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Gwendoline Christie (“Brienne of Tarth”): “Catelyn Stark”

Alfie Allen (\"Theon Greyjoy\"): “Khal Drogo”

Conleth Hill (\"Lord Varys\"): “Catelyn Stark”

Jacob Anderson (“Grey Worm”): “I’m still hurting about Ned Stark.”

Sophie Turner (“Sansa Stark”): “I just loved working with Jack Gleeson so much that I have to say Joffrey.”

Liam Cunningham (“Davos Seaworth”): “I’d have to say my baby girl Shireen. That still hurts.”

Nathalie Emmanuel (“Missandei”): “I’m still heartbroken about Hodor.”

John Bradley (“Samwell Tarly”): “Robb Stark ... and if there’s one character I wish they hadn’t killed it would be Jon Snow to save us from having been asked about it every five minutes for a whole year.”

Isaac Wright (“Bran Stark”): “Some of the direwolves,” he joked to Kristian Nairn, who portrays Hodor on the show.

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