A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R.R. Martin has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that he was offered the opportunity to make a cameo appearance in the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, although he turned down the chance in order to continue focusing on the long-awaited sixth book The Winds of Winter.
“David and Dan invited me to a cameo in one of the final episodes, which I was tempted to do, but I didn’t think just for the sake of a cameo I could take the time to return to Belfast,” said Martin. “There was a cameo in the original pilot that was cut. I was a guest at Dany’s wedding. But that was when she was played by Tamzin Merchant so all that footage got thrown out when we recast with Emilia Clarke.”
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The eight and final season of Game of Thrones gets underway on April 14th, while HBO is also shooting a pilot this summer for a spinoff created by Martin and Jane Goldman ().
