Game of Thrones actor Conleth Hill lashes out at Trump's The Wall is Coming posters
'I found that so offensive, that he uses our lettering and our font'
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Your support makes all the difference.Game of Thrones actor Conleth Hill has called Donald Trump's use of imagery from the show "offensive".
The US president has referenced the HBO series multiple times. One example includes Trump's team creating posters with the words "Sanctions are coming" on them, a play on the phrase "Winter is coming" from the show. Trump later posted the slogan "The wall is coming" using the font made famous by Game of Thrones.
Hill, who plays the eunuch Varys in the series, told Press Association: "I found that so offensive, that he uses our lettering and our font."
Discussing how Game of Thrones resonates in the current climate, the actor said: "Nothing changes, history is cyclical, we never learn.
"As humans, we never learn that all this falsehood and fake news, which is what he (Trump) chose to call it, but it's alright for him to be fake? And tell lies, and false information.
"But that's what is so observant about the show. If you think about the amount of false things that was said in the show about people in the show by other characters..."
Speaking on Trump, Hill continued: "I just don't understand how he's still there. He continually lies, he continually gives false information.
"I don't think he should be killed, or tried, but it's just like, 'Don't come out with bullshit about the border!"
Game of Thrones returns to television screens 14 April. Read about everything we know about the eighth and final season of the show here.
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