Game of Thrones San Diego Comic-Con panel 2019: What we learned
Masie Williams, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and more bring answers to big questions about the show.
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Masie Williams (Arya Stark) and Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm) at SDCC.
Game of Thrones has always been one of the biggest panels at Comic-Con , and no year has been bigger and more controversial than 2019. Not only did showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss pull out two days early, but the cast inevitably had to face questions about the show's tumultuous final season.
CNET's Caitlin Petrakovitz and Erin Carson have you covered for all the good bits that came out of the Hall H panel, including Masie Williams addressing Arya and Gendry's relationship and Isaac Hempstead Wright addressing the Evil Bran theory. Over to you guys!
“I stole most of the scenes I was in.” After this panel, I think @ConlethHill is my new favorite. #GameOfThrones #GoTSDCC #SDCC2019 pic.twitter.com/eMWA1v0o8Y
— cait petrakovitz 🦹🏽♀️➡️SDCC (@misscp) July 20, 2019
Fav lines: @nikolajcw: When we found out why his name’s Hodor. @liamcunningham1: “Nothing fucks you harder than time.” @RaleighRitchie: “Valar Morghulis.”@Maisie_Williams: “Not today.” #SDCC2019 #GameOfThrones
— cait petrakovitz 🦹🏽♀️➡️SDCC (@misscp) July 20, 2019
“She did it on her own!” @Maisie_Williams says. No, Jon Snow was not saying “Go go go.” 🙌🏽
— cait petrakovitz 🦹🏽♀️➡️SDCC (@misscp) July 20, 2019
“If were going to give it to anyone, credit to Melisandre for getting Arya back on track.” #GameofThrones #GoTSDCC #SDCC2019
Could Gendry ever get another chance? “Arya has always been a lone wolf, always felt a bit of a misfit in her own family. And I don’t think being with a partner is what would make her feel the most fulfilled,” says @Maisie_Williams #GameOfThrones #SDCC2019 #GoTSDCC
— cait petrakovitz 🦹🏽♀️➡️SDCC (@misscp) July 20, 2019
On the Evil Bran theory: “He’s not a fortune teller. He’s got the entire past at his fingertips but” he can’t see *everything* about the future, says @Isaac_H_Wright. “I like the theory that he is still the Night King.” #GoTSDCC #GameOfThrones #SDCC2019
— cait petrakovitz 🦹🏽♀️➡️SDCC (@misscp) July 20, 2019
Conleth Hill just “admitted” to starting *that* #GameOfThrones petition on accident bc of his comments in an interview 🤣 #SDCC2019
— cait petrakovitz 🦹🏽♀️➡️SDCC (@misscp) July 20, 2019
"I guess for all intents and purposes, Westeros is a surveillance state," says Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark) #SDCC
— Erin Carson (@ErinCarson) July 20, 2019
Game of Thrones suffered a lot this year, after its final episode aired in May to fan backlash and a petition to redo the entire eighth season. Showrunners Benioff and Weiss pulled out of Comic-Con due to scheduling conflicts, but some viewed this as dodging angry questions from fans.
Still, the two fared well at the Emmys. Game of Thrones earned the most nominations of any series and Benioff and Weiss were nominated for an outstanding writing Emmy for the finale, The Iron Throne. Just ignore that the episode has the lowest IMDb rating of any television episode nominated for that category.
Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm -- the actor/musician also goes by the alias Raleigh Ritchie), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth) and Conleth Hill (Lord Varys) all showed up at the Game of Thrones panel.
San Diego Comic-Con began Thursday and runs through Sunday.
