As filming for the eighth – and final – season of Game of Thrones hits the half way mark, Peter Dinklage has shared his personal opinion of the closing chapter of the fantasy series.
It was confirmed by HBO earlier this year this would be the final season of GoT, which will hit our screens in the distant future AKA 2019.
But for those of us who are in mourning, Dinklage – who plays Tyrion Lannister, Hand of the Queen to Daenerys Targaryen – told an audience at Sundance Film Festival studio that the ending was coming at the ‘perfect’ time.
‘Storywise, not just for all our lives. It’s the perfect time to end it. Sometimes shows stay on a little too long, the jumping-the-shark thing.’ the 48-year-old said.
‘It’s bittersweet when it’s time to move on with everything.
‘It’s always the sad part of our business, because you get pockets of great people for short amounts of time and then you have to move on and it’s always heartbreaking.’
He added they were ‘taking their time’ with filming.
Last week Dinklage’s co-star Maisie Williams – who plays Arya Stark – opened up to Lorraine Kelly about the show coming to its end.
When host Lorraine Kelly commented that it feels ‘right’ that Game Of Thrones is coming to a close, Maisie said: ‘I feel like this is a good [time].’
However she added her anxiety at losing her ‘safety blanket’ of the HBO show.
She said: ‘We’re currently filming for the final season which is all a bit strange. Its been my entire career.
‘It’s exciting knowing I’m going to get to do more things. But it’s nerve-wracking because its been my safety net.’
She added: ‘It got easier as I got older because now all my friends have jobs or they’re at uni or they have responsibilities.’
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