Liam Cunningham and Aidan Gillen on easing themselves “off the heroin that is Game of Thrones”

The end of Game of Thrones is near, friends. With two more seasons yet to watch, that might not have fully set in for the fans, but the actors are preparing their goodbyes, including Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth). “It’s very bizarre,” Cunningham told the Evening Standard. “The punters only need to find another thing to fall in love with, but we’re having our living taken away from us, so to speak. It’s a double bogey for us. There’s no one in this whole cast that I speak to who isn’t a fan.”

"I think everybody involved realises this thing is special. We were already talking about the end when we were shooting this season — people are trying to decompress."

After pouring all their energy into these characters over the years, we can only imagine how strange it must be as they approach the finish line. Cunningham’s solution is to withdraw slowly. “Rather than looking at each other during the last scene and going, ‘What do we do now?’, we’re easing ourselves off the heroin that is Game Of Thrones!” he said, proving that fans aren’t the only ones addicted to the show. “It’s going to be impossible to reproduce something on this scale. There will be beautiful and genius television again, but Game Of Thrones will be unrepeatable.”

Maybe HBO can find a part for Ser Davos in the upcoming prequels? Hold that thought.

Aidan Gillen (Littlefinger) appeared equally melancholy about the end of Game of Thrones as well when speaking to United Press International. 

"It’s been such a long run that it will be bittersweet when it happens, for sure, I would say. But, at the same time, it’s not good to over-reach and it’s not good to milk something. You can’t flog a dead horse. Well, you can flog a dead horse, but you shouldn’t."

Not that he’s comparing Game of Thrones to a dead horse, mind you. “It’s not a dead horse. It’s a very lively, cult [series…]” We appreciate the clarification.

Anyway, as sad as we are about Game of Thrones going off the air, we see Gillen’s point. But before the show rides off into the sunset, the actor is looking forward to the final two seasons. “There’s still so much story, so much that has to happen in this story of Game of Thrones. This season and next season are going to be jam-packed, so I am quite excited about that.”

"It’s been a big part of my life for the last seven years and will be for the next couple of years, so, yeah, I’m sure I will have some kind of a strong feeling about it [ending.] But I’ve also been doing so much other stuff in between that I don’t really think about."

As long as you don’t bring up that King Arthur movie, we’re glad you’re staying busy.

Game of Thrones season 7 debuts on July 16th.