It has been
leaked that a character who dies in "book three or four" of the series has had his death scene moved to season 1 of the show. The following
post was made on westeros.org:
Ximo said:
I made a quick PHP script computing the intersection of a list of characters portrayed by actors in season 1 of Game of Thrones (from here) and a list of characters killed in A Storm of Swords (from here). In other words, I got a list of all characters killed in ASoS that are portrayed by an actor in GoT. Now, Ran never said it had to be a character played by an actor, so I'm not sure this is of any use.
* Catelyn Stark
* Jeor Mormont
* Joffrey Baratheon
* Lysa Arryn
* Rast
* Robb Stark
* Shae
* Tywin Lannister
In addition to that, we know that the character who dies is male. For some reason this list leaves off Gregor Clegane. However, Conan Stevens has
confirmed (seriously, read this; it's awesome) that he will be returning in season 2, so it's not him, which is good, because his duel with Oberyn Martell is too epic to cut. I also doubt it would be Robb, Joffrey, or Tywin, because removing them from the plot at this point would affect the plot too much. If it's a cast character, Rast or Jeor Mormont are likely to bite the dust, although Hoster Tully (who if I am not mistaken has not been cast) has been speculated as a possible case as well.
It could also be someone who dies in book four. Haven't really given much thought to who dies in that book, and offhand I can't even think of anyone that dies in that book and has even been introduced yet. Then again I'm not even sure Hoster Tully has been mentioned by name yet either, so that might not be relevant.
That said, it's been stated that the storyline will need to be altered somewhat to accommodate this character's death. I'm going with Beric, Hoster, or Mormont; I can't see Rast's death altering anything.
edit: here's a
post from neogaf
Jeor Mormont, Robb Stark, Rast, Joffrey Baratheon, Tywin Lannister, Gregor Clegane, Aemon Targaryen are the ones that are actually cast. Only Rast and Aemon seem conceivable.
I think it is more likely that character has not been cast yet or is currently only played by an extra (but named in the script).
Possibly (In parenthesis their death in the books):
Rickard Karstark (beheaded by Robb as a traitor),
Hoster Tully (dies in his bed),
Smalljon Umber (head hacked off at the red wedding),
Chett (turned into a wight),
Wendel Manderly (bolt through mouth at the red wedding)
Dontos Hollard (killed by Littlefinger after delivering Sansa)
Donal Noye (defended the gate of the wall from a giant)
Marillion (jumped to his death after "confessing" to kill Lysa)
he raises some good points. that said this follow-up post also has a point as well
This person has to be impactful though. They admitted that by killing this person they were basically excising a storyline from SoS to save time when they get to season 3.
The minor characters are going to accomplish nothing.
The only two I can think of are Hoster and Clegane. But the Giant says he's in Season 2 so not him.
Hoster is a good choice though: while he is obviously bedridden and not taking up facetime, he's already dying in GoT...waiting until the third season to finally finish him off will be more time for scenes with Cat in his room or Cat thinking back on him. Killing him off in the first season is better, you get it out the way, Edmure is now lord of the Trident, end of story. Plus, the great arrow scene might be in there.
I'm pretty sure it's Hoster. It could also be Marillion or Beric.
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