Season one spans time and space to show humans making contact with aliens, the San-Ti.
Despairing of our races failings, some humans side with the San-Ti.
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Earths would-be new inhabitants are on their way here.
Liam Cunningham stars as the enigmatic Thomas Wade in ‘3 Body Problem’Netflix
The silver lining is that they are 400 years away.
The man who feels like coordinating efforts to resist them is Thomas Wade.
Who gave him this power?
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We dont know who Wade reports to, or his background.
While he gets some of the best lines in season one, he remains an enigma.
Cunningham is as much in the dark as the rest of us and is just fine with that.
Who gave him this power, where did he get this power from?
Is he from some shady special forces?
I enjoy the not knowing.
Im not going to spill the beans because I dont know the beans.
Youre not expected to formulate a life before you arrive.
You are the person that is doing it on that day.
Its very in the moment.
Hes incredibly pragmatic, Cunningham says.
Thats his pragmatism, its a bullheaded pragmatism.
It was the direction it was aimed at, a portion of me.
When youre playing something thats pretty close to yourself, you feel slightly naked.
Cunningham also reveals a mischievous side to Benioff, Weiss and Woos efforts to secure the talent they want.
Theyre naughty boys, but they do it all for the right reasons.
When we finished withGame of Thrones, I just thought thatll be a beautiful memory, he says.
I love telling good stories, and to be handed words like these… its a no-brainer.
The mathematics are very simple.
With his lifespan effectively suspended Wade could theoretically be around for many years to come.
Hes a rhino and he will only advance.
