Peter Dinklage has spoken up on the final season of Game Of Thrones and the ending that left fans either delighted or outraged.
“I think the reason there was some backlash about the ending is because [the fans] were angry at us for breaking up with them,” says Dinklage, speaking to The New York Times.
“We were going off the air and they didn’t know what to do with their Sunday nights anymore. They wanted more, so they backlashed about that”.
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In contrast to its preceding seasons, the final series of Game Of Thrones had a much quicker pace. It had been suggested by many fans that they rushed the story, which led to the character arc of Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) feeling out of place and falling flat.
However, Dinklage feels otherwise.
“We had to end when we did, because what the show was really good at was breaking preconceived notions: villains became heroes, and heroes became villains. If you know your history, when you track the progress of tyrants, they don’t start off as tyrants. I’m talking about, spoiler alert, what happened at the end of Game Of Thrones with that character change”.
“It’s gradual, and I love how power corrupted these people. What happens to your moral compass when you get a taste of power? Human beings are complicated characters, you know?”
In contrast, the original book writer of Game Of Thrones, George R. R. Martin was concerned over the rushed ending.
A new book written by journalist James Andrew Miller recounts 757 interviews which he conducted. Included in the book are interviews with George R. R. Martin and his agent Paul Haas.
“George would fly to New York to have lunch with Plepler (Former CEO of HBO), to beg him to do ten seasons of ten episodes because there was enough material for it and to tell him it would be a more satisfying and entertaining experience” said Haas.
Hass goes on to confirm that Martin was worried about the path of the series and that the showrunners “cut it short”.
Even so, Dinklage seems insistent that the series ended when it needed to.
“It was the right time. No less, no more. You don’t want to wear out your welcome, although I’m not sure that show could have”.
“Everybody had their own stories going on while watching that show, but nobody’s was as good as what the show delivered, I think.”
Though Game Of Thrones has come to its controversial end, HBO is working on multiple spin-offs.
Next year will see us return to Westeros 300 years before Daenarys takes on the iron throne in House Of The Dragon
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