When actor Kristian Nairn let it slip in September that the characters Hodor and Bran (Isaac Hempstead Wright) would be absent from season five of Game of Thrones, fans wondered why. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly this week, showrunner David Benioff explained the narrative choice.
"We're trying to keep the various storylines the same as the books and trying to keep them roughly parallel," Benioff explained.
"And last year we caught up to the end of Bran's storyline [in A Dance with Dragons]. So if we pushed him forward this season, then he's way ahead of where the other characters are."Not to worry - Thrones has plenty of other storylines to catch up on during season five. In the meantime, Nairm should probably go back to just saying "Hodor."
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