Game of Thrones Cast on Whether They Read the Books

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Game of Thrones Cast on Whether They Read the A Song of Ice and Fire Books Ft. Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) , Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), Michelle Fairley (Catelyn Stark), Kit Harrington (Jon Snow), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), George R. R. Martin, D.B. Weiss, David Benioff
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[@FirstOfTheMagi]

Quite the turn of events. Jon Snow knowing more than most everyone on the panel lol

[@thedragondemands5186]

Kit said he hasn’t even watched the finished episodes of season 8

[@LPChipi]

@@thedragondemands5186 Ohh to be Kit..

[@TheLadiesDream]

I thought he knew nothing.

[@Player-sz1vg]

@@TheLadiesDream 4:35 he is the only one who read the books, so in this case he knew more than others.

[@HoloDaWisewolf]

@@TheLadiesDream That's why it's quite the turn of events.

[@tony1155]

This whole interview is like a teacher asking students if they did their homework.

[@sorena618]

Jon is a nerd so...

[@nat3255]

Lmao and nobody read the article

[@vikashr.8438]

Yea and Mac from its always sunny is the teacher

[@Gr8dane85]

They didn't...

[@Blinkptx]

They shouldn't have to to play the character.

[@Lego6979]

"So, who here read the books?" *D&D sweating profusely*

[@antonywinter9385]

Wait there are books

[@kooloml0]

​@@antonywinter9385 yes

[@neky92]

@@kooloml0 I think he meant: D&D: "Wait, there are books?"

[@greenpig1175]

Nah they definitely read them, their problem was running out of them 💀

[@mikemeyer8632]

The fact that Mac is interviewing them makes this 100 times better

[@nattiecraft]

Lmaooo right I was so thrown when I saw him

[@ras6794]

I can’t tell if it’s him or a doppelgänger

[@spencerfalzy]

This threw me off so bad

[@Algorithmresistant]

fr like why is he doing this

[@ifiwouldcouldyou1]

@@Algorithmresistant him and dumb&dumber are buddies mac appeared in an episode of got, gets killed in seconds (S08E01) d&d wrote and episode of sunny (Flowers for Charlie) and in another episode they play these pool guys who "don't give a shit" about adults going on a slide made for kids

[@andrewaustin3836]

George’s analogy of the show being a train and him laying down track is widely accurate since once the show did surpass him it went hella off course

[@Blackdeathgaming-yv1kk]

Jep

[@tam6753]

Nice catch!!

[@Rivera6669]

lmaooo

[@Steve-eh4db]

He had 7 years for the show to not surpass him. That's his baby, why did he get lazy & not finish the book that he signed on to do? He ran away with the HBO mullah once HBO gave him the money up front. If you get paid to build a house, all up front, with no time constraints, some with no integrity, would do what George did, become a lazy toad. In the 7 years since he signed on with HBO to the end of season 5, what exactly was George doing during this time, that became a bigger priority, than finishing the book? D&D went ahead without him. They made season 6 without any books (Tracks as you say). Season 6, so happens to have 3 of the top 6 rated episodes of the GOT on IMDB, according to voters. Which catapulted season 6, in being the highest avg. rated episodes for a season. Not bad, for no tracks to follow. Add Season 7, episode 4, you now have 4 of the top 6 episodes made. After doing season 6, they announced that they would do a shortened season 7 & 8. Reading between the lines, they got fed up waiting around for lazy George. Most the criticism they got, came off the ladder episodes of season 8 (Not counting the Monday Morning QBs that went back a few seasons & criticized them too, after they watched the end of season 8). Where George advised D&D long ago of where each main character's cards would fall. This was all foreshadowed in the pilot episode. George had already built the tracks & the platform for the last stop, nearly 11 years ago. He now wants to tear it up, because a quarter of the viewers threw tantrums on the ending, his ending.

[@ninaddongare6514]

@@Steve-eh4db the story of S8 wasn't bad but it got ruined due to fast pace. It atleast deserved two more seasons for the plot to be laid out for these major events. But D&D were in hurry to finish to work on more lucrative projects of Star wars and compromised on GOT

[@XOPOIIIO]

Jon Snow: A mind needs books like a sword from a whetstone, to keep its edge. That's why I read so much, Tyrion Lannister.

[@GKinWor]

funny how that one turns around

[@ghost-rt4gi]

Not trying to be a dick or a grammar Nazi or anything, but getting character names spelled wrong really pisses me off and there's no h in Jon's name. I feel better now.

[@XOPOIIIO]

@@ghost-rt4gi Oh, sorry.

[@ericcheltenham7001]

@@ghost-rt4gi it’s spelled Jon not John

[@ziloe]

@@ghost-rt4gi "Hey, there's no H, btw." You zeroing in on petty shit like this tells me you're not focusing on the bigger problems. Yourself. Fix that instead.

[@benjaminck6768]

Lena nailed the character of Cersei, I’m surprised she didn’t read the books

[@Marjoss1]

She was great in the show, but she did not represent book Cersei at all. Book Cersei is a drunk idiot who thinks she’s the smartest in the room, whereas in the show she was actually somewhat competent.

[@benjaminck6768]

@@Marjoss1 i finished the books like 7 years ago it’s been a while!

[@hellofrominside8524]

I’m two books deep right now and any time Cersei’s in a scene I think the same thing.

[@iceace4277]

@@Marjoss1 In the series she is actually really smart. I don't know about the books version.

