The Game of Owns podcast is back with the first of a very special episode series: an interview with the Game of Thrones actor Kristian Nairn, who of course plays everyone’s favourite Hodor!

Fresh after an intense mid-week DJ session, Hodor himself joins Eric, Zack, and Selina on the show and talks some about the early days just before being cast for the HBO series and beyond.

Shownotes:

– Welcome to Kristian Nairn!
– Casino War
– Shark Week – what is it anyway?
– The early days
– Game of Thrones stalking trips
– On-set security is tight
– Beautiful Northern Ireland
– Kristian on reading the books
– Hodor’s journey in season 3 (no spoilers)
– Auditioning for Hodor
– Why is Hodor such a popular character?
– The Hodor enigma…

You can expect the other two parts of the interview to be released during the week. Kristian Nairn has some great things to say both about working on Game of Thrones, his career as a whole, as well as some theories on Hodor’s significance, and we hope you enjoy hearing our discussion! And thank you to everyone who submitted questions, we tried to get through as many as we could.

Leave us your feedback on this episode of the podcast here on this thread, or on Twitter @GameofOwns. You can also check out the Game of Owns website, where you’ll find the funniest, most timely Game of Thrones news on the web. We’re currently celebrating Hodor Week over there, so come hodor in the hodor with us!