Game of Thrones’ Isaac Hempstead-Wright reveals the secret behind Bran’s eerie stare

Keeley Ryan

Game of Thrones’ Isaac Hempstead-Wright has revealed the secret behind Bran’s thousand-yard, Three-Eyed Raven stare.

The actor, who plays the youngest surviving Stark, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this week where he talked about that reunion in the final moments of the premiere.

Namely, the fact that Bran saw Jamie Lannister for the first time since the Kingslayer tried to kill him by pushing him out of a window.

It was one of the most talked about moments of the first episode and spawned many, many memes.

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Kimmel asked the actor specifically about “the look you gave him” – that Three-Eyed Raven thousand-yard stare.

Isaac explained:

“I’m kind of getting good at this sort of intense stare.

“But it’s kind of aided by the fact that I’m completely blind when I’m on set.

“I don’t have my glasses, and I don’t have contact lenses.”

Season eight wasn’t the first time Bran’s Three-Eyed Raven stare was featured in Game of Thrones.

The actor mentioned another instance, back in season seven, when another one of the Stark’s couldn’t help but point out how eerie it was.

Recalling how he was shooting a scene with Sophie Turner, he said:

“She said to me, ‘Isaac, your stare is like you’re staring into my soul.’ And I said, ‘I can’t see you.'”

The throwback comes soon after director David Nutter teased there’s a scene as brutal as the Red Wedding – which saw Robb, Catelyn Stark and Talisa Stark brutally murdered – in season 8.

Nutter, who directed season three’s The Rains of Castamere, was recently asked by Metro.co.uk if there was the same level of carnage in store in the upcoming final season.

And his answer has us a bit nervous, if we’re being totally honest.

“The short answer is – yes,” he said.

Very short and to the point, obviously to keep giving away any spoilers. But how could there be anything else that would match the levels of the Red Wedding?!