[@Oscar-yx1xx]

She did better job than book cercei

[@omahh94]

The interviewer made sure there was no danger before asking the question. Gave George an ocular pat down and assessed the threat level

[@ryanegger4425]

lol

[@PriusRaj]

Honestly Sophie Turner's strategy is probably the best. Sansa Stark only knows what's around her, nothing more.

[@XxOnyxStudiosxX]

Does she even know what's around her to be honest?

[@lakshmir2409]

is thats the case then she wouldn't have survived till the end soo

[@CommanderLongJohn]

It's extremely idiotic lmao

[@seeker296]

@@XxOnyxStudiosxX yes, sansa develops the highest political accumen of any character - out of necessity. the fact she survived king's landing is enough but she also surpassed littlefinger - the greater player the game knows before she matures.

[@XxOnyxStudiosxX]

@@seeker296 She didn't really surpass Littlefinger though. I think it would have been a satisfying arc if she really had but the show stopped writing intelligent characters after season 4. According to a deleted scene, Bran TOLD her about Littlefinger's betrayal with his three--eyed raven psychic BS. Book Littlefinger would never have gone down so easily. In the show, he literally makes ONE political play against Sansa (trying to convince her Arya wanted to become Lady of Winterfell instead of her, which anyone who knows Arya even a little bit knows she never wanted to be a Lady in the first place) and then breaks down immediately.

[@LPChipi]

It's so weird seeing Cat so amused by Jaime.

[@LPChipi]

@@Player-sz1vg Because I didn't recall their names and didn't care to look them up. Also, because the "funny" thing to me is based on their character relationship, not their real life relationship. Why do you care?

[@boxxylegoplaymobil8906]

everybody likes the cool danish dude

[@xa25ja]

She has a large rock hidden behind her chair. Waiting.

[@Micolashcage1]

@@Player-sz1vg relax lol

[@mihai000000]

if i didn;t knew better , i'd say she looks lowkey flirty

[@sporeceress1465]

Nik's utter deadpan comedic style in real life flows so smoothly into Jaime Lannister's smug self-assured cleverness. It's perfect. I can imagine Nikolaj and Charles Dance having exactly that first conversation where Tywin cuts Jaime off and tells him to say something clever in real life.

[@knoll9812]

Charles dance perfectly believable as guy in charge and the know.

[@oberstul1941]

We were all so young back then.... like sweet summer children. George was still writing Winds, aaah...

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Jaime has brilliant comedic timing.

[@winterman8248]

yup, like the time in the show when he forgets to take off his fake hand past the Starks. Funny fucker

[@hamzamahmood9565]

Or the time when he crushed his character development with bricks? Yeah funny times

[@kaozspartan9289]

@@hamzamahmood9565 that wasnt thi his fault dipshit. Even as a joke that makes no sense

[@eylonavraham8921]

@@hamzamahmood9565 ...You know he's just an actor right?

[@tomsaunders9944]

@@hamzamahmood9565 That would be the writers, unfortunately the actors don't write their script.

[@thedragondemands5186]

In the season 8 blu ray commentary, the Varys actor (Conleth Hill) admitted that MANY of the cast were lying when they said they’d read the books. He felt it was better to be honest and always admitted he hadn’t.

[@larochejaquelein3680]

George does not like unctuous people, they should have just told him the truth.

[@fidelogos7098]

I'm not an actor, but it would seem to me that creating a character's life without knowing the final outcome might be beneficial, especially in a long series. In real life, we don't know how our lives will unfold. On a side note: I'm still cursing every time I see Dumb and Dumber for spoiling what promised to be the greatest TV show of all time. I want to slap their stupid faces.

[@michaelkean5969]

@@larochejaquelein3680 this is why Bernard Cromwell gave massive blessings to the cast and crew for the last kingdom series because even tho that show much like thrones has deviated from the books in order to fit into an onscreen adaption nearly all the actors as in 80-90% of the cast has all read the books and 100% understand the characters they are playing. the show still captures the spirit and the story regardless of the changes made. this is why the last kingdom worked and why GRRM recommended it and GOT didn't in the end.

[@DoggieFosters]

@@michaelkean5969 Acting to an ending can go off the rails.

[@michaelkean5969]

@@DoggieFosters what you mean.

[@savageantelope3306]

The fact that Kit read the first four books show how committed he was

[@HereForTheComments]

Of course Jon Snow read the books. From Season 1 at least it felt like he was the main character. So he was like "Gee I better bone up on my Thrones stuff." And when the ten-ish long years finally came to an end, he didn't even know what he was gonna do with his life. Being Jon Snow was everything to him.

[@lorelikesthings]

There was an interview about how he felt when it ended

[@toothgrab599]

That interviewer was quite good at assessing the situation. just look at the ocular patdowns he was giving the actors

[@CorrectionUnknown]

Mac from Always Sunny!

[@toboraton5911]

It was such a dangerous situation, I felt like someone might get knifed, but knew he was there to keep things cool.

[@benjackman4814]

You jabroni!!

[@Micolashcage1]

@@benjackman4814 ha. Cool word

[@TheBossMan5000]

Oh yeah, top notch stuff, he was just missing the duster. Sherriff Of Paddy's in action, right here, ya jabroni.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

so this is why Kit was so disgusted not having read the books it's still very obvious how shit the last season is but when you have read the books it's just on another level

[@shozanhanma2709]

I'm part of the conspiracy theory club that believes that's not the real ending, and that George RR Martin started to see how weird the writers were, and gave them a fake out ending to save the books for us fans

[@araisikewai]

@@shozanhanma2709 It's unfathomable to think that King Bran is a fake ending and not the end point that GRRM work towards to. From the moment they call him King Bran the "Broken", it's clear that is a name out of George mind. How we eventually reach that point, now that's unclear. Though I do expect Bran to warg into a dragon, because he will not walk again, but he will fly. Whatever happened with Jon Snow (or rather Jon Sand? or Aemon Targaryen?) ? Currently he's trapped inside Ghost, who's to say whether he will find a human body to warg into?

