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 "Our cast here, they're going to have a hard time answering
questions about what's going on moving forward," moderator Seth
Meyers said at the panel featuring cast including Maisie
Williams, Sophie Turner, Gwendoline Christie, Alfie Allen and
John Bradley.
Instead of footage or announcements for the new season, fans
were shown a montage of "Game of Thrones" popping up in various
other shows including "The Simpsons" and "Sesame Street," and a
reel of the cast's audition tapes.
"Game of Thrones," based on the "A Song of Ice and Fire" books
by George R.R. Martin, has become HBO's most-watched series,
with 20 million viewers tuning into season 5 this year across
HBO's TV and on-demand platforms.
In the past season that concluded last month, fans saw the
leaders of the realms of the mythical Westeros continue fighting
wars for the Iron Throne, with shocking moments including a
brutal rape, burning a child, the rise of the zombie-like army
of White Walkers and a fire-breathing dragon.
Turner, who plays Sansa Stark, spoke about her character's rape
by the villainous Ramsay Bolton, a scene that divided fans and
critics who felt the show may have gone too far.
"There's one thing that Sansa still is, despite what's happened
to her, which is strong," Turner said.
Executive producer Carolyn Strauss addressed criticism that the
show puts its female characters through torturous scenes, saying
it was fitting for the time period of the show.
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"At that mythical time when the show takes place, things were not
great for a lot of people, male and female," she said.
Christie, who plays Lady Brienne of Tarth, said it was refreshing
and "long overdue" to have a character like hers that was
sexualized.
Notably missing from the panel was lead cast members Emilia Clarke,
Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington and show creators David Benioff and
Dan Weiss.
"Game of Thrones" concluded the fifth season with the death of one
of its leading characters, Jon Snow, played by Harington.
But fans are speculating Snow will return, citing recent appearances
by Harington in public still sporting the longer hair his character
wears as proof that he will be back.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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