James Hetfield is in The Thicket Because of Peter Dinklage [Video]

If you’re wondering why Metallica frontman James Hetfield is in a cowboy movie where he gets to go “bang bang” as a fuckin’ cop, then you only have one person to blame — Mr. Tyrion Lannister himself, Peter Dinklage. The legendary frontman explained how he got involved in the movie project during a recent episode of The Metallica Report.

In the episode (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), Hetfield said the first person to reach out to his camp was the Game of Thrones actor, who said he immediately thought of the musician to play a role.

“Peter Dinklage contacted me through management, just saying, ‘Hey, I got a part for you in something we’re putting together. And I just thought of you, and that’s it.’ It’s, like, ‘Okay, cool.’

“I’m not into acting at all. I mean, I act enough on the stage, like projecting. For us on stage, projecting big, it’s almost more like …