Game of Thrones star asked to be killed off as his character ‘wasn’t any fun’: ‘I was very happy to say goodbye’

Game of Thrones actor Julian Glover has revealed that he asked to be killed off from the hit HBO show after he lost interest in his storylines.

Glover, who played Grand Maester Pycelle on the show, faced a dramatic ending in season six after he called for an end to his character’s role.

Speaking to IGN ahead of the show’s final season, Glover told how he “didn’t want to do” season seven because he felt had been “completely dismissed as a character”.

He said: “Cersei ticked me off all the time, and I never had any comeback. So that wasn't any fun to play, so I went to them and said, 'Look, I don't want to do this anymore, it's not interesting to go on doing this... and what's going to happen to him?'"

Whilst he was “happy” to see the back of the show, Glover said he had a “damn good” exit after his character was stabbed to death by Lord Varys’ Little Birds.

He explained: “To cut a long story short, I got the scene, and it was my death scene, which is a damn good scene. And this is exactly the sort of way I wanted to go out.

“I was very happy to say goodbye to people on that particular moment.”

Glover’s revelation comes days before the show is set to premiere the first of the six remaining episodes.

Ahead of the show’s air date showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have unveiled plans to be “very drunk” and “very far from the internet” as a result of the pressure on them not to let fans down.

Benioff told Entertainment Weekly: “At some point, if and when it’s safe to come out again, somebody like [publicist Mara Mikialian] will give us a breakdown of what was out there without us having to actually experience it.”

“I plan to be very drunk and very far from the internet.”

Earlier this week, show star Kit Harington, who plays Jon Snow in the fantasy epic, said there are “definite big moments” during the final instalments.

During his appearance on US talk show Late Night with Seth Myers, Harington explained: “Of course [there's palpable moments]. It’s going to be a terrible last season [if not]. I’ve just been deadpan like ‘nothing happened’. I can say that there are definite big moments.”

Game Of Thrones will return for a final series on April 15, simulcasting with the US at 2am. Episodes will be repeated at 9pm on Sky Atlantic.