Conleth Hill (Varys) talks Game Of Thrones season 7, and the show coming to an end

Conleth Hill is best known to Game of Thrones fans as the all-seeing master of spies, Lord Varys. Outside of the show, Hill has had a long and successful career in theater, and can currently be seen on stage in a London production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Between performances, Hill took the time to speak to Newsweek about all things Game of Thrones, starting with whether the show’s approaching end has sunk in for him:

"No, not yet. I’ve always been aware from day one how lucky I was, how special it was. I’m also really proud that it’s made [in Northern Ireland] and shows off the beauty of where I come from. Our tourism has gone up because of it. It will be a big loss when it goes, for lots of different reasons—and not just as selfish as my own. I haven’t contemplated it yet. We’ve got another season to go."

Predictably mum on whether we would get a Daenerys vs Cersei faceoff in season 7 (“I really couldn’t say”), Hill did touch upon the show’s tendency to feature morally grey characters, including the new queen of the Seven Kingdoms:

"I think Cersei’s a bad article [Irish slang for a person] sometimes. But what’s brilliant about it is that they’re all human. You could argue that Cersei did what she did and blew up the Great Sept [in Season 6] because she was being abused by the High Sparrow and his people. It’s not as easy to be black-and-white about it. Look at how people thought about Jaime [Lannister] at the beginning versus now. It’s always changing—that’s what is so brilliant about the books and the series."

Hill also commented on getting recognized out and about by fans.

"I don’t really get recognized that much. I don’t look like Varys, really—I’ve got hair. I generally get left alone, really. But any fans that do approach are usually well-mannered and kind."

Except that one fan who tried to check if Hill was in fact, a eunuch. That wasn’t well-mannered.

Game of Thrones season 7 debuts July 16th.

h/t E! News