For actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, the nonverbal face off required portraying a complex mix of emotions in rapid succession.

“I think it’s like: ‘What the hell?’

and then, ‘Oh my god,that’s the kid.’

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I think he knows Bran didn’t die, but he doesn’t expect to meet him.”

“His mission changes once again,” Coster-Waldau says.

Because this is the Lord of Winterfell that I tried to kill and I’m sure he wants revenge.

That’s what Jaime expects."

We’ll see the outcome of their reunion in the second episode of season 8 next week.

In the meantime, Coster-Waldau noted there’s another person he’ll presumably see again too Brienne of Tarth.

And how does he feel about that?

“For Jaime, he would assume she would be there,” he said.

“I don’t think that was the reason he went.

They’ve both been very good at compartmentalizing whatever feelings they have for each other.”

The actor also offered some thoughts about the final season as a whole.

“I don’t think [showrunners David Benioff and D.B.

Weiss] could have done it any better,” he shares.

“It makes sense and there’s a logic to it without it being obvious at all.

There are also great moments of surprise.”

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