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?