GAME OF THRONES Star Isaac Hempstead Wright Initially Thought Bran's Conclusion Was A Prank

GAME OF THRONES Star Isaac Hempstead Wright Initially Thought Bran's Conclusion Was A Prank

Game of Thrones ended in a divisive fashion, and though some felt the reveals came from left field, audiences were not the only ones who thought that way. Find out what Isaac Hempstead Wright had to say.

By Dragonsfoe - May 21, 2019 05:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Game of Thrones
Source: Entertainment Weekly
After eight seasons of immersive fantasy storytelling, Game of Thrones has finally come to an end. With so much on the line, it was always going to be hard to determine the leader of the Seven Six Kingdoms, and admittedly, no matter who got the throne, reactions would have been divisive.

Here's what Bran actor Isaac Hempstead Wright had to say during an interview with Entertainment Weekly about his initial reaction to the show's biggest reveal:

I genuinely thought it was a joke script and that [Benioff and Weiss] sent to everyone a script with their own character ends up on the Iron Throne. ‘Yeah, good one guys. Oh s—, it’s actually real

Following the events of the finale, It's probably fair to say that many fans will have reacted this way as well. But overall, the actor is ultimately happy with the show's ending.

I’m happy . . . Though I kind of did want to die and get in one good death scene with an exploding head or something.

How did you feel about the show's conclusion?
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Kumkani
Kumkani - 5/21/2019, 6:16 AM
I still think it is
Victorg1983
Victorg1983 - 5/21/2019, 6:36 AM
@DnA - were is ashton me thinks we have been punkd.
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 5/21/2019, 6:17 AM
For the last I believe at least 2 weeks (if not even 3) the shortest Vegas odds on the person getting "the throne" (since the previous one's destroyed) was Bran. They don't come up with those kinda things by accident.

and no, I'm not suggesting there was a leak or it was done by some collusion. Just that when it comes to having real money on the line, Vegas sure seems to know what it's doing.
Victorg1983
Victorg1983 - 5/21/2019, 6:37 AM
@CaptCoulson - BUT there was a leak many weeks back and every week they were hitting so yeah I mean it was free money.
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 5/21/2019, 6:58 AM
@Victorg1983 - oh okay I remember hearing along the way there were supposedly leaks, but wanting to not look at them even a tiny bit I didn't know how close they may have been to the truth.
But so, for the last couple episodes they were right on?
And I only ask because after about the first 3 or so episodes, I'd talked to some others who I *thought* had said there'd been leaks, but many of the details for the beginning of the season were off.
SoulReaver
SoulReaver - 5/21/2019, 7:19 AM
@CaptCoulson - The leaks for the last two episodes were 100% spot on. You could have the leaks open in front of you and follow along with the episode.
Victorg1983
Victorg1983 - 5/21/2019, 7:31 AM
@CaptCoulson -yes they were 100 percent on the money and I first saw the leak list with 3 episodes left and that's the thing so as the weeks went by and it became apparent these were legit even with bracing myself for the bran twist I still felt like I was kicked in the balls. and I guess I can understand bran fans were happy BUT I mean what the F has this character done to deserve fans so idk overall great show last season was awesome but this season stunk to high hell.
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 5/21/2019, 10:30 AM
@Victorg1983 - oh but hang on... granted I'm so not a gambling man (only ever been to AC once in my life, though I did win about $100 my first time ever playing 21 - ha!) so don't know how the nuances of gambling laws work. Having this in mind, I would've thought maybe then there couldn't be "official" wagering going on thru Vegas, if it was about information that was already out to the public, so to speak.
But obviously there's something I'm missing, since it did happen.
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 5/21/2019, 6:22 AM
and while I don't AT ALL like that Sam literally got laughed at for suggesting that EVERYONE should have a say in the voting, the more I thought about that once it was broached, doing it that way is pretty much the furthest away from practical and doable that you could get. A new "election" would take a ridiculous amount of time to complete, and would it wind up similar to a modern campaign, where each choice travels around Westeros to meet the people so the commoners even know who the hell they are?

No. Much as I firmly believe in our real world of today that the Electoral College is something that needs to be obliterated, all things considered, *this* sort of version of the EC is probably the best way to do it for Westeros.

(though I'd still like to invite Royce to swallow a couple of his own broken teeth for busting on my boy Sam)
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 5/21/2019, 6:25 AM
@CaptCoulson - I think the democracry line was really only there for laughs
nibs
nibs - 5/21/2019, 6:36 AM
@CaptCoulson - while the line was obviously a joke, i'm extremely curious how you think elections functioned before tvs and cars
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 5/21/2019, 6:54 AM
@nibs - Obviously with the modern advancement of our technology and media, the method by which national elections are done today is leagues faster than in the distant past. But at the very least we did have wider telephone usage by the early 20th century. Spreading information over long distances wasn't restricted to using birds (total aside, but this is actually one of the many ways that in the Harry Potter universe the modern Muggle world is actually better and more efficient than wizards' life). Also we at least as a cohesive country knew this was the framework for leadership from the very start, even if more primitive technology at the beginning made it slower.
That is something I've been meaning to look up for a long time however, just for curiosity to see how long a presidential election took to fully complete back around, say, 1900.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 5/21/2019, 6:24 AM
The only reason they had Bran on the throne is because he was the only character left that didn't have a place at the end to end up. Sansa got the North, Jon beyond the Wall, Arya in the West, the small council folks etc.

I was waiting at the dragon pit scene for someone to say that Jon united armies to fight the death and that he is a Targaryan, but no one did. I'm not saying I wanted Jon as the new king (but it did make the most sense), but they really took a shit on his character this season
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 5/21/2019, 6:42 AM
@MalseMarcel - As of about a week ago, my best guess was for Bran, but sort of via a different route. In the wake of last week's episode, I was thinking that Dany was going to kill Jon (thought the other way round might've been too obvious, but I'm not sure I have much problem with that indeed being what happened) from being still in crazy mode and seeing him as purely a threat, and then Arya would kill Dany. Not even thru pretending to be someone else, maybe just as herself.

But then so going by the same lineage rules, at least if I understand them right, there'd officially be no more Targaryens, but since Jon was half Targaryen & half Stark, that would move the line into the Stark family. And with Bran being the eldest surviving male Stark, it came down to him. And that since he can't have children, they'd sort of have it both ways. That he'd be the last King under the old rules, then when his time was past, or maybe just when he gets to be like 100 (can he survive for hundreds if not thousands of years as the new 3ER?), THEN they'd move to more a small council election.

btw, sorry if this has already been well covered, I was busy doing something totally non-Thrones for much of yesterday, but when Edmure stood up to do his little speech that Sansa put the kybosh on, did people think that he was about to put forth HIMSELF? Am I naive in thinking that wasn't the case? I didn't get that sense, just that he thought he was at least worthy of giving some big meaningful preamble to the process, but not that he was about to suggest himself.

(as to your other reply, I realize it was mostly there for almost a meta-level joke, but what can I say, I really love Samwell Tarly and don't like seeing people openly laugh at him on screen lol)
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 5/21/2019, 7:04 AM
@CaptCoulson - I got the same idea with Edmure, I thought he was gonna propose someone from outside that meeting. Maybe I wasn't paying attention at that moment, since I was still surprised he was even there
KaioKen
KaioKen - 5/21/2019, 6:31 AM
Never seen a writers group say "[frick] it" like this before.

Like, every single plotline. Even stuff characters did and said last season "[frick] it, Starwars!"
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