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April 13 - 19, 2019—3 The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN April 13 - 19, 2019 — 3 2 x 3.5" ad a) greene cnty farmers b) swango's 2 x 4" ad williams electric 2 x 1.5" ad ymca 2 x 1.5" ad doughty stevens By John Crook "Big, bigger, biggest" seems to be the motto for the eighth and final season of "Game of Thrones," which premieres Sunday, April 14, on HBO. The epic fantasy blockbuster has just six more episodes in which to wrap up its sprawling storylines, although the last four of those will clock in at 80 minutes each instead of the usual hour's duration. The Season 7 finale teed up some jaw-dropping cliffhangers, includ - ing the relentless march southward by the army of the dead, led by the Night King perched atop a flying zombie-dragon. But the other big shocker in that finale was more personal: Jon Snow (Kit Harington) was revealed to be, not the illegitimate son of Ned Stark, but a royal descendant of the Targaryen line and, as such, the true heir to the Iron Throne. It's a development that is sure to have head-spinning implications for some of the show's power players and under-the-radar manipulators alike, including Varys (Conleth Hill), the cunning spymaster with a knack for moving human chess pieces to ensure the most favorable results for Westeros. "If you notice, most of the nega - tive things that are said about Varys are said about him by those who don't like him or trust him, but I al - ways have believed he's a good man," Hill says. "He does his best. He's not as self-centered as Littlefinger was, who was both egotistical and wanted everything for his own good. I believe Varys when he says 'for the good of the realm,' which he says so often it's almost his hashtag. I've certainly seen nothing to contradict that." In a memorable Season 3 scene with Peter Dinklage's Tyrion Lan - nister, Varys revealed details about the brutal life that had taught him survival skills, but also the value of kindness. "Varys sees that kindness can be as effective as cruelty," the actor says. "I loved a scene in Season 6, I think, where you saw him actually interrogate someone, and it was the opposite of what you may have been expecting. Instead of 'I'm going to torture you and you'll tell me what I want to know,' it was 'Why don't I give you lots of money and get you and your son out of here?' He knew what appealed to people, what but - tons he could push to get informa- tion that would be useful to anyone, not just himself." The first time he had to shave his head for this role, a colleague helped him maintain perspective. "Rory McCann, who plays The Hound, could tell I was unhappy and asked what was wrong," Hill recalls. " 'I've sold my soul to HBO,' I said. 'Shut up and get in your Bentley,' he told me." Celebrity Scoop Celebrity Scoop Varys plays a mostly benign 'Game' in HBO's blockbuster fantasy Cover Story Cover Story By George Dickie To prepare for her role as a '50s movie star, April Bowlby turned to the greats. Indeed, to get down the proper diction of Rita Farr, the starlet who under duress morphs into the uber-stretchy Elasti-Woman in the currently streaming DC Universe superhero saga "Doom Patrol," the actress perhaps best known as Kandi — Alan Harper's ditzy girlfriend in "Two and a Half Men" — had to di - gest a lot of old movies, taking note of how film legends such as Bette Davis, Gloria Swanson, Katharine Hepburn and Vivien Leigh, among others, delivered their lines. Which, the 38-year-old Northern Californian says, wasn't exactly a dif - ficult gig. "Those are the moments when you're an actor that you kind of live for, that you actually get to have Checking in with April Bowlby time to do research and 'What are you doing today?' 'Oh, I have to re- search,' " Bowlby says with a laugh. "And basically you're watching hun- dreds of old movies." But, she says, all that viewing gave her another arrow in her acting quiver. "I've never gotten to play with a transatlantic accent before," she notes, "so it's really, really fun to throw that around. I like that and I also like how Rita is very narcis - sistic and shallow, especially in the beginning of the season. And she does it because she's a broken, hurt, vulnerable human being that doesn't want to share that with the world, so she comes off very terrible to people. And I think that's a fun thing to play because the truth of it is that she's just broken." Full name: April Michelle Bowlby Birth date: July 30, 1980 Birthplace: Vallejo, Calif. 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