I think the guy does not get kuch credit but i really like him as an actor. He did pretty good with bran.
Might not be the best light, but here it goes. From his interview with Variety:
>Q: It’s clear after Sansa turns the tables on Littlefinger that she has had some sort of conversation with Bran, but we don’t get to see it. When did it take place?
>A: We actually did a scene that clearly got cut, a short scene with Sansa where she knocks on Bran’s door and says, “I need your help,” or something along those lines. So basically, as far as I know, the story was that it suddenly occurred to Sansa that she had a huge CCTV department at her discretion and it might be a good idea to check with him first before she guts her own sister. So she goes to Bran, and Bran tells her everything she needs to know, and she’s like, “Oh, s—.”
For further clarification: the scene he's talking about was mentioned in the leaks and was supposed to take place between Sansa's last one-on-one scene with Littlefinger and the trial. Not sure why it was left out.
Well, first of, Isaac's phrasing made me chuckle. But more importantly, at least as far as Bran's actor is aware, Arya and Sansa didn't conspire among each other previous to the last episode and certainly didn't conspire with him, and the entire conflict between the Stark sisters should be taken at face value, death threats and all.
“I can’t say a lot but I am back this season, and it’s going to get particularly interesting with Bran. He has some interesting visions”
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/game-of-thrones-isaac-hempstead-wright-eyes-up-marvel-role--but-who-would-he-like-to-play-686082.html
> While some fans were extremely put off the incest factor, Hempstead Wright says that won't be Brans biggest concern.
> What will bother Bran more is the fact that it could end up being a very, very tricky situation with this new queen and the person who's actually the king and they're in love", He said
Speaking about the moment post-episode, Bran actor Isaac Hempstead-Wright spoke about how his character’s personality has changed drastically since the magic took over, along with Sansa's reaction.
“I think it’s a major shock for Sansa,” Hempstead-Wright told Entertainment Weekly. “She’s lost her brother once before when he fell out of that tower, and now Bran’s back but she loses him all over again.
“All the Starks have changed so much. Arya is like this ninja assassin. Sansa has been held captive by these tyrannical men and had to become politically cunning herself. But Bran is now this tree-raven-magic thing.”
Hempstead-Wright added how being the Three-Eyed Raven is “like imagining you have all of space and time in your head,” adding: “Bran is existing in thousands of planes of existence at any one time. So it’s quite difficult for Bran to have any kind of semblance of personality anymore because he’s really like a giant computer.”
To help explain the magical elements of Bran, showrunners David Benioff Dan Weiss were on hand. On balancing the magical storyline and the more down-to-earth elements of Game of Thrones, Weiss said. “With Bran, ideally you want to use him in a way that adds to the story and enriches the story and not in a way that’s a magic bullet to conveniently deal with things that you haven’t come up with a better way to deal with. So it was a balancing act to account for who Bran is now without letting that overtake the story.”
“There was supposed to be more time to learn what he needed to know and they ran out of time,” showrunner David Benioff told the publication. “Now Bran the Broken is broken in more ways than one. He’s got serious challenges dealing with all the stuff happening in his mind and that prevents him becoming this omniscient character.”
In the recent EW article, Isaac Hempstead Wright revealed that Bran will be more like himself again, and not so roboty. I like this, as Bran was just an exposition machine last season and watching what was going on beyond the Wall. Glad he’ll be at least somewhat back to himself in the final season.
Found this interview with Bran's actor that gave some interesting insight. I also posted this in r/gameofthrones, but would like to see this subs reaction to it as well.
What stood out the most is his take on whatever the fuck Bran was up to during the Battle of Winterfell.
>As far as I understand it, he’s just in the ravens. He’s just keeping tabs on the battle. But having lots of shots of ravens flying around wouldn’t be much of interest! [Laughs] And it would be pretty impractical for him to be like, “Hey, Theon, can you go run over there and tell this guy to get out of the way of that guy?” Bran recognizes that all he can do is sit there and let whatever happens, happen. We saw how quickly all their plans disintegrated! There would have been no chance of an efficient communication system. [Laughs]
Also
> There’s not a lot Bran can contribute on the battle side.
We haven't seen everything yet so I'll hold off on saying Bran's character arc is completely shallow. But I was hoping there would be more than just "ya I was literally just keeping tabs on how people were doing." Is that really all the 3-eyed-raven meant when he told Bran he will fly?
I’ll attach one of the many articles. (I hope this isn’t a repeat topic! I’m an avid lurker, but don’t catch everything.) https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/game-of-thrones/game-of-thrones-ending-george-rr-martin-king-bran-song-ice-fire-a8937721.html Personally, I have extremely mixed feelings about Bran being king. Clearly, in the TV series, not nearly enough context or storyline was depicted or written to support the arc for Bran to become king. I am reading the books for the first time (currently on book three, A Storm of Swords). I feel that based on the books so far, it could eventually make narrative sense for Bran to be king. However, I‘m not certain, and I find myself curious how GRRM plans to further develop Bran’s character arc for this to prove true. What do you guys think? As far as the TV series, I feel there was utter failure to provide his character enough meaning or significance for this to make any sense. I find this is just one of many examples that highlights D & D’s lack of creativity and common sense, as well as their complete reliance on GRRM’s storyline, high-level acting, production level, and overall quality of cast & crew they were lucky enough to work with. Your guys’ thoughts?
Edit: Correction of book three title
“It's just absurd. I can't even fathom it. It's just ridiculous. (Laughs.) It's ridiculous that people think they can just demand a different ending because they don't like it. I have stupidly taken it quite personally, which obviously I shouldn't. In my opinion, it's a great ending.”
Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-final-season-series-finale-cast-preview-1211667
Let's not give him shit at comic con, it's not his fault he has the worst story ever.
Edit: I'm curious to see what the actors do while D&D are being shamed.
