George RR Martin is primarily known as a writer. However, he currently has a appearance in a TV series in which he plays a character that is suspicious of him.
Which series is it about? Dark Winds is a TV series with thriller elements, the third season of which has just started. It deals with a group of police officers who investigate in the 1970s in the American south.
One of the producers of the series is none other than George RR Martin. The writer is known to the song of ice and fire, especially for his fantasy series, which has been running since 1996, which was adapted as a series under the name Game of Thrones.
Martin has a small guest appearance in Dark Winds’s new season. Apparently he plays himself and has a very similar problem in the scene as when writing his books.
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“George, the whole world is waiting”
What happens in the scene? George RR Martin sits in a prison cell during his short appearance. Another producer of the TV series, who is also a very renowned actor, crouches towards him: Robert Redford.
The two old gentlemen are deepened into a chess game when the protagonist of the series, the police officer Joe Leaeaporn, is added. He is looking forward to the game. George RR Martin is his turn, but cannot decide which chess figure he wants to move next.
After a while, Redford’s figure says: “George, the whole world is waiting. Make a train ”. Then Martin continues to consider Leaporn himself.
Here you can see the scene:
Why is the scene so special? It is only short, but Redford’s sentence can be understood as a clear allusion to Martin’s writing pace. After all, the author is notorious to need for a long time when writing his books.
The fans have been waiting for the sixth band of the song of ice and fire, with the name The Winds of Winter. The last book was published in 2011, in the same year as well as the TV adaptation.
Redford speaks from the soul of many fans when he says that the whole world is waiting for Martin’s next step. Some even fear that the series of books will not be completed because the writer is already 76 years old. He is also not sure. After all, two volumes should follow.
Some book fans could be angry that Martin finds the time to play with a series and to work on other projects such as Elden Ring. However, the appearance in Dark Winds is full of self -irony and with a wink. The writer revealed what inspired him in his popular series: George RR Martin has had enough of the fact that Game of Thrones is compared to Lord of the Rings, calls completely different inspiration