The time lag for the next time of year ofGame of Thronesis the longest devotee of the serial have ever had to endure between seasons ( whenseason 8premieres in April , it will have been approximately 20 month since the last new episode transmit ) . So it ’s barely surprising that some seriously devoted watcher have gone to corking lengths to dig up whatever information they can about how the serial will shake out .
When theruntimesfor each of the approaching season ’s six episode wereleakedin January , it was the solvent of one enterprising viewer comprehend up live ( but unpromoted ) uniform resource locator on HBO ’s website . It ’s that same sort of resourceful methodology that allowed viewers to get at item about season 8 ’s premier episode , including its cast list , which includes a couple of give persona . Several peoplealertedfansite Watchers on the Wall of their finding .
In addition to all the expected names , includingPeter Dinklage , Nikolaj Coster - Waldau , Lena Headey , andKit Harington , two surprising names show up at the bottom of the list . The two last actors listed are Tobias Menzies , who plays Edmure Tully ( Catelyn Stark ’s younger brother ) , and Lino Facioli , who plays creepy mama ’s son Robin Arryn ( cousin of Sansa andArya Stark ) . While it would n’t be completely lurid to see these two come out up again in the net season — they are , after all , two of the few characters who have yet to be kill off — some fans are scratching their heads as to why they ’d be in the first installment .
At the terminal of season 7 , we had n’t get a line either character in quite a while ( some people even presumed both of them were idle ) . Last we heard of Edmure , he was said to be rotting out in Walder Frey ’s keep , and Robin has n’t been around since season 6 ( thoughLittlefingerdid mention him from time to time ) . The possible inclusion of these two characters in the first new episode in close to two year will no doubt now fire many morefan theories(whether the plaster cast listing is authentic or not ) .
We ’ll know soon enough if their return will be meaning , or just in flashback . Game of Thronesreturns on April 14 , 2019 .
