'Game of Thrones' Director Has Some Thoughts on How Much You Hated Ed Sheeran's Appearance
"In the world of the show, he did a lovely job."
The seventh season premiere for Game of Thrones was full of surprises, but perhaps none more surprising than musician Ed Sheeran's appearance. Garbed as a Lannister soldier serenading Arya Stark, Sheeran's appearance apparently caused such a stir on Twitter that he deleted (and then reinstated) his account. But according to Game of Thrones director Jeremy Podeswa, no one anticipated such a reaction to Sheeran's in-show presence.
In an interview with Newsweek, Podeswa—who's directed many episodes of the show, including the premiere Dragonstone—shared:
Of course, there's also the no small matter that Arya Stark actress Maisie Williams is a big fan of Sheeran, and the casting was meant to be a surprise for her. And it's not as though Sheeran's a musical anomaly for the fantasy medieval world; the show's cast plenty of musicians, from members of Coldplay and Snow Patrol to Icelandic band Sigur Rós, in brief featured spots:
Sheeran, meanwhile, has been busying himself by posing shots from his time on the show on Instagram.
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