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It still hasnt sunk in thatGame of Thronesis over.
Not Jon Snow or Gregor Clegane or Beric Dondarrion over, but actually over.
Wespoke with the pair just moments after they finished shooting their last-ever episode ofGay of Thrones.
So did you just finish shooting?
Is this a wrap?Jonathan Van Ness:Yes, yes.
Literally ran here because we were late!
Had a huge episode to shoot today.
Youve been doingGay of Thronesfor almost as long as actualGame of Thrones.JVN:Yes!
You know, it feels surreal.
Wow.JVN:And that doesnt even count like the trailers and stuff that we did.
Erin Gibson:Were an efficient machine now, so …
JVN:Were waiting for more content.
And you startedGay of Thronesin peak Obama era, and now we are … where we are.
Were in this likeMad Max: Fury Roadplace.
Cool.JVN:Have you ever seen that movieDantes Peak,with Pierce Brosnan, about the volcano?
Like people have been kinda slowly cooked!
I feel like there was way more destructive character murdering [in earlier seasons].
JVN:As opposed to killing everyone.
Yeah, youre right!
JVN:Sounds like something a Republican state senator would say.
And we want it to be compared to lighter pop-culture things.
Thats what makes it fun.
What do we think about Sunday night?Bran in power.JVN:This is what I would say.
Gibson:They had an impossible thing to do, which is hey people with an ending.
Because everyones gonna be bummed out.
But at least we were getting together with our friends to watch it once a week!
Martin took a couple of ideas from his episode of your show.
Because you also did both of those in his episode.JVN:Did we?
JVN:Wow, you kind of blew our minds.
We hadnt thought of that yet.
Ive been saying that since like 2014.
You got the greensight.JVN:I really did.
Youve gotta leave em wanting more.
Never give anybody exactly how much they want.
I learned that from UCB, doing improv comedy.
So much UCB advice is probably also goodGame of ThronesHand of the King advice.
Leave them wanting more just sounds very sage!Gibson:Yes and!
Do you have thoughts about that?JVN:I actually do.
I thought about it last night.
Every third sentence in my brain has been around this.
Okay.JVN:So here is the deal and let me preface this by saying I really think George R.R.
Martin is an incredible writer and an incredible storyteller.
Well, in my world, and in the rest of our worlds, yes!
But at the end of the day, you know, George R.R.
[Note: Martin is from New Jersey and is based in New Mexico.]
And he tries very hard!
And there were a lot of micro-story lines in there that were very woke and ahead of its time.
But did it fall upon the patriarchy sword?
JVN:For sure that!
I dont think if a woman wrote that scene, thats the shit that wouldve gone in that book!
And we address it this week onGay of Thrones.
Yeah!Gibson:And like, if Daenerys is gonna be crazy, make heractuallycrazy.
Dont make her do and say everything that I would say and do.
As justified as a woman thats been lied to and cheated, everything that Jonathan said.
I was like, Yeah!
Some people had to die!
JVN:No, evil no-volume Carol Brady.
[Gay of Thronesspeak for Cersei.]
I wanted to find them in the middle of trying to diddle beneath the rubble.
Something a little bit nasty just to leave us on the road.
Just to remember them by.
Gibson:But I needed a big murder!
Gibson:A really slow death.
I was like,Thats the shit I want to see happen!
JVN:A good Mariska Hargitay story line for the win!
This is really good.
But you know what it also reminds me of?
Of course yes, we do.
You know what I mean?
What would the motto be?JVN:Oh, Id be the Countess of Heat Protective Spray Land.
The Countess of Heat Protective Spray and Sunscreen.
Okay!JVN:The Countess of Topical Skin and Hair Protectant.
It doesnt really get into our skin very deeply.
Were really protected from the sun.
Id be Countess of the Land of Topical Skin and Hair Protectant.
That sounds very Dornish!
Its weird, I love it!
Erin, do you have one?Gibson:Id be Mother of the House of Bitch.
And my tagline would be Fuck around and find out.
And its basically the first 20 minutes ofWonder Woman.
Okay!JVN:Whats your, like, kingdoms song, and native bird, and tree?
Gibson:Bird is a toucan.
JVN:Yes …
Gibson:Because theyre funny.
And your tree is?
Gibson:A pecan [pronounced like pcahn], because its better to say.
Because no one says it the right way.
JVN:Oh, good, good!
Gibson:Its almost a matriarchy.
JVN:Oh, I love that.
Whereas in my world, everyone has Ps and Vs and they just diddle each other.
Even though thats not what pansexual means … everyones just like diddling!
Gibson:I love this idea, free love.
And theres no STDs!
Or if there are STDs, theyre all curable and theres no antibiotic resistance.
Gibson:And theres nobody making $2,000 a pop off a pill!
