Published 17:18 IST, November 21st 2019

Game of Thrones had an alternate finale shot, says Kristofer Hivju

The Game of Thrones Season 8 finale had an alternate ending, as revealed by the actor Kristofer Hivju who played the role of Tormund Giantsbane in the series.

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For all Game of Thrones fans who wanted a remake of final season, Kristofer Hivju has some good news. Hivju shared in a recent interview that y had shot an alternate ending to series. But this good news comes with a little disappointment as well, as fans might probably never get to kw ending.

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What Kristofer Hivju said:

Kristofer Hivju plays role of Tormund Giantsbane. According to a report in a leading entertainment portal, Kristofer shared that re was an alternative ending shot of finale. He shared this with a newspaper daily in UK. Hivju said that alternate ending was mostly for fun but he wasn't sure wher he would be allowed to tell anyone anything about it. Hivju stayed quiet about rest of information and stressed that he won't reveal anything after being pressed about it.

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report also claims that HBO did t immediately respond to this claim of an alternate ending. legendary show ended with Bran Stark, played by Isaac Hempstead-Wright, being named King of Six Kingdoms, as rth was given a separate status of a kingdom. finale also had Jon Sw (Kit Harrington) going beyond wall with Tormund after he murders Queen Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke). Sansa Stark, played by Sophie Turner, was named Queen in rth.

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After finale was released, fans who were unimpressed by episode posted a petition on Change.org and asked HBO to remake entire season with competent writers. HBO Programming president Casey Bloys talked about this at  Television Critics Association summer press tour. He said that people will have opinions on how end should have been. He also talked about how petition was made with a lot of enthusiasm but was t taken seriously by channel. 

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15:53 IST, November 21st 2019