‘Game of Thrones’ season 6: Mark Gatiss unsure of return to show

The thing about “Game of Thrones” is that when you have a cast as enormous as the one this show does, you do have to realize that some characters are not going to get a whole lot of screen time. There are too many threads to follow, and worlds that tend to pop in and out over time.

So with that in mind, don’t expect to see much of Mark Gatiss in the future as Iron Bank representative Tycho Nestoris … even though he in theory should be one of the most powerful men in this universe. The bank does have the power to fund opposing armies and change the shape of things in Westeros, but given everything happening right now with the White Walkers and with the High Sparrow, maybe there is no immediate need for him.

Speaking on the subject recently to Entertainment Weekly, Gatiss recalled (in lighthearted fashion) a conversation between himself and showrunners Dan Weiss and David Benioff:

“I have hopes … I had dinner with Dan and David when we were in Croatia filming last year and I made what I thought was a very cogent pitch to be the last character alive in the whole saga. There should be a crane shot, everybody’s dead except me. Because, clearly, the only person who can survive is the bank … They smiled knowingly and probably made a note to organize my imminent death.”

Season 6 is in its entirety wrapped in mystery, with the biggest reason for that being simply that we’re jumping ahead of the George R.R. Martin books. Many characters do have larger roles in these stories than on the show, but who knows what direction the series could be going in now?

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