Game of Thrones arguably gave fans the most surprising ending possible – there was no extraordinary death (by that point Daenerys’ days were numbered); Cersei Lannister’s evil didn’t conquer good and those fortunate to survive the series of battles, massacres and white walkers just resumed their daily business… albeit with a few promotions.
After the most obvious candidate for King, Jon Snow (played by Kit Harington), was banished for killing ‘his Queen’, Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) was appointed ruler of what became the Six Kingdoms.
It was unusually tame for the HBO bloodbath once famed for slaughtering children and pregnant women in unimaginably graphic and brutal killings, which was a disappointing blow for some but without a doubt the conclusion no one saw coming.
However, Kristofer Hivju – who starred as Tormund from season three right up to the finale – has revealed the cast did film another ending to Game of Thrones which we’ll likely never see.
‘Well, we shot an alternative ending,’ he exclusively revealed to Metro.co.uk. ‘That was mostly for fun but I don’t know if I’m allowed to tell you about that.’
When pushed to reveal which key players from Westeros were involved, the Norwegian-born actor was keeping quiet.
‘I won’t tell you!’ Kristopher laughed. ‘But it was fun.’
Naturally, the 40-year-old had his own predictions going into season eight. You’d struggle to find a Game of Thrones fan who wasn’t shipping Tormund and Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) until he dumped her and fled to King’s Landing to be with Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) for reasons which were explained in the script, even if they didn’t translate onto screen.
But ultimately, Kristofer was shocked by the eventual outcome.
‘The funny thing is after season seven I had my theories, fans ahead theirs’, everybody the cast had their theories so there were thousands of theories,’ he explained. ‘To choose one path would be difficult to say but there were many things I didn’t see coming; there was the element of surprise which I liked.’
Kirstofer was reunited with his co-stars Gemma Whelan (Yara Greyjoy) and Isaac Hempstead Wright last night for a Game of Thrones Celebration at London’s BFI Southbank ahead of the Game of Thrones season 8 DVD release on December 2.
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