Finally, The Real Reason Lady Stoneheart Wasn't In 'Game Of Thrones'
When it comes to HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and author George R.R. Martin’s novels, there’s always been one Stark contrast.
For years, fans of the show wondered whether Lady Stoneheart, a zombified version of Catelyn Stark and a major character in the books, would ever make an appearance. Anything and everything seemed to be a tease that somehow the character would show up. But alas, winter came. Stoneheart did not.
Ahead of the final season for “Game of Thrones,” visual effects supervisor Joe Bauer told HuffPost that Stoneheart “never showed up in a script.” Now, we know why.
In James Hibberd’s new Entertainment Weekly article sharing some tidbits from his upcoming book, “Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon,” he reveals that showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss gave him three reasons why Stoneheart was cut from the televised tale.
1. Benioff explained they didn’t want to include the character because of “things coming up in George’s books that we don’t want to spoil.”
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