HBO Stephen Dillane lashes out atGame of Thrones

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Stephen played the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms from season two but was seemingly killed off by Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) in season five’s epic conclusion. However, Stephen was among the minority not to watch his character’s "supposed" demise and has never actually seen a single episode.

In fact, he finds the fantasy drama too “brutal” and told RadioTimes.com that he only took on the role for the cash. When asked what he took away from the HBO series, he replied: “Money,” before insisting he got no “professional or personal satisfaction” from the role.

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I understood neither the series nor its success when I was attending Stephen Dillane

Speaking to French magazine Liberation, he added: “'I do not regret having done Game of Thrones, but I have nothing to say. I understood neither the series nor its success when I was attending. The experience was very strange, it passed under my nose." His comments after his close friend Ian McShane - who makes his Game of Thrones debut in season six - seemed equally underwhelmed by his time on the show. The 73-year-old has been stung with huge backlash from fans after he appeared to drop several massive spoilers, including that his undisclosed character is about to “bring back a much-loved character everybody thinks is dead".

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In conversation with The Telegraph, he teased: “They asked me if I wanted to do Game of Thrones and I said, 'Sure, I’ll be able to see my old pals Charlie Dance and Stephen Dillane’ and they said, 'No, we’ve killed them off’.” He added: "You say the slightest thing and the internet goes ape. I was accused of giving the plot away, but I just think get a f***ing life. It’s only t**s and dragons.” During another interview with BBC 5 Live, Ian described his character as “a former warrior who has renounced violence, and now leads this peace cult”. He continued: “I have nursed a beloved character, a much-loved character back to life, and it reintroduces … I won’t say ‘him,’ or ‘her,’ but it’s a character that’s much-loved who everyone thinks has died, but he’s not dead.”

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