"Game Of Thrones": Its Director Says "Bloodthirsty" Fans Wanted Daenerys To Destroy King’s Landing

Nalini Suri|Jun 21, 2019

"Game of Thrones" director Miguel Sapochnik has defended Dragon Mother’s controversial destruction of King’s Landing in the fifth episode of the last season.

The final season of Game of Thrones has released last month and caused controversy about its ending. Not only the last episode, the scene that Daenerys Targaryen decided to destroy King’s Landing has raised a strong wave in fans’ hearts.

It is all said that Mother of Dragon is too cruel to kill so many people even when they ring the bell to bow. However, director Miguel Sapochnik admitted that he had been anticipating Dany’s turn for years though he just read about it some months prior to filming it.

Sapochnik told IndieWire that

Daenerys through the years had become a beloved character to all fans. But her decision to burning King’s Landing mournfully has got lots of heavy criticism from both fans and critics. Above all the seasons of Game of Thrones, the final one received the worst reviews.

Sapochnik raised a question up

And, he said:

In conclusion, Sapochnik repeated the controversial idea that “there are no winners, only survivors” for the last season of Games of Thrones.

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