[@jgw9990]

@@shozanhanma2709 while that's all well and good what are the odds of legendary procrastinator George finishing those books?

[@em.1633]

Direct quote from Kit Harrington: “I still haven’t seen the show. I haven’t seen the final season,” the actor said, according to TVLine. “But I know what it took to shoot it, and it was hard on everyone and they put all of their heart and effort into it. We knew what we were doing was right, story-wise, and we knew it was right for the characters because we lived with them for 10 years," he said. "And because of that highly qualified investment in the story and characters, the controversy didn’t really affect us.”

[@spendsshanks6050]

@@em.1633 It was still shit

[@sportsboyjon]

Martin sitting there like "you fuckers have a job here because of the very books you won't read"

[@JDRants]

As someone who has read game of thrones about 7-8 times I genuinely don’t understand how you could do this show and NOT read the books. They’re so good lol

[@conormurphy4328]

Something something actors something something intelligence

[@pushista9322]

Same thoughts. Even if you only read the chapters about your character you miss their appearances and references in others' POVs. But if you don't read at all, you miss the entire inner dialogue of your character!

[@captainaryan26]

​@@shama-llamading-dong5370If reading game of thrones makes people smart, this is the best revelation on my last day of 17

[@OneWholeBird]

Actors are just models with extra steps

[@sann7564]

Did you found them a little slow or dense ?? How is the experience of reading them? I feel intimidated when im against huge sagas

[@shozanhanma2709]

I love how the Lannisters are funny in real life LOL Lena, Nicolaj, and peter had everyone in tears! 🦁

[@davidmanners9076]

Nikolaj*

[@shozanhanma2709]

@@davidmanners9076 thank you, I knew I could have gotten it wrong I couldn't think of exactly how to spell it LOL

[@get_yo_facts_ryt]

@@davidmanners9076 nicotine

[@frasier9499]

Lena had everyone in tears in the show too tbh

[@HenrySkalitz1403]

Can't believe they cut lady stoneheart from the show. Michelle Fairley would have killed that role as well.

[@g.k.9686]

Honestly, out of everything they cut out of the book, Lady stonehearth was the most reasonable one, it would also make Michelles fantastic performance on the red wedding meaningless

[@thorstenwinter6075]

*Wenigstens ist Lollys Stokeworth dabei.* 😁😁😁

[@gus9663]

Tbf, it hasn't gone anywhere worthwhile in the books

[@alphanerd7221]

That was lame in the books.

[@seraby7151]

Lady stoneheart was barely in the books, she was more like a vengeful ghost that ordered the bandits around.

[@WritingDialogue]

David and Dan sitting there grinning ear to ear knowing they're about to run this show into the ground.

[@lorelikesthings]

LOLLLL

[@simpleman7203]

Sophie and Nikolaj both have an amazing comedic talent.

[@SriJagathi-fd7tk]

Nikolaj was perfect ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@chaosh7040]

Nikolaj was perfect...the deadpan delivery/the pause to let everybody get their laugh on/the shrug was brilliant & perfectly timed/& just when everybody was calming down from the original he slips in (still with perfect deadpan delivery) the knockout punch... Brilliant. But Sophie? If being intimidated by reading because it's so complicated is comedic then...I guess (#shrug)

[@abirdhasnoname.5376]

Can’t believe they just ran GRRM over with a train like that.

[@hellscream46]

But then they ran the train off the track and down a cliff...

[@billstephens396]

@@hellscream46 Into the forest, creating a fire that destroyed an entire ecosystem...

[@danandreisimionescu1331]

@@billstephens396 the fire ignited an atomic bomb that killed 2/3 of the planet's population

[@ClockworkGearhead]

@@danandreisimionescu1331 And made half of the survivors zombies.

[@daftwulli6145]

His face :"that is it, sansa will stay with ramsey"

[@davidlane1248]

Lena Headey: *talks for 10 seconds about the books The cameraman: *GOLLY GEE, I DIDN'T KNOW PETER DINKLAGE WAS SO GOOD AT VENTRILOQUISM*

[@TheGreatWerebear]

Lolllll

[@solidagold115]

Omg xD

[@seansmith6255]

Ha

[@adarshrajbhatt6557]

😂😂

[@bait5257]

Lmao

[@spherostcg]

Nikolaj's answer just killed me - what comedic timing

[@jamesjeffers4138]

Lena definitely read the books. MY GOD is her acting in this series one of the most fantastic pieces of art I've ever seen. the way she captures Cersei in every way and brings this woman from page to screen is just awe-inspiring.

[@your.appointed.priestess]

I was shocked she said she didn't. I expected that she not only read the books, but studied Cersei's character very meticulously.

[@lukemaher7901]

Someone else said that Lena plays the character that book Cersei thinks she is, real book Cersei is drunk sloppy and less cunning. Still such an amazing performance though, and those are the lines she’s given, she can’t change her character from what dnd ordered

[@s_.777]

god bless lena headey fr

[@realneighborhoodP]

bro she said she didn't read the books. are you saying she's lying?

