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Over the past couple of seasons of Game of Thrones, it’s looked like two of the shows biggest characters (at least in a literal sense) have been on a crash course toward each other: Sandor and Gregor Clegane— better known as “The Hound” and “The Mountain.” The two brothers have been estranged since the elder Clegane shoved his brother’s face into a fire as a totally reasonable reaction to discovering Sandor was playing with one of his toys.
The Mountain is one of the most formidable forces in all of Westeros thanks in no small part to being an absolutely massive human being and the show’s casting directors couldn’t have picked a better actor to play the part. They tapped current World’s Strongest Man Hafthor Bjornsson to play the part of Cersei’s loyal bodyguard and he recently took a break from deadlifting absurd amounts of weight to answer some questions about the upcoming season of Game of Thrones.
According to CinemaBlend, someone asked Bjornsson about which scene from the show he enjoyed filming most. The most obvious candidate was the shocking moment when The Mountain apparently rose from the dead to crush The Viper’s skull with his hands but it appears that has nothing on a scene from the show’s upcoming final season.
Bjornsson said the scene happens in the eighth season and that he “can’t speak about it” in specifics but that didn’t stop fans from immediately starting to speculate he’s teasing the long-awaited “Cleganebowl” where the siblings will presumably end their rivalry once and for all with the help of some massive swords.
I don’t know how much faster the hype train can go before it flies off of the track.