Game Of Thrones' Conleth Hill thought the writers were mad at him when he read his death scene

Now, many years later, Hill has admitted to The Times UK (via Variety) that he was “inconsolable” when he found out how his character was being killed off, saying he started to feel “frustrated” with the final two seasons because Varys had stopped feeling like the same character. He even said that he thought he must’ve “done something wrong” to suddenly be treated like that by the show, as if the writers or producers were mad at him. But he thinks it just came down to the fact that “the writers wanted to do one thing to end it and the studio HBO wanted to do another,” so the last season “was a bit rushed.” Either way, he’s “fine about it” now.

But even if that’s true now, he definitely wasn’t fine at the time. There’s behind-the-scenes footage of Hill reading his death scene with the cast, and as soon as he says his final line—before the scene is even done—he gets rid of his script and starts rocking in his chair, with Emilia Clarke and Gwendoline Christie looking on sympathetically as Lena Headey grabs his hand. It’s a bummer! Being an actor seems like a bummer!