The actor who played young Hodor on Game of Thrones has written a "Hold the Door" power ballad
No YOU’RE crying – contains spoilers
If the finale of this year’s Game of Thrones episode five – where Kristian Nairn’s Hodor was torn apart by wights and revealed to have been brainwashed as a young man by Bran Stark – wasn’t sad enough, there’s now a song all about it bound to make you shed a tear or two.
Written by actor Jack Coleman, who played young Hodor (aka Wyllis) before Bran warged into him and gave him a fit, the power ballad features all the major plot points – Hodor’s life as a stable boy, Bran’s travel into the past and his final stand – set to a soulful piano track.
Frankly, if the final moments of this song and its emotional reminder of how Hodor was also just waiting to “Hold the door” don’t make you a little weepy, you’ve got less humanity than a White Walker on a bad day.
Game of Thrones continues on Sky Atlantic next Monday at 2am and 9.00pm
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Huw Fullerton is a Commissioning Editor for Radio Times magazine, covering Entertainment, Comedy and Specialist Drama.