Game of Thrones might have ended half a decade ago, but you’d be forgiven for thinking it was much less than that. This is partly down to House of the Dragon, which is less a spin-off and more the televisual equivalent of an annoying dinner party guest who doesn’t understand when it’s time to go home. It’s partly because the Game of Thrones finale was so cartoonishly inept that it sticks in the mind like a blunt-force trauma. But also it’s because the cast keep complaining about what a terrible time they had on the show.
Both Kit Harington and Maisie Williams have questioned the show’s ending, not least the fact that Williams’s character kills the Night King more or less out of the blue. “He couldn’t have been that bad when some 100lb girl comes in and stabs him,” Williams said at the time, while Harington opted for a more concise: “I was pissed that it wasn’t me killing the Night King.” More seriously, Emilia Clarke has spoken about how she felt pressured into filming nude scenes for the show.
