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28th February 2019
10:42am GMT
He explained to Entertainment Weekly:
"David and Dan invited me to a cameo in one of the final episodes, which I was tempted to do.
"But I didn’t think just for the sake of a cameo I could take the time to return to Belfast."
The author explained that he had previously filmed a cameo for the show, but it didn't end up making it to the final cut of the episode.
He said:
“There was a cameo in the original pilot that was cut. I was a guest at Dany’s wedding. "But that was when she was played by Tamzin Merchant so all that footage got thrown out when we recast with Emilia Clarke."
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