After her departure from “Recreation of Thrones” following her character’s demise within the Season 6 finale, Natalie Dormer did not waste time getting catty about considered one of her co-stars.
Dormer, who performed Margaery Tyrell on the HBO fantasy sequence, took purpose on the feline actor who performed Ser Pounce, AKA the cat owned by King Tommen Baratheon.
“I do not need to see that cat ever once more,” Dormer mentioned jokingly in an interview with Vainness Truthful. “He was a diva. He was nothing however bother! He saved upstaging Dean [-Charles Chapman, who played Tommen], and myself. He would not do as he was informed. That is simply cats for you. I do not know if the direwolves are as unhealthy.”
Ser Pounce turned simply one other statistic on Recreation of Thrones
It looks like the present’s creators have been additionally completely satisfied to half methods with the fan-favorite feline. Ser Pounce didn’t return for the sequence’ closing seasons, and co-showrunner David Benioff mentioned there is a grim purpose why: In an interview with EW.com, Benioff jokingly defined that Cersei Lannister (performed by Lena Headey) killed the cat following King Tommen Baratheon’s dying.
“Cersei hated the identify ‘Ser Pounce’ a lot she couldn’t permit him to outlive. So she got here up together with her most diabolical [execution]. Ser Pounce’s dying was so horrible we could not even put it on the air.”
Co-showrunner D.B. Weiss later joked: “If you happen to purchase the super-extended, super-charged Recreation of Thrones field set that comes out, the dying of Ser Pounce will likely be in there… Only one complete episode dedicated to the dying of Ser Pounce.”
