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Game of Thrones fan theory debunked with season 8 casting

October 21, 2017 by Gary Collinson

In the season seven finale of Game of Thrones, we learned that Cersei Lannister had sent Euron Greyjoy to Essos in order to recruit the sellswords of the Golden Company for the Lannisters war with Daenerys Targaryen.

This prompted a fan theory suggesting that Michiel Husiman’s Daario Naharis could make his return to the show as the leader of the band of mercenaries (despite the fact he’s the leader of another band of mercenaries, the Second Sons).

However, the theory has now been debunked, as Game of Thrones fan site Watchers on the Wall is reporting that German actor Marc Rissmann (The Last Kingdom, Into the Badlands) has been cast in the final season of the acclaimed fantasy series as Harry Strickland, the leader of the Golden Company.

So, with the theory debunked, and plenty to get through in the final six episodes, it seems we may have seen the last of Daario…

SEE ALSO: Kit Harington feels Season 8 is the right time to end Game of Thrones: “I wouldn’t want it to go on any longer than it has”

SEE ALSO: HBO CEO says Game of Thrones prequels have an “embarrassment of riches”

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Game of Thrones, Marc Rissmann

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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