Ed Skrein will please Game of Thrones fans in the role of Daario be known – but only in three episodes, then he was replaced against his will. Ed Skrein wanted stay longer with Game of Thronesafter even being in the best episode.
Ed Skrein was Daario in the legendary Game of Thrones episode The Rain of Castamaer
After appearing in the HBO series, British actor Ed Skrein starred in The Transporter Refueled. After his Game of Thrones exit, it was reported in the media that he due to The Transporter’s offer left the series.
The actor contradicted this in an interview with Entertainment Weekly in 2015:
That’s what was reported in the press, but it was much more political than that. Mone plan was to stay with Game of Thrones long-term. That was always my plan. I would have loved to have done that.
However, he didn’t want to let himself get down. As the website Screenrant reports, it is still not clear what exactly is going on “political reasons” is meant. The fact is that he was at least able to take part in the best Game of Thrones episode.
In the promised one Red Wedding Episode The Rain of Castamaer he has one of his three appearances in the series. The episode sits alongside The Battle of the Bastards and The Winds of Winter on the throne of the highest-rated Game of Thrones episodes on IMDb with a 9.9 out of 10.
Michiel Huisman got to play Daario in Game of Thrones for 3 seasons
Neither Ed Skrein nor other employees of the Game of Thrones team commented in more detail on the decision as to why the role of Daario was included Michiel Huisman was recast.
His successor Huisman (Forever Adaline) played the role of Daario in a total of 18 episodes and was therefore involved in the series significantly longer than Ed Skrein. The stark differences in the appearance of Ed Skrein and Michiel Huisman are also striking.
Actually met the two rivals Ten years later on the set of Netflix’s Rebel Moon – Part 1: Child of Fire and Rebel Moon – Part 2: The Scar Maker directed by Zack Snyder. So there doesn’t seem to be any bad blood.