Since Comic-Con San Diego, the cast of Game of Thrones was brought to the rescue of the writers trying to defend the outcome of the series to global success, which has led to the frustration of hundreds of thousands of fans. Before their appearance Friday, the organizers of this event, celebrating pop-culture have had to remind the public to ensure that the actors feel “welcome”.

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If the home has actually been rather enthusiastic, the actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jaime Lannister, was booed when he described the death of his character, in the arms of his sister, Cersei, as “perfect”. “It made sense for me,” he said before being interrupted. “This series has brought together so many people, who have watched and loved. So obviously, when we get to the end, this upsets you, whatever happens…”, he continued.

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After the broadcast, in may in the United States, the last episode of the eighth season of this series, medieval fantasy HBO – which had broken the record for the hearing of the chain with 19.3 million viewers, the fans “GoT” had denounced a season sloppy. An online petition to ask that the last season to be remade “with authors competent” has collected 1.6 million signatures.

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The actor Conleth Hill, who plays Varys, joked saying that he does not regret having launched the petition”. Then, describing the reaction of fans of the series as very positive since its first broadcast in 2011, it has put the recent criticism on the back of a “media campaign of hatred”. For Isaac Hempstead Wright, in which the character Bran Stark has found the king much to the chagrin of many viewers, the end ambiguous in the series is also a strength. “One of the things the smarter about this ending is that it concludes things in a very clear”, he argued. “It is chaos in the kingdom (…) This is not finally finished, it leaves room for interpretation.”

The actor John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), is back on another controversy, which made him responsible for the presence in a scene of a Starbucks cup. “I am sorry to have had a drink”, he joked, while denying being responsible for the incident.

This meeting at Comic-Con had to be the first public appearance of the creators of the series, David Benioff and Dan Weiss, but the latter had cancelled earlier in the week, as well as two other cast members. The series has this week broke a record of nominations for the Emmy Awards, awards of american television, with 32 occurrences.

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