If you thought Joffrey Baratheon and Ramsay Bolton were Game of Thrones‘ worst villains, think again.

Pilou Asbæk, the actor who plays Euron Greyjoy, has delivered an ominous message to fans on what to expect from his character in the show’s upcoming seventh season.

“After this season, Ramsay’s gonna look like a little kid,” Asbæk told Empire Magazine, adding that he was hoping to emulate various psychopathic traits with his performance.

“The psychos I’ve encountered have so many different sides to them. So each scene I’ve done with Euron, I pick a new thing I wanna show: ‘This scene I want to be charming. This scene I wanna be a molester. This scene I wanna kill someone’.”

For those who have forgotten, Ramsay Bolton spent three seasons torturing people for fun – including castrating Theon Greyjoy and skinning people alive. A tough order to surpass.

Asbæk’s character appeared briefly at the end of season six, but made an immediate impact, killing his brother Balon Greyjoy by throwing him off a rope bridge so he could claim the title of king of the Iron Islands.

The new season is less than a month away and spoilers are rife.

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Another issue of Empire Magazine featured an interview with Isaac Hempstead Wright, who plays Brandon Stark, in which he reportedly let slip Jon Snow’s real name – Jaehaerys Targaryen.

While this is yet to be officially confirmed, Hempstead Wright and his character are sitting on some pretty huge secrets.

“Bran’s now in this precarious situation in which it’s just him and Meera [Ellie Kendrick], and he has all of this information that could change the entire story,” Hempstead Wright said.

“He knows about the origin of the White Walkers, too.”

Game of Thrones season 7 premieres on Foxtel on July 17. Click here to see the latest trailer.