*Game of Thrones Season 8 spoilers ahead*
Following the divisive eighth season of Game of Thrones, fans have had mixed feelings about who ended up sat on the Iron Throne. Tyrion Lannister proposed that kings need a good story and added: “Who has a better story than Bran the Broken?”
While many fans would have preferred Jon Snow or Daenerys Targaryen to take the throne, Isaac Hempstead Wright agrees that Bran was the perfect contender for King. He explained his reasons at London’s BFI Southbank event earlier this week (November 18).
When asked about Brandon Stark’s story, Wright said: “I would obviously say this, but I think that Bran had the best character arc. In the very first episode you think he’s toast – he’s dead.
“He grows and learns the hard way about a lot of things. He goes from being this traditionally vulnerable character to the most powerful person there is.”
He continued: “I was pretty happy with just him becoming the Three-Eyed Raven, but what a great story where this boy – this disabled 10-year-old in the harshest world ever – [comes] to triumph. And so to see him become king and be victorious is so…it’s brilliant to have a disabled character win the whole of Game of Thrones. I mean, what are the odds of that when you have dragons and all these kinds of things? Bran comes out on top, and it was really special.”
