Game of Thrones Creators Reveal One Regret About the Show: 'It Was a Mistake'

2024/01/18

was met with great controversy from fans concerning its final season, but for the show's creators, one of their biggest mistakes was leaving one Season 1 character behind.

Inspired by the novel series by George R. R. Martin, was developed for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Per , the two recently addressed how they largely avoid reflecting on the series, declining to offer any of their own criticism out of respect for everyone who worked on the show. However, they did admit to one mistake, as they explained how they shouldn't have totally forgotten about one key character from the first season.

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“One thing I know I wish we could have done is there’s the character Mord the Jailer,” Benioff said. Weiss then added, "It was a mistake not bringing Mord the Jailer back into it. We always talked about doing it.”

Revealing how they now even have a scene in mind that would've been perfect for Mord's return, Benioff continued, "And we had the scene for it.

There’s a scene set in a tavern…” Weiss added, “Was it or The Hound? But we realized too late that Mord could have owned the tavern. We could have had that actor in the background acting exactly the way he did as a jailer, except now as a small business owner. It was just such an obvious, no-brainer, day-after idea.”

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Played by Ciaran Bermingham, Mord was the jailer in charge of the Sky Cells in the Eyrie where

is held prisoner. Though Mord is a bit cruel, Tyrion manages to convince the jailer to assist with helping him to get a fair hearing, promising that he'd pay back Mord in return as "a Lannister always pays his debts." Tyrion is later freed when Bronn (Jerome Flynn) wins a trial by combat on his behalf, but before he leaves, he pays Mord, staying true to his word. Mord is never seen in the series again.

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. Weiss said he stopped googling himself in 2013, cutting his stress levels by half overnight by limiting the negativity he saw about his work.

Benioff admitted that it "would've been great" if every fan was satisfied, but that just wasn't the case with .

"You always hope everyone’s going to love anything you do and it would’ve been great if 100 percent of people loved it, but they didn’t," he said. "You can get so bogged down in public opinion that you spend your whole life googling things and trying to find people who felt one way or the other way.”

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Source: The Hollywood Reporter