Alfie Allen Interview with Vulture - GoT book spoilers

No real spoilers in the interview but what he said will certainly prompt some spoiler-y discussion...

Response to being asked what he asked GRRM:

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You know, I asked him about who Jon Snow's real parents were, and he told me. I can't say who, but I can tell you that it involves a bit of a Luke Skywalker situation. It will all come to fruition eventually. The whole thing with all the fight over proper succession is partly inspired by the War of the Roses in the late 1400s, and back then, to ensure pedigree, the monarchies were kind of inbred. It's definitely fricked up, but it definitely happened back then, so that's why there's incest with the Targaryen line. It's toned down, though.

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