Game of Thrones: Peter Dinklage is glad the show is ending 'before it jumps the shark'
'It’s the perfect timing to end it'
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Your support makes all the difference.Though Game of Thrones fans may be a little morose with the show’s finale coming in 2019, Peter Dinklage thinks the right decision was made.
The actor, who plays beloved fan favourite Tyrion Lannister, seems ready to move on to other projects, certainly; his latest film, Reed Morano’s I Think We’re Alone Now, just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
“This is the final season, so it’s pretty long, it’s a long one,” he told Variety. “We’re really taking our time with this one. It’s bittersweet.”
“It’s time to move on with everything, so it’s the sad part of our business, we get pockets of great people for short amounts of time and then you have to move on and it’s always heartbreaking, especially when you’ve spent more than a couple months with people.”
“But yeah, it’s time. Storywise, not just for all of our lives. I think if they went any further … it’s the perfect timing to end it. Sometimes shows stay on a little too long. The jumping the shark thing.”
Dinklage stated they were about halfway through filming the season, ready to premiere for its delayed 2019 date.
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