Game of Thrones: A Knight of the Seven Kingdom Actor Says His Character Was Inspired By Brienne of Tarth

CCXP25 successful Brazil is underway and the archetypal large sheet featured a brand-new look astatine HBO Max’s Game of Thrones spin-off, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Aside from dropping a caller trailer, respective of the caller show’s actors were connected manus to interruption down what fans tin expect erstwhile the bid debuts adjacent year.

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Peter Claffey, who plays Ser Duncan the Tall (also known arsenic Dunk) said that his show was inspired by Brienne of Tarth, played by Gwendoline Christie successful the archetypal series. Dunk was revealed precocious by writer George R.R. Martin to beryllium Brienne’s ancestor.

When asked whether his show was inspired by Christie’s portrayal of Brienne, Claffey confirmed that was the case. “I deliberation so, yeah,” Claffey said. “I was a immense instrumentality of the archetypal bid and I loved Gwendoline Christie arsenic Brienne. She was astonishing and determination are a batch of aspects to Dunk's quality that she shares.

“She's precise chivalrous. She wants to bash what's right. She conscionable wants to beryllium a knight, and she has the added complication of trying to beryllium a knight who was a woman successful Westeros. So she has a overmuch harder occupation than Dunk did. But determination is definite likeness.”

Is Ser Duncan the Tall Brienne of Tarth's grandfather?

Claffey past turned to his A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms co-star Dexter Sol Ansell - who plays Prince Aeogn Targaryen, besides known arsenic “Egg” - and dropped what could either beryllium considered a Westeros household histrion bombshell, oregon possibly conscionable a sarcastic aside.

“Dexter really got to enactment with Christie arsenic well,” Claffey said - astir apt referring to Ansell and Christie's appearances successful 2024's Robin and the Hoods. “You got enactment with my granddaughter!”

Martin hasn’t specifically said that Brienne of Tarth is Ser Duncan the Tall’s granddaughter. But possibly we’ll get that reply sooner alternatively than aboriginal erstwhile A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms premieres connected HBO Max January 18, 2026.

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