Game of Thrones star confirms that a tragic Easter egg was deliberate

Absolutely brutal in Game of Thrones.

After seven seasons, you would think that we're all used to the heartbreak, misery and utter despair that defines Game of Thrones. As the show develops, it's clear that the most pertinent words were said by Ramsay Bolton when he remarked that: "If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." Throats slit, decapitations, poisonings, stabbings, lancings, hangings, burnings, impalings...they're all just good fun in Westeros! This being said, one scene is still so cold that it might make a White Walker cry. In a show that revels in death scenes, the burning of Princess Shireen by Stannis and Melisandre still haunts the minds of some Game of Thrones fans. Truth be told, it's the futility in her screams of despair that makes it so hard to watch. To compound the grief, Liam Cunningham and Kerry Ingram were actually very close friends on the set of the show.

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As Davos said to Melisandre:" I loved that girl, like she was my own. She was good, she was kind, and you killed her!" Well, if you're still not over that scene, this heartbreaking Easter egg won't make things any easier. As you may remember, Princess Shireen was the person that taught The Onion Knight how to read, and the very first word that Davos learned to say was Aegon - we later discover that this is Jon Snow's true name. Given the fact that Davos is now Jon Snow's right-hand man, there's something morbidly poetic about this scene. In an interview with Huffington Post, Liam Cunningham was asked about this particular foreshadowing and he confirmed that it was intentional by the creators. "Yeah, they’re very good at that sort of thing. David [Benioff] and Dan [Weiss] plant little Easter eggs there if you want to see them" said Cunningham. You have to love Game of Thrones. They've somehow managed to make an incredibly depressing scene even more depressing! Image via Reddit