While Game of Thrones fans have spent the past two years speculating what will become of the heroes and villains of Westeros, Peter Dinklage sussed Tyrion Lannister’s end game ages ago.
The 49-year-old is gearing up for the eighth season of the fantasy epic, which will likely earn him a record-breaking fourth Emmy Award, and the actor revealed that he was right about his character’s fate – but showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss took his theory to a whole other level.
‘This is the first time ever that I didn’t skip to the end,’ Pete told Entertainment Weekly. ‘Why? I was probably terrified. We all feel we’re the leads of our own show.
‘As the seasons have gone on, we’ve all thought how it’s going to end. Who’s going to be alive? If you die, how do you die?
‘10 years we’ve been doing this and it can drive you mad, because David and Dan don’t tell us and sometimes they change their mind.’
He continued: ‘I had all these ideas in my head and a version of one of them is how it ends up [for Tyrion]. David and Dan have a brilliant version of what I had.
‘If I use any adjectives it will give it away, but I love how it ended up. And how it ends up for everybody. They had a beautiful gentle touch with some and a hard touch with others.’
Jon Snow (played by Kit Harington) or Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) are favourites to take their seat on the Iron Throne, but Game of Thrones has never been about justice. Will the right heir claim the chair? Unlikely.
‘We’re so used to the standard formula of bad guys dying and good guys living,’ explained Peter. ‘What David and Dan have done with all this is beautiful, painful, and lovely.
‘It takes the show somewhere that’s dangerous and contemporary with what’s going on in the world.’
Game of Thrones returns to HBO on Sunday April 15 and will be simulcast in the UK at 2am the following day. Seasons one to seven are currently available to stream on NOW TV.
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