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13th March 2017
03:58pm GMT

So impressed were Weiss and Benioff by Taylor’s performances as Locke, however, that they decided to keep him on the show for a little while longer, with Jaime rescuing Brienne of Tarth from the bear pit rather than chucking Locke into it.
"He (Locke) had a death scene in season three," Weiss told an audience at SXSW. "Nikolaj (Coster-Waldau, the actor who plays Jamie Lannister) was going to throw Noah Taylor's character into the bear pit."
Describing Taylor as “too good” in the role of Locke, Weiss it was decided that he should remain alive.
"We decided after working with Noah, he should stay on," he added.
Taylor did remain in the role until Season Four, when he was brutally (is there any other way in Game of Thrones?) killed off by Bran Stark, who had warged into Hodor, who broke Locke’s neck.
Proof that in Game of Thrones, mercy, if it exists at all, is fleeting at best, something Ed Sheeran will have to bear in mind ahead of his upcoming cameo appearance.Explore more on these topics:

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