Ian McShane Drops A Very Interesting Hint About His Mysterious GAME OF THRONES Role

We may know Ian McShane is a part of the Game Of Thrones season six cast, but what we don't know is who he's playing. In a recent interview, McShane dropped a hint and revealed an interesting connection between his character and one of the departed. Come check it out!

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By RohanPatel - Nov 14, 2015 07:11 AM EST

Filed Under: Game of Thrones

Source: Pop Goes The News (via Watchers On The Wall)

Ian McShane (John Wick) joining the cast of Game Of Thrones season six certainly came as a bit of a surprise, especially considering that he's one of the bigger names to ever join the cast. Rumors have circulated for months regarding who he may be playing with Randyll Tarly and Aeron Greyjoy being early favorites, however, those early rumors were all quickly debunked when an Entertainment Weekly report revealed that his character had a relatively small amount of screen time, but was of the utmost importance.

In a recent interview with Pop Goes The News, McShane corroborated the EW report saying: "It's a one-off episode, that's why I did it," and then was coerced into sharing one vague hint about his mystery role: "I am responsible for bringing somebody back that you think you’re never going to see again. I’ll leave it at that." Now, the obvious answer here is, of course, Jon Snow, but with Melisandre rumored to be a part of his resurrection as well as a variety of other factors, it's more likely than not that the 73-year-old McShane is referring to someone else.

Watchers On The Wall, using the books as a guide, offered their most educated guess and said that he may be referring to either the Hound or Lady Stoneheart, who are both characters we haven't seen in quite sometime. Adding fuel to the fire, Rory McCann (Hot Fuzz), who played Sandor Clegane, was recently spotted in Belfast at a hotel frequented by the Game Of Thrones cast and Michelle Fairley (24: Live Another Day), who played Catelyn Stark, has been long-rumored to be in Belfast at a variety of points throughout the season six shooting schedule.

So, what do you guys think? Sound off with your thoughts below!

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23 Comments

SuperCat - 11/14/2015, 7:53 AM

GetsugaTensho22 - 11/14/2015, 7:57 AM

He's that priest at that Monastery that THE GRAVEDIGGER (implied to be a redeemed Sandor Clegane) is living at. I'm calling it now.

SuperCat - 11/14/2015, 7:58 AM

WaffeX - 11/14/2015, 8:01 AM

Benjen Stark?

Kyos - 11/14/2015, 8:08 AM

I loved how when I was at an event with George R.R. Martin earlier this year that ended with him reading a chapter from the next book he made an introduction like "I apologize to all the fans who only watch the show, as you might be a little confused now, since about 80-90% of the characters that appear or are being mentioned in this chapter didn't make it in the show."

Demongod20 - 11/14/2015, 8:09 AM

@ Niklander

Maybe for you but for me the show just keeps getting better and better.

Desr0w - 11/14/2015, 8:14 AM

He was amazing on Deadwood.

MisterHolmes - 11/14/2015, 8:27 AM

he should say, "ill be playing an asshole like all the characters in this show and by the time Im around youll still want the white walkers to kill everyone"

yourdaddy - 11/14/2015, 8:33 AM

game of thrones is doing very well right now. and jon should be resurrected, regardless of how predictable it is.

the shocker moments are there for entertainment value. but if it was just that, it'd be shock porn. what makes it a great show is the long term character development: jon, daenerys, arya, sansa, etc.

even the shocker deaths have had long term character development value: ned, catelyn, robb, joffrey, tywin etc. all these deaths meant a whole lot to the true main characters of the show. now if jon died just like that, it would make his entire storyline so far completely worthless, instead of adding anything of value to anything.

yourdaddy - 11/14/2015, 8:35 AM

i think he's the mad king. i don't know or care who he's responsible for bringing back. but i think he's the mad king.

DarthTano - 11/14/2015, 9:01 AM

Ok so we know 100% that Jon Snow is being resurrected by most likely the Red Witch but maybe Ian is apart of that EVENT! Or he is resurrecting The Hound which is stupid awesome!! Bring on the Necromancy!!

Pathogen - 11/14/2015, 9:09 AM

Its hilarious that the kids/immature adults will clamour and defend with fervor trivial shows like Arrow, AoS, etc... but because they lack the intelligence or attention span for an actual long thought out story line, good acting, good scripting, great production, etc, they always seek to scoff people who DO like a better quality show in order to feel better about their low brow tastes

And while I laugh at those stupid shows, I DO occasionally watch them for brainless material. Its totally ok to have guilty pleasures, right?

BestAtWhatIDo - 11/14/2015, 9:35 AM

I think he's the Mad King, and by "responsible for bringing someone back", he doesn't mean literally resurrecting, but rather he's the reason for a flashback that includes Ned Stark.

darthgeekboy - 11/14/2015, 9:54 AM

SWerENGEN!!!!

no matter what role he's playing....he's gonna steal the scene and kill it.

BlackPhillip - 11/14/2015, 10:35 AM

Supercat wins again!

Ryguy88 - 11/14/2015, 8:26 PM

Season 5 wasn't great but hopefully 6 is near perfection like the first 4 were.

ClobberPot - 11/15/2015, 3:28 PM

@IcemanX is right.

Baka - 11/16/2015, 2:35 AM

This speech needs to make it or we riot!

Ian McShane Drops A Very Interesting Hint About His Mysterious GAME OF THRONES Role

We may know Ian McShane is a part of the Game Of Thrones season six cast, but what we don't know is who he's playing. In a recent interview, McShane dropped a hint and revealed an interesting connection between his character and one of the departed. Come check it out!

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