Warning: This article contains spoilers for the Game of Thrones novels that some readers may prefer to avoid.

Game of Thrones is unlikely to incorporate a major twist from the books, a star of the HBO drama has claimed.



Fans of George RR Martin's novels were left disappointed when the TV show's recent season four finale failed to incorporate Lady Stoneheart.

Stoneheart - a zombified version of Catelyn Stark - made her first literary appearance in the epilogue to Martin's A Storm of Swords.

Michelle Fairley - who played Catelyn - has now stated that the character is unlikely to ever appear on-screen.

"Yeah, the character's dead - she's dead," the actress told Entertainment Weekly.

"You respect the writers' decision. I knew the arc, and that was it."

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Fairley argued that showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss "can't stick to the books 100%".

"It's impossible - they only have 10 hours per season," she reasoned. "They have got to keep it dramatic and exciting, and extraneous stuff along the way gets lost in order to maintain the quality of this brilliant show."

Game of Thrones will return to HBO and Sky Atlantic in 2015.

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