[@chaosh7040]

​@@realneighborhoodPhe may not have watched the video & is just going off the video title & just assuming he is correct.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

I think they'd get attached to their characters more if they read the books just look at Barristan Selmy's actor and how much he cared about having a good ending for his character, or Kit and how attached he probably was to Jon, specially since how he ended up in rehab it could have a little to do with that.

[@araisikewai]

Doubt that Kit problem was because he read the book. That Jon Snow is still trapped in Ghost body, his survival is still up in the air. I still doubt that Melisandre is going to revive him.

[@toughmunths]

@@araisikewai Who else will. Milisandre will probably be the one who casts whatever spell to resurrect Jon although it may be unintentional like some theories suggest

[@rezaF_]

Ser Barristan is one of the first characters that come to mind when we wanna talk about how the series has butchered amazing book characters.

[@rezaF_]

@@araisikewai I doubt that martin would introduce us to Thoros and Beric if he hadn't in mind to use spell magic thing once more on a bigger occasion.

[@nealfirstofhisname]

@@rezaF_ But George has alos said that Beric isn't really fully alive, but is a like a firewight, so if Jon is revived it won't be like in the show.

[@V_Muray]

"Lannisters never read the book".

[@Vortexnicholas]

Lool such a weird coincidence

[@lnr12241]

They said Arya was the most difficult to cast but they got it DEAD ON. Maisie was a perfect Arya

[@Rattenhoofd]

Too pretty to play Arya IMO but performance-wise she was amazing.

[@theSamgardner]

is Arya ugly in the books or something

[@Rattenhoofd]

@@theSamgardner All the other Stark children look like Catelyn. Jon Snow and Arya are the only ones with the "Stark" looks, solemn long faces. If maybe not ugly, Arya is at least described as being plain, not nearly as pretty as Maisie. Jon Snow, Ned Stark, Tyrion, Brienne, Jorah Mormont, Stannis are better looking than their book counterparts as well.

[@pushista9322]

Arya is supposed to have a long thin face like Jon Snow (who is also way too pretty and plump in the show). Sansa even called her Horseface. Maisie is just a sweet girl with big eyes and round face.

[@Baytudka]

@@Rattenhoofd I agree with everything except Jon Snow,I’m the books he was described as more good looking than in the show,he had this Targaryen essence that made people admire his beauty

[@daenerys1480]

Lena heady is just so original. How she dress, and how she delivers. Love her❤

[@gwpeoples]

I read the books. I just came here to point out that Lena Headey played a totally book accurate version of Cersei.

[@aegonthedragon7303]

Id say so too. Its a shame how they wasted her in season 7/8. I just wish they kept some of her more insane antics like bombing the Tower of the Hand and killing off the High Septon.

[@Msoldier94]

Cersei was a total bitch in the books. Everybody else was considered stupid to her.

[@eitanmagaliff9772]

yeah I'd say book Cersei was more batshit psycho, I think Lena played her a bit more cunning

[@RedFloyd469]

Lena played a character whose "motherly" features were more accentuated. While Cersei in the books is also a devoted mother, that devotion mixes with obsession, insanity, paranoia and deepseated insecurities. Cersei in the show doesn't nearly come across as much of a huge bitch as she did in the books.

[@evanbelisle8464]

Anyone else fast forward through the D&D parts?

[@markmiller2593]

It's 2030 and legend has it he is still writing the winds of winter.

[@kylevalentine5431]

Stop, stop please My heart can't take it anymore

[@markmiller2593]

@@kylevalentine5431 bruhh, what do you think I am going through?

[@ironman947]

In heaven*

[@Connor-jl9gq]

apparently, it took him about 10 years to get to 400 pages (300 of which were left over from dance of dragons), but during covid, he wrote another 400 pages, so now it's 2/3 done! we are never getting a dream of spring but there is a small chance we will get winds of winter

[@markmiller2593]

@@Connor-jl9gq my guess he made some changes with everything going on in the world right now

[@buddwalker]

the fact that lena didn't read the books but hit Cersei so spot on is cool

[@hunterpearce8960]

Loved the chemistry of everyone here. Brilliant actors!

[@brendobiscuit8]

Quite a stark difference between this and LOTR. Every cast member read those books, and Peter Jackson ensured that they were following the story as closely as possible

[@nealfirstofhisname]

ASOIAF is a lot longer than LOTR, and it is not even finished yet: LOTR: 481.103 words ASOIAF: 1.749.211 words

[@thac0twenty377]

very Stark difference....

[@jamesdettmann94]

Quite a Lannister difference

[@upamanyu5431]

To be fair LoTR is just about the same length as a single one of ASoIaF books and has been finished for decades.

[@thac0twenty377]

@@nealfirstofhisname you're not taking into account the amount of research and work Tolkien put in. Also no word processors.

[@comedyman4896]

George's analogy of being laying out a railroad while a train speeds towards him aged well

[@forsakenV12]

Thinking the same. I really don't think book six will ever be completed.

[@Trancedd]

Especially when he looks like a train conductor.

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

Kinda went… off the rails.

[@thejawgz6719]

I think book 6 will be completed, but book 7 absolutely won’t be.

[@Hapetiitti]

​@@thejawgz6719 I'm done waiting, but I still have hope. My belief is that the reason each book has taken longer to come out, and the reason he still hasn't finished 6, is that the plot strings have become so hideously complicated that it's taking him forever to rearrange everything to make sure there are no inconsistencies. My guess is that he's writing books 6 and 7 simultaneously (or at least planning the story), and if we ever do get tWoW, it might be a short winter before aDoS. And even if he were to die before that, I think there's a chance his successor will be left with thousands of pages of which to package a possibly imperfect, but satisfying ending. Or maybe I know nothing.

