‘Game of Thrones’ finale backlash was ‘annoying’ says Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau sat down for an interview where he opened up about the highly polarizing finale of Game of Thrones.

Speaking to The Independent, he remarked that the backlash to the ending was expected. “How are you ever gonna make an end that’s gonna satisfy everyone? That’s a very difficult thing.”

"I absolutely think people are entitled to whatever opinion they have, but it’s a television show. Someone told you a story and you didn’t like the ending. It’s really annoying, but…,” he trailed off.

His former costar, Peter Dinklage also remarked on the controversy previously, saying, "Yeah, it was called Game of Thrones, but at the end, the whole dialogue when people would approach me on the street was, 'Who's going to be on the throne?' I don't know why that was their takeaway because the show really was more than that.”

The actor theorized that the fans were angry because the show was going away, "We were going off the air and they didn't know what to do with their Sunday nights anymore. They wanted more, so they backlashed about that. We had to end when we did, because what the show was really good at was breaking preconceived notions: Villains became heroes, and heroes became villains."

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