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Ed Sheeran Reveals ‘Game of Thrones’’ Story Almost Went In A Totally Different Direction · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Ashurance cameo on A
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Speaker 1: Game of Thrones in the season seven premiere. It wasn't
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Speaker 1: exactly popular with fans of the show, who felt his
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Speaker 1: appearance took them out of the fantasy, and in a
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Speaker 1: sit down on Armchair Expert with Dak Sheppard, he admitted
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Speaker 1: the criticism muddy the joy of being on his favorite show,
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Speaker 1: But more importantly, he revealed that Arias Stark, who ended
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Speaker 1: up being the hero that defeats the Night King and
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Speaker 1: the penultimate episode, was originally intended to die in that season,
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Speaker 1: and that was the entire reason ed even was on
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Speaker 1: the show to begin with. Mazie Williams, who played Aria,
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Speaker 1: was a huge fan of Eds and a friend and
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Speaker 1: Ed explains to Dex, Mazie has always been awesome. I
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Speaker 1: don't think they had written this series ending yet. It
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Speaker 1: was meant to be her last season, but it obviously wasn't,
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Speaker 1: and as a surprise for her, they got me on
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Speaker 1: the show, so she was meant to turn up on
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Speaker 1: set and discover I was sitting by the fire. Unfortunately,
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Speaker 1: Macy's co star Sophie Turner accidentally spoiled the surprise before
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Speaker 1: see from Maze. She survived that season and the entire show.
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Speaker 1: Ed's new Abum Equals is out now. That's direct from
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Speaker 1: Hollywood