and Lake Bell, which opens in select theaters Friday. 

Spearheading the movement: Coster-Waldau plays Jaime Lannister on the hit HBO program