Of all unresolved storylines in the show’s eight-year run, the mystery of the coffee cup cameo remains possibly the most captivating subplot to emerge during the final season of “Game of Thrones.”
And that plot thickens: Six months after the series’ ending, fans have been led to believe by actor Emilia Clarke, 33, who portrayed Daenerys Targaryen, that her co-star Conleth Hill was the culprit.
“We had a party before the Emmys recently and Conleth, who plays Varys, who’s sitting next to me in that scene, he pulls me aside and he’s like, ‘Emilia, I have got to tell you something, love. The coffee cup was mine,’” the 33-year-old star told Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” last month.
But on Sunday, Hill denied Clark’s accusations on Britain’s Channel 4, saying, “You know, there’s no proof that I did it. So accuse away.”
He told the broadcaster he would have needed “Mr. Man arms,” in reference to a British children’s book character who had very long arms, to be able to plant the paper cup.
“I took a bullet for Emilia Clark and she touted me,” Hill, 54, joked. “I’m just not making any comments until I have a lawyer.”
He also added that the brew blooper “definitely wasn’t product placement.”
Hill isn’t the only “GoT” star caught in the cross-hairs. This summer, Sophie Turner, who played Sansa Stark, pegged Kit Harrginton AKA Jon Snow for the flub — apparently changing her tune after originally accusing Clarke.
The go-cup gaffe, which was shortly followed by yet another goof featuring a plastic water bottle in the show’s finale, did creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss no favors amid non-stop controversy and debate as to whether the award-winning showrunners had blundered the highly anticipated final season. The coffee cup was later removed from the episode, though that didn’t appease the 1.7 million fans who signed a petition agreeing that the cup, bottle and entire eighth season should be scrapped to make way for “competent writers.”
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