Hi Kellyvela, I just had a question since you are the queen of collecting extracanon materials. I had heard that Bran's actor knew he would be king during the filming of the show prior to S8 but that D/aenerys' didn't know she would 'turn' and burn King's Landing until she read the script for S8.
Do you know if this is true, and why would Bran's actor know about the future of his character before it happened, but D/aenerys' actress didn't? Did they intentionally keep that from her or was she just surprised by how dark D/aenerys went?
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I think Isaac Hempstead-Wright found out about King Bran when he read S8 script, not before:
HBO: So, the biggest question on our minds: What was your reaction when you found out Bran would become king?
Isaac Hempstead Wright: I had to physically get up and walk around my flat. I said, “What?! You’re joking.” It was the very last thing I expected to happen. I was convinced they had sent a script to everyone in which they become king or queen, so I still didn’t believe it until the read-through.
But I think he is a great character to take on that role. You never thought of him in that way, but what more could you ask for in a king than to have no personal attachments, no agenda, but have a calm understanding of the entire universe? He’s the ideal person to be in charge.
[Creators] David [Benioff] and Dan [Weiss] told me there were two things [author] George R.R. Martin had planned for Bran, and that was the Hodor revelation, and that he would be king. So that’s pretty special to be directly involved in something that is part of George’s vision. It was a really nice way to wrap it up.
And about Emilia Clarke, her takes and reactions to Daenerys Targaryen's end, you can read it here:
Clarke reevaluated every previous Daenerys scene and realized that she had helped set up her character’s twist without even knowing it—such
