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Spoiler: A "Much Loved" <em>Game Of Thrones</em> Character Is Coming Back
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Published Mar 3, 2016
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With Game Of Thrones season six set to air later in April, rumors and spoilers are starting to very slowly leak onto the web. We already knew that Arya was due for a rough season, Sansa isn't going anywhere, and Jon Snow is...I mean, c'mon. But our biggest teaser yet comes courtesy of GoT guest star, Deadwood legend, and upcoming American God Ian McShane, who gave away more details in two interviews today than any other cast member over the last eight months.
BEWARE: SPOILERS BELOW
First, during the above interview on the BBC, he said: "I can give you one hint: my character really is an ex-warrior who's become a peacenik. So I have this group...sort of a cult, a peaceful tribe. I bring back a much-loved character everybody thinks is dead." That makes sense, especially since there's already been reports about "some mix of Septon Meribald and the Elder Brother" being cast this season.
But then, speaking to BBC Radio 5 in the clip above, he went one further: "My character is a former warrior who has renounced violence," he said. "I have nursed a much-loved character back to life, and it reintroduces...a character everyone thinks has died, but he's not dead." McShane challenged host Sarah Brett to guess who it is, and she immediately responded it could only be the Hound or Jon Snow. "I think you might guess which one it is," McShane said. "It's not the latter, it might be the former."
So there you go— Cleganebowl 2016 apparently is on. For more on that, check out the video below.
In more season six news, HBO will not send out screeners to the press for the first time this season, possibly because of last year's leaks, possibly because they don't trust people to keep Jon Snow's fate a secret, possibly because the show has pretty much completely passed the books by now (give or take a Greyjoy storyline), or maybe because HBO doesn't give a fuck about getting press anymore.
And below, check out the first behind-the-scenes glimpse of season six.
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