Warning: Spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones season 8, if you still aren't up to date yet.



Carice van Houten has opened up about the "silliness" in Game of Thrones' eighth and final season.

She played the Red Woman (aka Melisandre) in HBO's fantasy favourite – who perished after aiding an unlikely victory for the living in the Battle of Winterfell – and although she was impressed by the episodes overall, some of the outcomes had a different effect on her.

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"I just love the fact that the whole throne was blown away," she told The Hollywood Reporter, in reference to Drogon's fire-breathing wrath in the last episode.

"I really loved it, and also the randomness of talking about who's going to be king."

The Dutch actress added that "the silliness of it was very smart" as the series mirrored the stupidity of real life. "This is what life is. Some dumbo can become president."

Sidestepping her political implications for a second, Carice labelling Bran Stark a "dumbo" seems pretty harsh, but then again his eventual crowning was a bit random in the end.

All hail Bran the Broken, First of his Name?

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