Jessica Henwick Reveals Details About Her ‘Game of Thrones’ Return

Game of Thrones is set to return to HBO in July, but one of the show’s supporting characters almost didn’t return along with it.

During an interview with EW, Jessica Henwick – who plays the lethal warrior Nymeria Sand – revealed that she nearly said to no to a Game of Thrones return, which would have caused her character to be written off.

After getting the leading role of Colleen Wing in Marvel’s Iron Fist, Henwick wasn’t sure she could balance both projects.

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“I wasn’t able to do it,” Henwick said. “My schedule clashed. I was filming Iron Fist for six-to-seven months and they wouldn’t give me the time off. [GoT] was so massive for me in terms of my career and building my profile and as an experience in itself, I wanted to return. [A GoT producer explained], ‘It’s really important that you come back otherwise your character will just disappear.’ So I spoke to Marvel and I managed to get a release. I literally was flying back and forth while I was doing Iron Fist in New York to Belfast, even during Christmas break.”

The constant travel was a lot for Henwick to deal with, and she was close to calling it off.

“I’m not going to lie, a part of me was like, ‘Maybe I shouldn’t do it … maybe Nymeria does just disappear!’” she said. “And then fans will never know what happened to her, just like with Joe Dempsie. It would be like: ‘What happened to her?’ ‘No one knows…’”

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For those who don’t know, Joe Dempsie plays Gentry, the bastard son of King Robert Baratheon. The character hasn’t been seen on the show since season four, and no one knows what’s become of him.

Henwick went on to reveal what fans can expect from Nymeria heading into season seven.

“When we left Nymeria she was newly aligned with Olenna Tyrell [Diana Rigg] and was going to start a war. We pick up right where we left off and get into the nitty gritty very quickly. There is no time wasted this season.”