So let’s talk about what Bran was doing during the Battle of Winterfell.

My involvement was small, compared to most people. I only did two weeks of night shoots, and they were there for 55 nights. The hard part for me is just sitting there, and staying put, keeping the furs in place for continuity. I can’t get up. So when the director yells, “Cut!” everyone else can wander around and have a chat, and I’m stuck in the courtyard yelling, “Hey, guys! Come out and hang out near me so I can talk to you!” I think everyone would get angry, though, if I complained that I had to sit down with loads of warm furs. [Laughs] I’ve got a pretty all right deal there.

So it was great to see what everybody else was up to! It just goes so quickly. It doesn’t feel like an hour and 20 minutes, because everything is so high stakes. But Bran’s role in it? [Laughs] He’s not going to be right at the forefront. There’s not a lot Bran can contribute on the battle side.

Maybe not physically, but there is a moment where he is doing something. He wargs into the ravens to do some aerial reconnaissance, but that dissipates pretty quickly and he remains in that state. What was he doing?

As far as I understand it, he’s just in the ravens. He’s just keeping tabs on the battle. But having lots of shots of ravens flying around wouldn’t be much of interest! [Laughs] And it would be pretty impractical for him to be like, “Hey, Theon, can you go run over there and tell this guy to get out of the way of that guy?” Bran recognizes that all he can do is sit there and let whatever happens, happen. We saw how quickly all their plans disintegrated! There would have been no chance of an efficient communication system. [Laughs]

Ah, O.K. Whenever Bran does anything lately, the internet explodes with theories.

[Laughs.] I thought this battle might have put some of those theories to rest. Evidently not!