Winter by no means left! The eighth and ultimate season of Recreation of Thrones nonetheless has followers speaking years after its controversial ending aired in Might 2019.
Consider it or not, most of the main characters who starred on the HBO collection from the start made it to the tip. Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister — regardless of the destiny of most of their members of the family (R.I.P. Ned Stark, Khal Drogo, Tywin Lannister, and so on.) — shined brilliant on the small display for the present’s final six episodes.
“The final season of Thrones appeared to be designed to interrupt us,” Equipment Harington, who portrayed Jon Snow for the reason that present’s inception in 2011, instructed GQ Australia in January 2019. “Everybody was damaged on the finish. I don’t know if we had been crying as a result of we had been unhappy it was ending or if we had been crying as a result of it was so f–king tiring. We had been sleep disadvantaged.”
Emilia Clarke, who performed Harington’s love curiosity, Daenerys, additionally opened up concerning the present’s conclusion whereas talking to Us Weekly and different reporters at HBO’s Emmys afterparty in September 2018.
“All people has executed loads of crying filming the final season, so we’re all feeling very bittersweet and existential crisis-y, the same old,” she mentioned.
Peter Dinklage, who performed Tyrion Lannister, shared the same sentiment after his acceptance speech for Excellent Supporting Actor in a Drama Collection on the seventieth annual Emmy Awards.
“I had my final day on set again in July … and it was very unhappy,” he instructed reporters in September 2018. “This isn’t solely an excellent TV present to be part of, but it surely was an infinite household to be part of.”
Season 8 of Recreation of Thrones premiered on HBO in April 2019 earlier than saying farewell six episodes later in Might of that yr.
The present’s iconic characters hooked followers in with their extravagant costumes — and a few viewers nonetheless don’t acknowledge the solid exterior of Winterfell. Many actors donned wigs for years to raised play their position, whereas different stars merely packed on the lengthy coats and conflict garb.
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