[@best_visual]

When Nikolaj said like Maisie said my mum read it for me I laughed so hard🤣🤣🤣

[@butternuts14]

Lena is so nice, and it’s just a contradiction to her character, awesome actress

[@094340]

I agree, even a bit shy I'd say.

[@dougbratton7309]

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. . .well played sir. And brilliant to let the gag stand on its own and allow the awkward silence to pass for someone else to move on. 👊

[@Ar1AnX1x]

it's not awkward it's only awkward if you think it's awkward if you don't even in an awkward situation you won't feel awkward

[@dougbratton7309]

@@Ar1AnX1x Whoever feels the most uncomfortable generally speaks first. 😅

[@nellieshoals]

@@Ar1AnX1x I think it wasn't so much by denying the awkwardness that it worked, but by embracing it and accepting it. Then with a bold move, bringing a laugh 😂

[@52darcey]

@@Ar1AnX1x yes it’s called comic timing of which silence is an essential ingredient

[@TheMule71]

That was amazing. The question was of course staged (I mean that must be the most asked question in interviews with cast members of the series) and the answers were pretty standard, and the idea was to play on the cast's embarassement (real or fake) in front of George. With a few simple words, and a pause, Nikolaj managed to make everybody laugh and at the same time, in a way, to turn the joke on George. The cast had all a moment of realization before laughing so I really think Nikolaj's answer was pure improv, something he came up with after listening to Maisie's answer. He's a good actor and a great guy too, just watch his interviews with Gwendoline, you'll also see there's a dark side to his humor.

[@travisbickle3835]

Catelyn Stark dying of laughter over a joke Jaime Lannister makes is pretty interesting to watch.

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

What was the deal with the joke, again?

[@sirlongshanksthelongshank8786]

@@_somerandomguyontheinternet_ He said his mom read the books, which probably means his mom knows about all the *love* his character has for his sister

[@ktwashere5637]

especially g iven its not actually that funny.

[@WiredLain_]

@@ktwashere5637 comedy is subjective.

[@manee2412]

@@ktwashere5637hes hot and women laugh at anything hot guys say. Its called halo effect

[@hamletwatson5561]

They went so quickly from “so what did we think of the reading” to “did anyone do the reading”

[@randoman750]

Surprised to see Rob here hosting, love it

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

Nikolaj's joke was just too good

[@ericcheltenham7001]

Didn’t get it

[@iCGreen_]

Flew right over my head

[@KorriTimigan]

It was starting to get a bit depressing with all the actors (except Kit) saying they hadn't read it. Chops to him for not delivering another dry boring negative and instead lightening the mood with some wit.

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

@@KorriTimigan agreed 100 %

[@winterman8248]

I thinks its disrespect to G Martin that actors didnt even bother to read the books.. D&D seemed so happy that actors werent giving G Martin the pleasure of this. It was like a stab in the back to G Martin actually. From what ive heard about the two fake writers, i wouldnt be supprised if they prepped the actors to say they didnt read it, just to have a dig at G Martin.

[@aidanford4285]

Tbf, Kit Harrington played Jon Snow perfectly for the time that the books were in play. He obviously was passionate about the role, and it showed until D&D fucked it.

[@Steve-eh4db]

Kit's most popular episode was in the Battle of the Bastards, ranked #1 episode by IMDB viewers. Season 6, wasn't based on any books, D&D seemed to do a pretty good job with season 6, as it too, was ranked #1, for the highest average vote per episode. You're just hating, because you bought into too much hype before season 8, inaccurate predictions by wanna be screenplay writers, the show was coming to a close & that D&D didn't wait another 10 years for that lazy toad George to finish the books. If HBO paid him only after he would finish all the books, he would of completed the books sooner, then take all the blame for the last episodes, as the ending was still his brain child that he held on to forever. The sour grapes started only in the last few episodes of Season 8, the proof in that, is that not one weekly reactor to GOT, when it first aired, griped at anything substantial up to that point.The claim then became that D&D sucked on anything they did. A lie, brought on by hate, by some, of things not going their way.

[@yakm5385]

@@Steve-eh4db no

[@edenilsonplastina]

@@yakm5385 hahahahahahahahahaha wtf

[@hammer3721]

@@yakm5385 Red pilled.

[@jakelee5096]

@@Steve-eh4db No

[@bomberharris1393]

I never fancied game of thrones. Then decided to give 1 episode a try. Then got hooked on the series and watched the first 4 seasons that were out. Then read all the books, then the next seasons until the end. Have since watched series 3 times, and will read the books again soon hopefully.

[@tochidioka6019]

You’re talking to me right now!!! And then, I’m here watching all their interviews. I stopped watching any series after GOT unless Turkish series. Then, I’ve included HoTD as my next movie stalker

[@Citizen_JQP]

Same. I just started watching it like a week and a half ago. Almost at the end of s4. So far , it's the absolute best story I've seen acted.

[@thasensei5120]

You should stay if these videos then to avoid spoilers and people opinions affecting your watch

[@jacksimpsonguitar253]

Good to hear man. And congrats on you're contribution to the defense of Britain.

[@iangenuine]

12:00. honestly best part of the vid. love the way he describes his own struggle and his own pace lol I feel bad. gotta love the guy. kinda feel like the fame and the pressure got into him though. hope he doesn't lose his love for writing

[@harbyfeshner9890]

The Gang reads the books

[@michaellang7377]

Except for Charlie because of his goddamn illiteracy

[@iantate6932]

This made me laugh way harder than I'd like to admit

[@Bobaklives]

@@michaellang7377 Charlie probably thought the books were about bird law, which he already knew so he could just skip’em.

