Unquestionably one of the high points of Game of Thrones season 7 was musician Ed Sheeran’s appearance as a Lannister soldier in “Dragonstone.” The fans loved it, the press loved it, and it is remembered today as the moment Game of Thrones went from being a fun show about dragons to a cultural touchstone.
I’m kidding. Fans freaked out and trolled Sheeran online to the point where he deleted his Twitter account, and the episode director felt the need to step up and defend the musician from people unreasonably angry about an eight-second cameo that in no way detracted from a sweet, easy-breezy scene about Arya Stark reconnecting with her humanity. It was a good example of peak internet outrage culture at work.
And now it might happen again, as The Sun reports that Sheeran has snagged a cameo role as a stormtrooper in Star Wars: Episode IX, which is due out this time next year. But if he’s a stormtrooper, would we even know it’s him? Eh, I doubt that will stop people from complaining.
Granted, this is just a rumor right now, but as The A.V. Club points out, doesn’t it sound like the kind of thing that could happen? Sheeran wouldn’t be the first celebrity to get a cameo in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, after all. The movies have also made room for Simon Pegg, Tom Hardy, Daniel Craig, Edgar Wright, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Princes Henry and William and Carrie Fisher’s dog, among others.
In other Game of Thrones news, Kristian Nairn (Hodor) talked to 8 DAYS Magazine about his memories of the show, how he handles requests for spoilers, what he swiped from the set on his way out the door, and what he really thinks of Jon Snow.
Finally, using his experience as a DJ, Nairn also assigns songs to various Game of Thrones characters. It’s a trip. Watch it:
Moving on, Harry Lloyd (Viserys Targaryen) sat down with The Hollywood Reporter mostly to talk about his Starz show Counterpart, but Game of Thrones came up, as it always does. Skip to around the 11:00 minute mark for his thoughts on season 8 and Viserys’ legacy:
And finally, Carice van Houten (Melisandre) posted another old picture from behind the scenes of Game of Thrones, as she has been wont to do of late:
The night is dark and full of terrors…that’s why the light is so low in this picture.
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