Sorry for the BuzzFeedy “You won’t believe….!” click-baitery, but the news strikes me as a little bit spoilery and I didn’t want to be the one blow it for you even though it’s spread all over the internet.
Anyway, buried way down at the end of a long interview with one of the show’s cast members at Yahoo! Australia is the revelation that their character is on a year long hiatus from the show. Of course, the internet misses nothing so this nugget has been blown up into headlines all over the internet.
The actor in question is Kristian Nairn who of course plays Hodor. He and Isaac Hempstead-Wright who plays Bran Stark will be taking the year off while the rest of the show gets caught up with the books George R.R. Martin has written so far.
If you want to read more about Nairn and his side gig as a DJ, check out the interview yourself.
I am simultaneously pissed and non-plussed by this news. Plus, thanks for the SPOILERLY. 😉