Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage has admitted that the hit HBO series didn’t really leave fans feeling rewarded with its much-criticized ending. “You try [to avoid the chatter], but that was impossible,” Dinklage revealed in a new interview. “You’re reminded of it on a daily basis by the fans. They had deep knowledge, but if somebody loves something they have their version of it in their head, so we got criticism early. Then, when we were leaving, they criticized again because they didn’t want us to go. Some got angry. But if you appeal to everyone you’re doing something wrong. And we offended a lot of people.”

Peter Dinklage
Peter Dinklage

Like the character he plays on Games of Thornes, Tyrion Lannister, Dinklage is quite a master at turning a phrase. By stating that they “offended a lot of people,” Dinklage is wearing the controversy over Game of Thrones’ ending like a possible badge of honor. As an actor, Peter Dinklage has set a standard for himself in terms of his powerful performances: he’s always there to deliver his best and doesn’t actually worry about trying to please everyone out there. It is a really smart philosophy in the modern age of Film Twitter, as there is barely a consensus on anything, ever. Fans are using social media to argue about the endings of the HBO series (The Wire, The Sopranos) that went on to air before social media platforms even came into existence; the arguments about the final season of Game of Thrones are far from over.

Dinklage has been among the boldest Game of Thrones cast members in terms of addressing the trolls and criticisms by fans about the finale of Game of Thrones’:

Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones

“They wanted the pretty white people to ride off into the sunset together…By the way, it’s fiction. There’s dragons in it. Move on,” he told NYT. “…Yeah, it was called ‘Game of Thrones,’ but at the end, the whole dialogue when people would approach me on the street was, ‘Who’s going to be on the throne?’ I don’t know why that was their takeaway because the show really was more than that… the show subverts what you think, and that’s what I love about it.”

Ironically, the context of Peter Dinklage’s interview was about how much the actor missed working on Game of Thrones and his Tyrion character:

“I do miss Tyrion. He was just lovely, funny and the writers were smart to not only give him the joke that ends up on a T-shirt, but also have him be more than that — in a world prejudiced against him. Every season we’d get all 10 scripts at the start, like a novel. I’d go through them ravenously. Not to find out if my character died, but just to enjoy it. It was really such a joy.”

Game of Thrones is currently streaming on HBO Max. The prequel series House of the Dragon will be premiering later this year.

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