Creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss initially wrote just a single scene for Lyanna Mormont in season 6.
That was my first audition for [casting director Nina Gold and I wasnt right for that part.
And then they asked for me to do an audition forGame of Thronesand then I got it.
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And they kept writing more for you.
Fans love your character.
Whats all the attention been like for you?I didnt think it was going to be anything.
I just thought that I turned up and did it.
When [the fan reaction] kicked up it was mad.
I didnt expect it.
How did your friends react?They thought it was pretty cool.
It was just kind-of sudden.
I was filmingThe Worst Witchwhen it came out.
It was a bit crazy really.
I wanted to either end up on the Iron Throne or have a really good death.
What does Lyanna think of Daenerys?Shes a bit wary of her.
Suspicious and not sure what to make of her.
How was shooting your fighting scenes?My only real bit of fighting is just stabbing.
Everything feels real when youre doing it here because of the atmosphere.
It was good and intense with wind and fake snow.
It definitely made it easy to act.
I wasnt sure if she would be really scared or just a slight bit of scared.
We tried it several ways.
He said, Its like someone removed her fear gene.
And that was just … yeah, that was a really great bit of direction.
You later have to play dead…Yeah, it didnt bother me at all.
Ive done a little bit of dead acting before and its harder than it looks.
You would think it would be dead easy ah, that was a pun!
but you still have to act like youre dead because naturally you move.
You have to concentrate to be completely still.
Youve had so many great lines on the show.
