Andor star Denise Gough lost a gig when HBO canceled their GameofThrones spinoff Bloodmoon, but she didn't sweat it: 'I went back home, to the theater, and then I was contacted by, if possible, an even bigger franchise.'
Andor star Denise Gough recalls how she responded when HBO canceled the Game of Thrones spinoff she was supposed to be in. Gough has now carved out a place for herself on the big franchise landscape with her memorable performance as tenacious Imperial Security Bureau officer Dedra Meero in Andor season 1. But before landing this breakout role, Gough was supposed to have a big part in a different franchise after scoring a part in the pilot for HBO’s planned GoT spinoff Bloodmoon.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Bloodmoon was indeed the first GoT spinoff to be confirmed, but ultimately didn’t make it past that still-unreleased pilot. Such a cancelation might have proven devastating for some, but Gough took it all in her stride, telling THR that she simply regrouped and got back to work – and, as fate would have it, ultimately landed a part in a bigger franchise than GoT.
For me, everything happens for a reason and everything happens the way it’s supposed to. When our pilot episode wasn’t chosen, when the production didn’t go forward, I didn’t feel devastated. Because, obviously, it wasn’t destined to happen. So, I went back home, to the theater, and then I was contacted by, if possible, an even bigger franchise. I found a role that is closer to those I usually play.
Fans were indeed intrigued at the thought of exploring this previously unseen, fabled time in Westeros, and meeting characters like Bran the Builder, the Grey King, Lann the Clever, Garth Greenhand and the immortal Elenei. Unfortunately, HBO in 2019 abruptly canceled the show, a somewhat shocking move given that they’d reportedly already spent $30 million to shoot a pilot. HBO in fact buried the Bloodmoon pilot so deep that even George R.R. Martin himself isn’t allowed to see it.
Given the amount of money HBO poured into Bloodmoon, and the embarrassment entailed in turning around and canceling such an expensive project, it’s perhaps no surprise that executives have given only brief remarks about the exact reasoning behind the decision to bury the show. For his part, all HBO chief Casey Bloys has said is that the show “required a lot more invention” and that “there wasn’t anything glaringly wrong with it,” implying that the pilot was simply mediocre.
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