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Two familiar faces will be absent when Game of Thrones returns for its fifth season. Kristian Nairn and Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who play Hodor and Bran Stark respectively, are taking a year-long hiatus from the HBO drama, Nairn told Yahoo News in Australia.
Two familiar faces will be absent when Game of Thrones returns for its fifth season.
Kristian Nairn and Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who play Hodor and Bran Stark respectively, are taking a year-long hiatus from the HBO drama, Nairn told Yahoo News in Australia.
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"We 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," he said.
The break will allow Nairn, a part-time DJ, more time to focus on his side venture — hosting themed dance parties he calls Rave of Thrones. "I get my year off now to do Rave of Thrones and gallivant all over the world," he told Yahoo.
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