[@suyashmisra7406]

*temptation sensation plays*

[@thac0twenty377]

I honestly miss this show. You could start a conversation with 90 percent of the population by mentioning it

[@WookieWarriorz]

still could if D and D didnt take the show into the basement tie to to a post, molested it then bounced.

[@thac0twenty377]

@@WookieWarriorz yeah I know it man

[@imLuve]

im excited for house of the dragon

[@thac0twenty377]

@@imLuve I want to be....I just can't lol

[@imLuve]

@@thac0twenty377 i feel that, with the way the butchered season 8, but im still hoping they learned their lesson and will actually give us a good show to talk about for years to come!

[@mranderson9813]

So fantastic to see Michelle Fairley again I miss hearing that voice 😢

[@chrisf9156]

Just laughing as this is quite an old interview and it's simultaneously hilarious that they didn't ask D&D if they had read the books and we also got to hear GRRM say he was working on the Winds of Winter and thought he could maintain pace with the show.

[@samc9516]

It's sad George described himself as getting squashed if the train catches up to him, but I think the analogy of a train going off the rails works well actually. Book 3 was split into seasons 3 and 4, so if books 4 and 5 were kept at the same detail then he'd have had loads more time. Shame they were compressed into just season 5 mostly.

[@kopek702]

what happens if the train runs out of tracks? you get a trainwreck of an ending

[@alphanerd7221]

Books 4 and 5 are terrible.

[@mythicalsalmon3621]

They where never going to have enough time, George doesn't want to write the finale at this point. He takes a looooong time to write and now has even less time, because he is working as a executive producer for House of the Dragon.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@mythicalsalmon3621 The nerd mob already decided they hate his ending. Why would he finish it? So that people who have been calling him brilliant will start calling him an idiot like they do to the show runners than made the show they loved to begin with?

[@RoyKoopaling]

@@alphanerd7221 Books four and five are not terrible. It’s bizarre to me that this meme exists. Of all the books, I think the forth is probably Martin’s best example of skilful writing.

[@jonstark153]

Catelyns laugh at 5:43 actually sounds a bit like her cry at the red wedding

[@winterman8248]

she sounds like she smokes 60 cigs a day.

[@kcmet79]

I noticed that too, the timbre n pitch are near identical

[@pola_behr]

I got scared for a second lmao

[@scottibee2167]

Was not expecting Mac to be the Host. Lmao.

[@fabulousfondant]

Funny looking back at it his train analogy was spot on

[@WalterLiddy]

"I don't want to think, you know, my story line is going off in one direction, and then because it's just an adaptation, goes off on a completely different one." - Oh, if she only knew.

[@ricebix]

Wtf Lena Headey looks so ridiculously pretty here I'm in awe

[@winterman8248]

really? she looks liks shes 50+

[@ricebix]

@@winterman8248 idk man she looks good to me

[@winterman8248]

@@ricebix maybe youre into grandmothers? thats your choice im not knocking it.

[@ricebix]

@@winterman8248 bruh I reckon you'd have a very hard time finding 50+ year olds who look as good as that. How old are you? Not to be rude, I'm just curious as that probably plays a part in how attractive you find older women

[@winterman8248]

@@ricebix Im nowhere near 50. yes my age has a lot to do with my opinion youre right. Having said that, even a 50 year old man would go for a woman age 35-40 right? Isnt a 50 year old woman kind of passed her days of glory.

[@blitskreegdeantioch5851]

Molasses in January going uphill is faster than George writing.

[@levy9595]

Adding the Arya and Tywin scenes was the best change the showrunners made by far, those scenes were tremendous. Most of the changes they made from the source material were executed rather poorly, but that change was an inspired one

[@voteZDLR]

One of the greatest changes the show made from the books is just like Maisie Williams said, in the books she serves as Cupbearer at Harrenhal for Roose Bolton -- not Tywin Lannister like it is in the show. And some of those moments between her and Tywin were brilliant, with him being impressed at her intelligence on an almost like fatherly or grandfatherly level. Some might even think that it also factored into her decision to not name him as one of the three people she wanted Jaqen H'ghar to kill. If she did name him, it would have had perhaps an even greater effect on the overall war of the Five Kings than it would have if she had even named someone like Joffrey. Tywin Lannister wasn't the King, but he arguably had more power than any of the Kings that ever served.

[@CommanderLongJohn]

When you actually analyze those scenes it's really idiotic though.. like there's no possible way on earth TYWIN Lannister doesn't realize just who in the hell she is; he acknowledged she's a high born posing as a low born, she can read and has a MAESTERS-esque knowledge of the Targaryen's (specifically regarding Harrenhal), he knows she's from the North and her "mother served lady Dustin" (so how in the flying fuck could she have gotten down there?), her 'stonemason' father was "killed" by "loyalty", and most importantly he knows Arya Stark hasn't been seen since Ned's death; there's not a shot in hell he doesn't connect the dots, or at a bare minimum suspect something is amuck 🤷

[@voteZDLR]

@@CommanderLongJohn Yes. I agree with everything you just said. But that's just it, I think he DOES know she's high born and posing as a low born. I think he even realizes that she is a high born girl from the North. BUT he enjoyed her company so much he was willing to overlook it. It's not as if he let her go, she was basically still his captive but she was given privileged access to his company just because he liked her so much. But he wasn't letting her go. She had to escape. My own personal take from it is he knew she was high born and from the North, but he didn't know she was a Stark. If he knew that, he could've used her to force Robb Stark to end the war immediately or she would have been executed or something. He probably assumed she was high born from the North from a smaller house, but high born all the same.

