‘Game Of Thrones’ Director Confirmed Jon Snow’s Fate To President Obama [Comic-Con 2015]
The heated debate over Jon Snow’s fate onGame of Throneshas gotten so intense, even the President of the United States wants to know what’s going on. Unlike most fans, though, he has the clout to demand answers from a person who might actually know the answer.
At theGame of ThronesComic-Con panel, directorDavid Nutterdescribed a recent meeting with President Barack Obama in which he was asked to confirm the events of theGame of ThronesSeason 5 finale. Read Nutter’s Jon Snow Obama comments after the jump — plus an explanation of the truth behind the season’s other big question mark, Stannis Baratheon.Spoilers follow.
Nutter recounted meeting “the number oneGame of Thronesfan in the world,” a.k.a. President Obama. “He shook my hand, put his hand on my shoulder, and said, ‘You didn’t really kill Jon Snow, did you?” he recalled. “I said, ‘Mr. President, Jon Snow is deader than dead.'”
The Season 5 finale wasn’t the only one of Nutter’s episodes to make an impression on the President, either. Nutter also directed the infamous Red Wedding episode in Season 3, which he said was Obama’s favorite episode. “‘You keep killing my favorite characters,'” Nutter remembered Obama saying.
While plenty of fans miss Jon Snow,Kit Harington’s co-starMaisie Williamsjokingly suggested that the cast felt otherwise. “We couldn’t wait for him to be gone, to be honest,” she laughed. “That hair — so annoying.”
Meanwhile, Nutter was also happy to put another controversy to rest. Speaking toEW, he confirmed that Stannis Baratheon died in the Season 5 finale. “From the very beginning, and [through] the script process, that was the intent — he’s dead,” he said.
Stannis’ end has been questioned by fans because the camera cut away at the last moment, not actually showing Brienne’s sword making contact with the would-be king. But it seems ambiguity wasn’t necessarily the intention. Nutter explained that showing the death would have felt “gratuitous.”
