Jamie Campbell Bower’s star isn’t the only one on the rise thanks to “Stranger Things” Season 4. Joseph Quinn, who played fan favorite Eddie Munson, is one of the most sought-after actors in the industry at the moment, and we think he’d be a perfect fit for the “Game of Thrones” expanded universe… except for the fact that he’s already in it. Quinn played a small role that was created for the series in Season 7: Koner, a low-level Winterfell guard who tries to stop Arya from entering. For context, the citizens of Winterfell assume Arya is dead and are on high alert for anyone who might seek to harm their acting ruler, Sansa.
Since Koner only has a few lines and is heavily costumed, most fans probably wouldn’t even notice if he returned in a completely different capacity to be, say, Arya’s friend, comedic foil, or love interest in a spin-off about her continuing escapades. Quinn’s charm and manic energy would blend well with Arya’s pithiness and intensity, and the Brit could speak with his own accent. Alternatively, since Koner is loyal to the Starks and Sansa easily cleared up the whole matter, who’s to say this misinformed commoner didn’t rise through the ranks or volunteer for one of Arya’s voyages in the meantime? When we last saw her, she was on a ship, intent on traveling west beyond the lands that have been mapped. Unfortunately, an Arya-sails-west project isn’t currently in development at HBO, no matter how badly audiences want one.
