Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Game of Thrones season 6: Emilia Clarke says it will be 'mental' and hints at big plot lines for her character Daenerys

Apparently the new season is 'epic' from the offset

Christopher Hooton
Tuesday 21 July 2015 10:08 BST
Comments

Your support helps us to tell the story

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.

Your support makes all the difference.

Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke has already read the script for season 6 and apparently it goes from "shocking moment to shocking moment".

I mean, she would say that, but still her words are a good omen after an arguably muted season 5.

"There’s so much in store for her," Clarke said of the Mother of Dragons and Breaker of Chains. "I’m saying that obviously because I’ve read the script for next season. Mwah ha ha! I know stories. It’s really exciting."

She also said that the season will not start off slowly as with previous ones.

"This season coming up, that we’re about to film, there’s none of that," she added to the Los Angeles Times. "It’s just go, go, go, go. Shocking moment to shocking moment. Epic moment to epic moment. It’s mental; it’s epic. And definitely Dany’s a part of it."

Game of Thrones began filming last week, with the actors for Bran Stark, King Tommen, Lancel Lannister and more reuniting to shoot scenes in Ireland.

The Castillo de Zafra in Guadalajara, Spain, will be one of the filming locations, which fans are speculating could serve as the Tower of Joy and the setting for a flashback featuring the return of Ned Stark.

Game of Thrones leads the Emmy nominations this year, with 24 nods.

Season 6 is expected to launch on HBO and Sky Atlantic in April 2016.

@christophhooton

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in