The internet has long been riddled with Game of Thrones fan theories – one the most prominent of those being that Bran Stark could actually be the Night King.
Since the teaser for season eight came out in January, those who think that Bran is the Night King have been bolstered by the fact that while all of the other Stark siblings appeared in it, confronting their statue likenesses in the Stark family crypt, Bran was nowhere to be seen.
Not only that, but as the Three-eyed Raven, Bran effectively has the power to travel through time and jump into other creature’s bodies, which got people thinking that he could end up inhabiting the body of the Night King.
However, the theory isn’t without its holes.
While Bran’s new emotional (or rather, emotionless) state has left him more or less dead inside, the GOT scriptwriters would still have to go a long way to make Bran’s transformation from good to the ultimate baddie convincing.
Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who’s played Bran since the show began, has outright called the theory ‘cheesy’.
He told RadioTimes.com: ‘I mean it’s quite an interesting theory, the Night King one. I just think it seems a bit obvious. A bit cheesy.’
As for why he wasn’t in the teaser, he said: ‘Yeah, I don’t know what the f**k that’s about. I actually don’t know why I’m not in that.
‘We were looking at it and I was like, “Why am I not in this? All the other Starks are in it.” So I dunno – ask my agent. Get a look in there.’
On the other hand, he would say that, wouldn’t he? As a member of the cast, he’s tasked with keeping the shows secrets just like the rest of them.
After Kit Harrington lied over and over again about Jon Snow’s death, it’s safe to say we’ve been burned before.
At the end of the day, we’ll just have to wait and see. In the meantime, the bookies odds could give a good indication as to which way the figurative wind will blow…
The odds that Bran Stark is the Night King
After months of speculation on the subject Bran Stark is a 4/6 odds-on favourite to be revealed as the Night King, the leader of the White Walkers.
Jon Snow comes in second at 4/1 – that’s three times less likely than Bran. If nothing else, it would make one hell of a twist.
Next in the running is Baby Sam, son of Gilly and adoptive son of Samwell Tarly, with odds at 7/1, followed by Bronn at 9/1, Rhaegar Targaryen and the Many-Faced God, both at 12/1.
Odds courtesy of Paddy Power.
Game of Thrones returns to HBO and Sky Atlantic on April 14.
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