Game Of Thrones’ George RR Martin has admitted that he found the end of the TV show ‘liberating’ – because he found the show was stifling his ability to be creative.
The 70-year-old author has two books left of the saga to write by his own admission – but struggled to release any new material in the 10 years the show was on screen.
As a result, he was happy to see the show come to an end, finding it ‘freeing’.
Speaking to The Observer, the writer said: ‘I don’t think [the TV series] was very good for me. The very thing that should have speeded me up actually slowed me down.’
‘Every day I sat down to write and even if I had a good day…I’d feel terrible because I’d be thinking: “My God, I have to finish the book. I’ve only written four pages when I should have written 40.”’
He also teased that the book may end differently to what the TV series show, saying that it made no difference what DB Weiss and David Benioff chose to do.
‘It doesn’t change anything at all,’ he said. ‘You can’t please everybody, so you’ve got to please yourself.’
Adding fuel to the fire, he added that some fan theories have been right – but we won’t be finding out what ones are correct for a while now.
The Game Of Thrones series courted controversy with its ending with many fans angered at who ended up ruling Westeros as well as the fate of favourite characters.
In fact, so many people kicked off more than a million people demanded a rewrite.
However, star Issac Hempstead-Wright, who plays Bran on the show, defended the final scenes and told The Hollywood Reporter: ‘It’s just absurd [the petition]. I can’t even fathom it. It’s just ridiculous.
‘It’s ridiculous that people think they can just demand a different ending because they don’t like it.
‘I have stupidly taken it quite personally, which obviously I shouldn’t. In my opinion, it’s a great ending.’
Grey Worm actor Jacob Anderson also criticised the backlash, saying: ‘I feel like not everybody is going to love everything. There’s no way to make everybody happy.’
Game Of Thrones is available for catch-up on NOW TV.
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