Game of Thrones returns in less than a week, with filming on the final six episodes wrapping in July of last year.

So while the rest of us are waiting on tenterhooks, the cast of the epic fantasy series *definitely* know how it ends, right?

Maybe not.

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Speaking to Digital Spy and other press, co-showrunner David Benioff hinted that the actors working on GoT might only *think* they know how it ends.

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"The actors think they know the end, because they were all here for the table read," Benioff said. "But that’s not to say that we don't employ deception at times."

He added: "We have had some success in terms of hiding things, but the actors definitely all believe that they know where this season is going to end."

"Think they know"? "Believe that they know"?

Above: Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss Jeff Kravitz Getty Images

Is Benioff just pulling our leg, or were top-secret scenes shot without the knowledge of certain cast members? Maybe a last-minute tweak in the edit might change our understanding of the final scenes?

Game of Thrones... the only TV show so top-secret that even the cast don't know how it finishes up? Given the extreme lengths that the series has gone to in the past to keep its secrets, we wouldn't rule it out.

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Game of Thrones season 8 will premiere on April 14, 2019. The show airs on HBO in the US and Sky Atlantic and NOW TV in the UK. Season 7 is now available to buy on DVD, Blu-ray or digital download.

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