SPOILERS: Liam Cunningham On The Horrific Events Of Last Night's GAME OF THRONES
Liam Cunningham plays Davos on HBO's Game Of Thrones, and though his character wasn't directly involved in the disturbing scenes from last night's episode, he is most definitely going to be emotionally affected by them. Find out what the Irish actor had to say after the jump...
It seems as if someone is always complaining that Game Of Thrones has "gone too far" for whatever reason, but last night's penultimate season 5 episode really was hard to stomach. In fact, it was probably the most disturbing, heartbreaking moment of the show's entire run so far - and yes, that includes the Red Wedding.
Convinced by Melisandre that the only way he'll defeat his enemies and sit on the Iron Thrones is by offering up a king's blood sacrifice to the Red God, Stannis Baratheon does the unimaginable and burns his own daughter alive. In a world populated by some very bad people, Shireen (Kerry Ingram) was a genuine ray of light, and to see (well, hear) her suffer and die like that was devastating.
One man who's going to be profoundly affected by her loss is Davos Seaworth, who loved the greyscale-afflicted child like a daughter. Actor Liam Cunningham sat down with the New York Times to talk about the scene and how he feels about it.
"It did hurt," he admits. "I love working with Kerry. So it’s an awful loss, both professionally and personally." Some fans wondered why, since he clearly seemed to suspect that Shireen might have been in danger, Davos didn't employ some of his old smuggler tricks to get the girl away from the camp.
"His loyalty and decency gets him in trouble again. He wanted to take the queen and the princess away because a battle was about to ensue. So he is quite confused about it. Stannis is getting him out of the way because he knows he’s about to do the wrong thing. He doesn’t want to be looking in Davos’s eyes when he tries to do it, because he won’t be able to go through with it. I do not find out what actually happens to Shireen until the final episode."
So Davos will indeed discover Shireen's awful fate during next weeks season finale. How do you think he'll react? Surely he won't still remain loyal to Stannis... or perhaps he'll lay the blame entirely at the feet of Melisandre? Let us know your predictions in the usual place.
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