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The European premiere for the final season of Game of Thrones took place yesterday in Belfast. Though not as extravagant an affair as the New York City premiere, much of the cast still attended the screening of the season premiere, including a few missing in NYC.
Alongside Game of Thrones producers Bernadette Caulfield and Chris Newman, much of the cast were in attendance at the ICC Belfast Waterfront Hall convention center, including a distressingly clean-shaven Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), Isaac Hampstead Wright (Bran Stark), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), Carice van Houten (Melisandre), Conleth Hill (Varys), Gemma Whelan (Yara Greyjoy), Pilou Asbæk (Euron Greyjoy), Nathalie Emmanuele (Missandei), Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Hannah Murray (Gilly), Joe Dempsie (Gendry), Richard Dormer (Beric Dondarrion), Jerome Flynn (Bronn), Ben Crompton (Edd Tollett), and even Kerry Ingram (the late Princess Shireen Baratheon.) Of course, Sky Atlantic covered the cast’s arrival to the event:
The boys are back in town. Kit Harington arrives at #GoTPremiereBelfast. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/FzwAGRWHuf
— Sky Atlantic (@skyatlantic) April 12, 2019
A Stark contrast to how they all looked together eight years ago. Reunited on the red carpet at #GoTPremiereBelfast. #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/VfX7XAkmXB
— Sky Atlantic (@skyatlantic) April 12, 2019
During the red carpet, SkyAtlantic also interviewed the cast, including Isaac Hampstead Wright, who says “the first episode [of season eight] is spectacular. I think it’s one of the strongest—probably the best—opening episodes we’ve ever done in Game of Thrones.”
The Three-Eyed Raven gives us an insight into Monday’s premiere episode 🔮 #GoTPremiereBelfast #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/80mxxVOnDI
— Sky Atlantic (@skyatlantic) April 12, 2019
Absent from New York, Gemma Whelan was elated to attend the Belfast premiere, as attested by her Instagram post, where she says she was “blown away” by the season premiere (“Holy dragon balls”, she exclaims) and that it was “so special to be back in Belfast with the best gang in the world.”
Finally, I’ll just leave you with this Pilou Asbæk gem…
Hand lotion? 🤔 #GoTPremiereBelfast #GameofThrones pic.twitter.com/GUu8YXwOno
— Sky Atlantic (@skyatlantic) April 12, 2019
Hm, Hand lotion? Okay. Nevermind. Maybe we should focus on what’s important instead: for one final time, Game of Thrones is back TOMORROW! I can’t even believe it.
