Kristofer Hivju Quotes
War is not beautiful. Sometimes you see action sequences where battles seem organized. I know that from how the Vikings fought. It's not beautiful. It's hard. It's hard work.
Radish, Christina. "Kristofer Hivju on 'The Last King' and 'Game of Thrones'." Collider, Valnet Inc., 17 June 2016.
Prior to whites settling in America, various Indian tribes had a long history of fierce fighting for control of Kentucky. The Transylvania Land company negotiated for the “rights” to Kentucky. Dragging Canoe, who opposed the treaty, argued that the land had a bad history and would be very difficult to settle. Poet Theodore O’Hara described Kentuckians as “Sons of the Dark and Bloody Ground” in his poem, The Bivouac of the Dead.
“Tragedies” was used as a euphemism for incidents of “war crimes” or atrocities committed by individuals or small groups contrary to the official policy of the military or the country. McCain had personally been the victim of those committed by the Vietnamese in the Vietnam War. He was not surprised when some American and Canadian soldiers were guilty of some of these in the Afghanistan War.
Kristofer Hivju is a Norwegian actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Tormund Giantsbane in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones and Connor Rhodes in The Fate of the Furious.