‘The Long Night’ A.K.A ‘the Battle of Winterfell’ left us grieving for our favourite characters. But we are definitely glad for the ones we didn’t lose. Thank the ‘Old Gods and the New’, House Tarly is still alive. However, actor John Bradley who plays Samwell Tarly didn’t think the same way before he read the script.
In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, Bradley revealed that he expected his character to die in the Battle of Winterfell.
The stand-up comedian and television host told Bradley her speculation for Sam from the episode, “I don’t think you should have survived, do you? I don’t know how you survived that, there were people dying all around you and somehow you survived the entire thing.”
To which Bradley said, laughing, “Yeah, I didn’t think I was gonna survive either,”
“Because you’re always kind of looking at the scripts for the new episode with one eye open. You’re so nervous. And people say, ‘Oh, Sam can’t die,’ and ‘Sam’s too important’ or ‘Sam’s too beloved.”
“And you just think, ‘God, don’t you watch this show? Have you never seen this show before?’ Important and beloved doesn’t matter. Nobody is sacred and nobody is safe in ‘Game of Thrones’.”
Now that the last 3 episodes are left, they are the most crucial ones. Imagine the macabre truth that’s soon approaching! As far as Samwell Tarley is concerned, Bradley says they shot ‘an ending’. However, according to the showrunners, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the actors “think” they know how it all ends.
In John Bradly words, “I don’t know what I know. I may ultimately know, but I’m not gonna know that I know until I know that I know.”
Watch the interview below:
For now, we just hope he knows. Meanwhile, tell us in the comment below, who will survive till the final episode.
