GAME OF THRONES Actor Confirms One Premiere Easter Egg You Were Meant To Notice
John Bradley’s scenes in the Season 7 premiere of Game of Thrones were a lot more than buckets of crap and books. But there was something much more important in his scenes, something you may have missed, or seen but didn't understand what you were looking at.
After finishing his janitorial duties, Sam Tarly steals a key from a sleeping maester to gain access to a section of books locked behind a gate. While looking through the book where he discovers the location of a mountain of dragonglass, Sam seems to linger on a page showing a certain dagger we’ve seen before.
Bradley tells the Huffington Post that was no accident:
“I was told very little about that. When we were shooting that scene, I was literally told make sure that you linger on this page. They were shooting over my shoulder and said make sure to linger on this page. Make sure we get a good shot of this page before you turn the page over."
this is the page he is referring to:
Little Finger's dagger is in the book Sam is reading. If you care. Go nuts Twitter-verse. #probablyimportant #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/cCbn5Z593H
— Abby Walburn (@abby_walburn) July 17, 2017
This knife, you may or may not remember is the same Valyrian steel blade that was used in the attempt on Bran’s life in Season 1. It’s also an item that’s caused a lot of speculation about its place in Season 7.
This Catspaw Dagger from "Game Of Thrones" is sooo sick! Wish I could get one. #ValyrianSteel pic.twitter.com/zXlsMzImCu
— Karthigesh P. (가디켓) (@Violectric) February 24, 2014
It is believed the dagger is still in the possession of Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen), but it has shown up elsewhere in promotional photos for Season 7. In this cover for Entertainment Weekly you can clearly see the same blade on Arya Starks’s hip.
It must be known that this photo has created a load of rumors including one that Arya will kill Littlefinger and take his prized weapon. That is not confirmed by anyone.
But the fact the knife shows up in the scene in such a way has to mean something. We will probably find out soon enough.
#GameOfThrones EW cover with Arya Stark @Maisie_Williams pic.twitter.com/e0jFHXJmbM
— reena 🌹 (@ReenaMJSingh) May 25, 2017
Bradley continues to explain:
“It’s all part of the same universe, and all of these storylines, no matter how spread out they feel sometimes, they are a lot of the same storyline and in the equation ... and if you think you saw something you probably did see something. It may not be what you thought you saw, but it just kind of feeds into this idea that [showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss] have a plan, and they are playing the long game, and they are gonna plant the seeds.”
Bradley explained that like every other Game of Thrones fan, he and his castmates are waiting for things to come to fruition, too.
“Our input in that is to just tell the story and make sure those moments get on camera. In terms of the overall tapestry of things, it’s out of our control. We’re waiting for some payoffs to all these little moments, as well. We know what they’re doing. We know that they’ve done a deliberate choice, but, I think … that’s gonna bear fruit if and when [Benioff and Weiss] decide it to.”
Pretty interesting stuff. I can't wait to see where this season takes the characters. What do you guys think the knife means? Is there something in the books that we are all missing?