The emotional toll thatGame of Thrones ’s construction and turns take on its fans has been well - documented . Between theTVshow ’s monumental body reckoning and its never - ending series of other shocking consequence , the show has left TV audience shake to theirs core for the past eight years ( which is part of its massive appeal ) . But one ofGame of Thrones ’s most heartbreaking moments — the death of Jon Snow at the hand of Alliser Thorne and other members of the Night ’s lookout man in the fifth time of year — didn’t leave just sports fan crush . It nigh cost showrunner David Benioff his wedding .
While being interview onJimmy Kimmel Live!in 2015,The Romanoffsstar Amanda Peet , who has been married to Benioff since 2006 , tell Kimmel that she was confining to divorcing Benioff for killing off Jon Snow .
" I made him promise me , I begged him … I say , ' I ’ve get word all this stuff and nonsense … [ Kit Harington ] got a haircut , I do n’t require to divorce you , what ’s befall ? ' " Peet recalled . Benioff ensure his wife that Jon was n’t going to break , but obviously that was n’t straight — or at least not at the time . " I do n’t bed you anymore , " Peet ( jokingly ) told her husband . " I said , ' If you bolt down him , that ’s it . ' "
As we all sleep together , the 6th season get wind Jon brought back to life , but Peet likely had no idea it was going to happen due to the acute concealment of the show . " It ’s a lilliputian like being married to someone in the CIA or something , " the actress stated . " He ’s in bed and he has his earphones and we angle the calculator so that I ca n’t see the daily . "
Though Jon ’s Resurrection of Christ may have saved their marriage , who know how Peet will feel about how it all ends whenGame of Thrones ’s eighth and final seasonpremiereson April 14 , 2019 .
