'Game of Thrones': Which major characters may not appear in season 5?
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Molly Driscoll Staff Writer
Will some characters from the HBO hit fantasy series 鈥淕ame of Thrones鈥� not be appearing in the fifth season of the TV show?
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Actor Kristian Nairn, who plays the character of Hodor, says his character and the character Bran Stark, portrayed by Isaac Hempstead-Wright, won鈥檛 be on the show for the new episodes. 鈥淲e [Hodor and Bran] have a season off and we have a year's hiatus, solely because I imagine our storyline is up to the end of the books,鈥� he told the .听
The storyline involving Bran and Hodor ended last season with Bran meeting a young girl who said she is a Child of the Forest and an elderly man who told Bran he would teach him to 鈥渇ly.鈥澛�
HBO has not commented on Nairn鈥檚 remarks.
Meanwhile, as certain characters are left behind for the new season, 鈥淭hrones鈥� showrunners Dan Weiss and David Benioff told that some of the show鈥檚 action will be taking place in Dorne, the home of recently deceased prince Oberyn Martell.
In addition, 鈥渨e鈥檒l be drawing heavily from聽[the novel 鈥楢] Feast聽[of Crows] and聽[鈥楢] Dance [with Dragons]聽in season 5,鈥� Benioff said. As for rising stakes, the producers told EW in a joint statement, 鈥淭he White Walkers aren鈥檛 going away. The dragons aren鈥檛 getting any smaller.听Melisandre鈥檚 still sorceressing, the giants are more [angry] than ever.鈥澛�
鈥淕ame of Thrones鈥� stars actors Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, among many others. The series was the most-nominated show at this year鈥檚 Emmy Awards but lost in many major categories in a year dominated by the final season of AMC鈥檚 show 鈥淏reaking Bad,鈥� though "Thrones" did win in such categories as visual effects and costumes.听
Meanwhile, 鈥淭hrones鈥� writer George R.R. Martin is projecting two more books in the 鈥淭hrones鈥� series 鈥淎 Song of Ice and Fire,鈥� though the next book to be released, 鈥淭he Winds of Winter,鈥� does not yet have a publication date.
