Game of Thrones' George RR Martin reveals surprising look at long-lost cameo

George RR Martin has unveiled his long-lost cameo from the Game of Thrones pilot.

While in self-isolation, which is conveniently helping the author write the next instalment in his Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novel series The Winds of Winter, Martin has been regularly posting on his blog.

The latest upload is an incredible bit of trivia, showing him behind-the-scenes on the HBO show as an unnamed guest at Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo's wedding.

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Discussing his colourful history with TV cameos, the author wrote: "I played a zombie version of myself in Z NATION (still signing books), and had my head bitten off by a shark in SHARKNADO 3 (though they cut all my lines, pfui).

"I also filmed a GAME OF THRONES cameo in the pilot, as a guest at Dany's wedding to Khal Drogo. They gave me an enormous hat and really big balls, which might have been some sort of commentary."

The 71-year-old went on to reveal that the whole wedding segment needed to be reshot when season 1 was commissioned, meaning he "wound up on the cutting room floor".

But that didn't stop him wanting to appear in front of the camera elsewhere in the show.

Further into his blog, Martin recalled: "I wanted to be a severed head on the walls of the Red Keep next to Ned Stark (and David [Benioff] & Dan [Weiss], ideally), but our budget was not so robust first season, and those severed heads are damned expensive.

"I also campaigned to die horribly at the Red Wedding, which seemed only fair since I was responsible for it, but it was felt that my presence in that powerful, wrenching, bloody scene might have taken the viewers out of the moment. Fair enough. And not wrong."

We concur.

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