[@kanejtrash5019]

@@voteZDLR agree, he probably thought she was a high born but not from an important house. at this point I think Tywin thought Arya was in the capital, so of course he would never think this dirty girl would be the daughter of Ned Stark.

[@French408]

@@CommanderLongJohn Imo, Tywin figuring out Arya Stark's identity would have been too cliche. Like OF COURSE Arya becomes the servant of Tywin because OF COURSE he happened to park his army in Harrenhal at the same time Arya was there. And then OF COURSE Tywin figures it all it because he's a smart, analytical character. I think a large part of what makes the interactions between Arya and Tywin so great, is because in pretty much no other circumstance would they be able to talk casually. The expectation is that Arya will get caught if she doesn't play her cards right. She could say something wrong, give the wrong kind of information, or something else. It makes the audience hang on to every word. Then against expectation, the duo gets along well.

[@hulkslayer626]

....she did name him, didn't she? 🤔

[@deadpoolregeneratedegenera1683]

13:20 Dan and David took that as a challenge and raced through them in one season.

[@koolaid2koolboyy]

Mannn u can see immediately on the directors faces after George said “I’ll be writing book 7” they were out for the count very very very sad, it could have truly been the longest running show that isn’t a geeky sitcom but rather a true masterpiece

[@nailsnailsgoodinbed]

It's so interesting seeing a comedian run these sorts of shows, Rob gives this a nice energy

[@ClownCarCoup]

Robert McElhenney! TY for that. Recognized his face but couldn’t find his name in the vid notes.😠 Was driving me mad, reading thru the comments hoping somebody would drop his name 😅

[@jasonfuqua4284]

Wasn’t expecting to see Mac asking the questions…

[@BubblegumCrash332]

Oh the good ol days when everyone was friendly.

[@UuzerName]

You mean the cast? Pretty sure they’re still friendly. Mommoa and Emilia Clarke were at Benioff’s birthday recently.

[@BubblegumCrash332]

@@UuzerName I didn't think I needed to say but of course I mean D&D and George. The cast with few exceptions are all very friendly with each other

[@thanatoswaker2778]

@@BubblegumCrash332 what happend to George? I never heard anything about him being an asshole.

[@BubblegumCrash332]

@@thanatoswaker2778 he stopped watching or talking about Game of Thrones around the time D&D (season 5) decided to take the show in completely different direction.

[@thanatoswaker2778]

@@BubblegumCrash332 cant blame the guy. Also, he was probably under contract.

[@trolledchaos6531]

After having seen the show, this interview gives me SO MUCH ANXIETY

[@LincolnSwingStreet]

I love how George took this as an opportunity to basically tell people to stop sending him unsolicited audition tapes XD

[@thestevenofsuburbia8431]

10:25 Seeing the complete lack of reaction here for a solid 5 seconds was hilarious to me

[@frozenfire2634]

i was just cringing incredibly

[@thestevenofsuburbia8431]

@@frozenfire2634 we all were :)

[@seeker296]

he's like "how do I end this man's career without ending this man's career?"

[@proudsaiyanprince2651]

Considering Peter’s virtue signaling ramblings about Snow White and the Seven Dwarves actually caused Disney to completely butcher the story.

[@drlazlo76]

Great cast of actors. Great cast of characters. I cant believe Lady Stoneheart wasn't mentioned when Cat said she read her chapters. Still surprised all these years later we never got her in the show.

[@RedFloyd469]

Well, although I can't say whether there are any lady stoneheart chapters in dance of dragons (I still have to finish that one), it's not at all obvious from just reading the "Catelyn" chapters and nothing else, that she would turn into lady stoneheart. Furthermore, After Catelyn dies, lady stoneheart is mentioned only indirectly or in passing. One chapter is a POV from a frey, meeting stoneheart for a hot minute before being hanged. Not exactly lots of information here. The rest is mostly just the chapters from the POV of Brienne. And even then only when Brienne gets hanged by Stoneheart. Their meeting is very very brief. In any case, Stoneheart is no longer really an important character in terms of big events anymore. Her actions have consequences, but they are consequences because of the actions of the brotherhood without banners in general. We don't need to see her perspective on things, because her perspective is very straightforward: "blind vengeance". And It was pretty clear after a while that D&D weren't going to invite her actress anymore and were going in a different direction after a while.

[@knoll9812]

​@@RedFloyd469I thought that Stoneheart was a great storyline but appears d&d wanted to simplify and aim to wards single story at the endl. George builds all these wonderful threads and they cut them so that we can get standard Hollywood boy and girl story

[@sarahconnor13]

Baby arya was so adorable omg

[@gildardorivasvalles6368]

Boy that last question... George has taken more than his sweet time.

[@interghost]

"Then I have book four and book five... those are giantic books...!!!" - Don't worry they wont be using most of that stuff... just skim through all that good stuff and writting their own ending :)

[@themadhatter9081]

How many seasons did they take to adapt Book 4&5?

[@baconeater4133]

@@thezoinksguy Completely incorrect, but ok

[@Luke-nn4pm]

@@themadhatter9081 1

[@jaimelannister1797]

@@Luke-nn4pm and a poor adaptation at that

[@rezaF_]

@@Luke-nn4pm fewer than 1. cuz half of even that was changed.

