'Game of Thrones' season 6 spoilers update: George R.R. Martin revealed 3 shocking moments including Hodor's death to show's producers
Hodor's (Kristian Nairn) recent heartbreaking death is just one of three majorly shocking moments from "A Song of Ice and Fire" that author George R.R. Martin revealed to the "Game of Thrones" producers two years ago.
Because the beginning of HBO's "Game of Thrones" season 6 marks the point at which the TV adaptation diverges from the "A Song of Ice and Fire" novel series on which it is based, fans have been wondering just how much of what they're currently seeing onscreen is aligned with Martin's vision for the rest of the saga.
As "Game of Thrones" showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss recently revealed to Entertainment Weekly, there are three "holy sh— moments" from the epic fantasy novels that Martin revealed to them during a meeting in Santa Fe a couple of years ago. During the conversation with Martin, the "Game of Thrones" author reportedly outlined his plans for the ending of the saga.
The first of these mind-blowing revelations was that Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane) would sacrifice his only child, Shireen (Kerry Ingram), to the Red God in exchange for victory in the War of the Five Kings. In "Game of Thrones," Shireen was burned alive at Castle Black during the show's fifth season.
The second revelation was about Hodor's name's origin. This story was told in the latest episode of "Game of Thrones," titled "The Door." According to Martin, he had come up with the story behind the name "Hodor" before he introduced the gentle giant in "Game of Thrones," the first novel in "A Song of Ice and Fire."
As for the third revelation?
This one "is from the very end," Benioff said.
Meanwhile, Benioff and Weiss appeared on this Tuesday's episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live," in a skit in which they apologized about Hodor.
But the apology wasn't for killing off Winterfell's friendly giant; it was for the fact that "from now on [people] will be shouting, 'Hodor!' every time you go through a door."
"We forgot how annoying people can be – that's our bad," Weiss said. "We should've seen that coming."
"Game of Thrones" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.
