Stephen Colbert Would Like To Die on Game of Thrones

David Benioff’s wife, Amanda Peet, is an actress and was, once upon a time, more famous than her writer husband David Benioff. Then he co-created Game of Thrones, and the rest is history.

Peet is currently starring in her own series: the low-rated but critically acclaimed Togetherness. Though she has never been on Thrones, and at first even admitted she thought the concept was silly and wanted nothing to do with this BBC/HBO boondoggle she thought her husband was getting into, nowadays she cannot make an appearance without being asked questions about her husband’s hit show. Let’s call it divine retribution.

Appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote Togetherness (the second season returned to HBO this past Sunday), she once again had to play the good sport on the subject. (She had a cold, so she was just being a good sport showing up at all.) Upon being asked if she would like to be on the show, she insisted of course she would, and Colbert threw his hat into the ring as well.

This actually isn’t actually the first time Peet’s said this since the show became a hit, although it should be noted that Benioff looked a bit ill at the idea. Perhaps having your own wife treated the way women are on Game of Thrones suddenly makes it seem less appealing? For her part, Peet would like to be a swordswoman, like Brienne. Perhaps she thinks being able to defend herself is the best way to survive in Westeros. Who is she kidding? As she and Stephen Colbert both agree, there is no surviving in Westeros. Colbert would be happy just to appear on it and die.

For the record, I didn’t realize until this interview that Colbert is one of that elite group of uber-nerds who is waiting for Martin to finish writing the A Song of Ice and Fire books so he can read them all before he watches the TV show. I had wondered why the King of All Things Nerdy on Late Night, who is known for his encyclopedic knowledge on Star Wars, Star Trek and Lord of the Rings had ceded the subject of Game of Thrones to Kimmel, Conan, and Seth Meyers, the latter of whom is also a big fan of the books. A Song of Ice and Fire has plenty of fans among latenight hosts. The more you know!