re: Game of Thrones SPOILER PARTY (frick it, just spoil it all)

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British actor John Standing, who appears in Game of Thrones as the corpse of Jon Arryn, has revealed he originally filmed a "lunatic" death scene for the show.

The Olivier-nominated star can be seen in the very first episode, laid out with painted pebbles on his eyes.

Speaking to Spanish fan-site Los Siete Reinos, he explains that another scene in which Arryn dramatically dies at the hands of Queen Cersei was cut.

Tim Van Patten, who directed the pilot, apparently told Standing: "I want you to get out of your bed and crawl across the room and put your hand up and take the bottle of ink as if you're going to write something.

"The bottle will come crashing down and there'll be ink all over you and the queen will come in and she'll stamp on your hand and you'll die."

To which Standing replied: "Golly. OK. Whatever."

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