[@marrow2261]

Peter: I'm going to read the books once my character gets killed He got to wait a while xD

[@JP-rg8uy]

Best and honest answers from everyone. Love them all. Everyone is great. ❤

[@frozengoat5834]

I like how everyone is talking about dying yet everyone here's character made it all the way to the end except Cat

[@riveraharper8166]

Lena: "I am scared I am gonna die." camera zooms in Catelyn and Jon...

[@Fosi94]

Ahahhaha

[@FindTheFun]

Notice Dan and David didn't answer if they read the books or not.

[@xkathygee]

Nikolaj just didn't want to admit that he read all the books several times.

[@serwalkerofthekeynes8761]

As an avid "always sunny" fan, and a major GoT nerd.. I'm loving this!

[@IslandWork1]

12:29 - GRRM's worries were well founded.

[@wackyswacky1374]

Extremely well found.

[@djerykhornubis2466]

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's witts are always amazing! He should do comedy.

[@gladesucks7907]

All this time has passed and we’re still waiting on Winds of Winter

[@ooooswain]

And now George's biggest regret is not staying ahead of the show cause the tv writers fucked up the ending big time. I just hope after George does finish the story, we can get a movie to replace the last season. Literally the best tv show ever made and they go and butcher the ending like that.

[@edwinsoto6932]

As if Seasons 5-7 were good and not in desperate need for readaptation as well. Season 8 might be a bad ending for the books, but it is an aptly rushed and mediocre ending for the rushed and mediocre second half of the show (e.g. Martin hopes in the interview that the massive Books 4 and 5 will be adapted into 2-3 seasons: the show - very loosely - adapted them into a single season). George finishing the books won't make pre-season 8 Euron salvageable in a S8 replacement movie. You either remake the second half of the show or don't remake at all.

[@josephbrennan370]

I want that to but it ain't happening in this universe.

[@Infiltrator_]

Just redo season 8 and use the same cast. The cast or most of them literally look the same as they did 10 years ago.

[@TwoDoubleDos]

@@Infiltrator_I say just make an animated series not every actor is going to return

[@barry2349]

​@@edwinsoto6932season 5 to 7 were some of the greatest seasons ever made it's only season 8 that's shit

[@johnpepper8603]

I was like how old is this, then I saw Jaime with long hair and was like : yep this kind of old.

[@NseEkong]

Imagine being a teenager and the showrunners just randomly decide "there were no scenes with Arya Stark and Tywin Lannister in the books, but we're going to have you shoot scenes one-on-one with Chatles Dance". Incredible.

[@kingdom482]

“The gang interviews game of thrones”

[@Ar1AnX1x]

Plot twist: they're all lying and they're just coming up with reasons on why they didn't read the books to not hurt GRRM's feelings, mean while GRRM doesn't give a shit about it at all and he knows they're lying and finds it extremely amusing and funny.

[@Mojitosrisin]

Calm down....deep breaths

[@felipebaldissera9775]

Not even a plot twist, thats obviously what's happening haha

[@user-ym1zs8sd2y]

to George or to the fans????

[@atharvadeshpande1092]

Wait a minute, Catelyn and Jon are sitting side by side and laughing 😨😱

[@morinette8162]

Wait until you notice that Cat is laughing at JAIME's joke!!

[@skywillfindyou]

Wow, Mac is giving questions!

[@tantalisinglabrat]

2024 ALREADY AND WE ARE STILL WAITING... GEORGE!!!

[@Ar1AnX1x]

I'll never understand how they don't get curious enough to read the books specially since the story seems unique and well written enough but I guess not everybody likes Fantasy, maybe because it's too brutal.

[@frogsalesman]

Eh, it's not for everyone, but especially the fact that for such long books, I am not sure the actors would have had much time on their hands.

[@jonnil1997]

I would also assume some actors dont want to be influences by the books since they are not the same as the show. Better to follow the writing and direction of the show instead of getting it confused with other material.

[@ktwashere5637]

its interesting to me that they are not particularly interested in the story. Actors always go on about doing research and so on, yet almost none of them have. I actually think its pretty poor form to have not read them. Even if the events differ slightly, reading the book can tell you alot about the characters themselves. its pretty lazy frankly, considering how much frickin money they all got paid.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

@@ktwashere5637 yeah I kinda think its weird because its an interesting story but people have different tastes, but few of them really like the books like Jon Snow and Barristan's actors.

[@ivedirs7490]

​@@ktwashere5637I agree...like they have to know what's going on in westeros and WHY their character chose to do what they did...what all events occured in their life and how it shaped their character

[@Feanor1988bis]

In the end, still no book six, but hey, the locomotive didn't run over GRRM, it derailed and passed him on the side.

[@bluebeard6189]

The television show was so wildly different from the books, not just in what happened but in the essence of the characters. I could see it being more than less than unhelpful to have actually read the books

[@benmilligan9355]

Little did we know the winds of winter all these years later still wouldn’t be ready and the show did plow on past the books to their detriment

[@ColeForged]

I find it quite interesting that I first saw peter dinklage in roles with his regular American accent. But after so many hours of hearing his British accent it’s weird hearing his real voice again.

[@Ash.Crow.Goddess]

Damn, the first 6 minutes was so painfully awkward. Then NCW with the win of a much needed laugh, and that was the only answer he gave. Hilarious!

[@marchi3731]

For real

[@Mom2Aiden08]

Weasel Soup!!!!😂😂😂 I actually wish that had happened in the series. I completely forgot about that until she said it.

[@al3wad]

when the camera moved to Nikola I yelled kingslayer! oathbreaker! man without honor!

[@LensBlurr]

My wife and i bursted out laughing on Nikolaj's response lol