'Game Of Thrones' showrunners explain why Lady Stoneheart was not in the TV series

Game Of Thrones showrunners, David Benioff and Dan Weiss recently spoke about a character that was not introduced in their series. The original Game Of Throne books has a character named Lady Stoneheart who did not make it to the tv series script. The showrunners have given out three reasons for not including Lady Stoneheart in Game Of Thrones. Read more to know what Game Of Thrones showrunners, David Benioff and Dan Weiss had to say about not including Lady Stoneheart. 

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Why was Lady Stoneheart not added in the show?

The makes said that Lady Stonehear's character could not be added in the series because of its resurrection part of the character that has been shown in the books, especially in the upcoming Martin book. All this information has been released in the Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon: Game of Thrones and the Official Untold Story of the Epic Series. Then the makers moved on to say that there were already too many deaths and resurrections in the series. The makers confessed that they know about Jon Snow’s resurrection and were scared that they might go overboard with it. The two said that too many resurrections start to diminish the impact of characters dying. They wanted to keep their powder dry for the same reason, thus Lady Stoneheart was not added. The last reason for not adding the character is the makers wanted to end Ctlyen’s character with an epic ending. According to them, the Red Wedding was the best ending that character could get and looked like a great ending for the character. 

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George R.R. Martin on Lady Stoneheart in Game Of Thrones

George R.R. Martin’s take is also mentioned in the book. It says that the author himself pushed the showrunners to add the character as it has a role in the book. He said that adding the character is important irrespective of it being sufficient or interesting enough. The author has also spoken about the same during an interview with Esquire China. He had confessed that in the sixth book, he has continued to write Lady Stoneheart. Martin thinks that she is an important character in the set of books. And keeping that character in the series is his most wanted change to the TV series. 

George is currently working on the next addition to his Game Of Thrones novel series. Martin revealed that he is currently working on the upcoming GOT novel, The Winds of Winter, at “a steady pace" through his blog. He also added that he had a long way to go which means that fans might have to wait a bit. Martin added that he hoped to finish the novel by the end of 2021. After the release of A Dance With Dragons which was released in the year 2011, the GOT fans have been waiting for the next instalment to the series.

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