LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 12: Actors Kit Harington and Rose Leslie attend the premiere of HBO’s “Game Of Thrones” season 7 at Walt Disney Concert Hall on July 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
Although us smallfolk will have to wait 12 more days for the Season 8 premiere of Game of Thrones, the U.S. premiere tomorrow night at Radio City Music Hall in New York City will be attended by celebrities, cast and crew members, and those lucky enough to obtain an invite (including Watchers’ own Petra Halbur!), just to name a few.
The stars have been arriving in New York for days now, and of special interest are the sheer number of former cast members who have made the trip for the last-ever season premiere. News of who’s attending and who’s been spotted has been popping up all over Twitter and Instagram today, which first came to attention this morning with this tweet from @lovelysophiet:
HERE THE CAST IN NYC (confirmed):
– Sophie Turner
– Maisie Williams
– Kit Harington
– Isaac Wright
– Emilia Clarke
– Sean Bean
– Aidan Gillen
– Jack Gleeson
– Sibel Kekilli
– Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
– Kristofer Hivju
– Charles Dance
– Jacob Anderson
– Mark Addy
⬇⬇⬇⬇— chiara || 12 (@lovelysophiet) April 2, 2019
The thread continues, including Jonathan Pryce (the High Sparrow), Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy), Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo), Pilou Asbaek (Euron Greyjoy), Gwendoline Christie (Brienne), Joe Dempsie (Gendry), Rose Leslie (Ygritte), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) and Kit Harington (Jon Snow).
One lucky fan snagged photos with Pryce, Sibel Kekilli (Shae), Aiden Gillen (Petyr Baelish), Mark Addy (Robert Baratheon) and Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm) on the streets of NYC and posted it to his Instagram, along with shots of Jack Gleeson (Joffrey Baratheon), Isaac Hempstead-Wright (Bran Stark) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister):
User @wolfoftheriver shared a photo of Sean Bean (Ned Stark):
Sean Bean in NYC for Game of Thrones premiere.
Stark reunion is coming! 🐺 pic.twitter.com/YFFMjkofAe— Veve 🌊 (@wolfoftheriver) April 2, 2019
@LadyTarth pointed out that Alfie Allen posted a story on his Instagram about visiting the HBO merchandise shop:
Alfie Allen’s getting merch! (at Columbus Cirle) pic.twitter.com/KO2MuVxLqI
— 𝙲𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 ☀️ 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑 (@LadyTarth) April 1, 2019
Everyone’s favorite wildling Kristofer Hivju (Tormund Giantsbane) posted a photo of himself (apparently at Twitter’s NYC headquarters?):
First tweet at @TwitterNYC #gameofthrones pic.twitter.com/KDRE7lh83T
— Kristofer Hivju (@kristoferhivju) April 2, 2019
And @yeahclarke posted photos of Emilia Clarke looking absolutely adorable as she arrived to film an appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”:
Emilia Clarke – Stops by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in NYC April 2, 2019 pic.twitter.com/qFRnqGL3XU
— dragon’s daughter (@yeahclarke) April 2, 2019
Apparently, there’s also an ENORMOUS Iron Throne being set up in Rockefeller Center for the premiere, as user @MandiBierly noted:
Giant throne being set up outside our office at Rockefeller Center for the #GameOfThrones premiere. pic.twitter.com/9X8YpcJhld
— Mandi Bierly (@MandiBierly) April 2, 2019
Although there will likely be many more photos tomorrow and Thursday of celebrities in attendance, we know of at least one who’s on his way to the premiere: Scott Ian, guitarist and founding member of the legendary heavy metal band Anthrax, who let his feelings about the Night King be known in an Instagram post:
As of this publishing, there were no official sightings yet of Michelle Fairley (Catelyn Stark), Richard Madden (Robb Stark), Lena Heady (Cersei Lannister), Daniel Portman (Podrick), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth) or Bella Ramsey (Lyanna Mormont), although with another 24 hours to go, we’re certain to see many more (especially the cast members still alive as of the start of Season 8!). Have you seen anything on Twitter or Instagram that we haven’t yet? Let us know in the comments!
