The Game of Thrones Season 5 world premiere kicked off in style at the Tower of London earlier this evening, with a surprisingly large number of cast members turning up to promote and view the show.

Images below courtesy of *newzcard.

Photos and interview quotes below the cut.

A few tagged photos from Rex Features:

The following are some quotes pulled both from the AP Live livestream, and from other interview audio picked up by the stream. Some are humorous, some are pointless, some are insightful. Note that there are some instances of paraphrasing:

Michael McElhatton:

“People are going to disappear that didn’t disappear [in the books].”

“The Boltons solidify their hold on the North. There’s a wedding… *whispers* which I can’t tell you about.”

Dean-Charles Chapman:

“Tommen is blossoming very big [as a character].”

[On the relationship between Tommen and Margaery] “As a viewer it’s messed up, but for me, life is good!”

Iwan Rheon:

“There’s a religious feeling that comes in [this season]. The whole world opens up a bit.”

[On Alfie Allen] “He has a very thankless task as an actor, but he does a tremendous job. I love working with him.”

Daniel Portman:

“[Podrick] comes out of his shell a bit.”

“[This season] we see more of [Brienne and Pod] warming to each other.”

Alfie Allen:

“The book series is based on the Wars of the Roses, so it’s kind of apt to be here [at the Tower of London].”

“There are definitely some real dark moments, but in very Game of Thrones fashion there’s some light at the end of the tunnel.”

Hannah Murray:

“I made a real effort this year to not read any of the scenes I’m not in. I’m as in the dark as anyone.”

Liam Cunningham:

[On the choice of venue] “Two-hundred years ago we’d be in here getting our heads chopped off. Now we’re watching the telly!”

“If I told you anything, you and me would be kicked to death.”

Isaac Hempstead-Wright:

“I can relax, I’ve got nothing to worry about tonight… for all I know, Melisandre sets herself on fire by accident.”

“I’ve had my first full term at school since forever, this year.”

[On Bran’s return to the show] “I’m assuming season 6, but I’ve had no official confirmation.”

Roger Ashton-Griffiths:

“I invite viewers to check out the buckles on my costume.”

Sophie Turner:

“I didn’t read the scripts this year because I wanted to be surprised.”

“I don’t know if it’ll do ten seasons. That might be a bit much, but we’ll see.”

Ian Beattie:

[Hugs Sophie] “See, I didn’t really beat her!”

“It’s like working for a big, dysfunctional, incredibly talented family.”

“I do think Season 5 is going to be the best one yet.”

Mark Gatiss:

“I’m in one episode this year.”

[On the scripts] “We get our bits – everything else is heavily redacted.”

Kit Harington:

“This season is about [Jon] growing up – being a politician, being a commander.”

“I had a certain episode that was far an away bigger and better than anything I’ve ever done.”

“There’s some big shocks this season, there’s some big events.”

“I can’t tell you what happens with me… it’ll be really interesting.”

John Bradley:

“When you’ve got good promotional tactics and good artistic integrity, you’ve got a real recipe for success.”

“We’re more keen on making a good show than a big show.”

“Characters you’d never expect [Sam] to meet actually meet him.”

[Shouts at Kit] “Get out ‘me interview!”

Jonathan Pryce:

“I had and I hope to carry on having a great time.”

“High Five, High Sparrow is the new phrase, I think.”

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau:

“We enter the endgame now.”

Aidan Gillen:

“The ampage is really going to be turned up.”

“Watch. Watch and see.”

Photos from the Premiere After-Party: