"You can not be too attached," said Game of Thrones actor Isaac Hempstead Wright

Isaac Hempstead Wright is alive – "pretty much," he says with a laugh.

To the fans of the television series HBO Game of thronesHempstead Wright is better known as Brandon Stark, whose transformation into Three-Eyed Raven gave him one of the biggest super powers in the series: Survival.

"It was touching and we're going for a minute," says the 20-year-old daughter, sitting at Park Hyatt in Sydney, Australia, to promote the last four episodes of the series.

The fact that Hempstead Wright has even succeeded so far is a major miracle for television – Game of thrones turned his main characters into a bloody sport.

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"It's just something you understand the Game of thrones"You can not be too attached," says Hempstead Wright of all the killings, which a fan site estimated to be in the order of 174,373 corpses in the first seven seasons of the series.

To say that Monday's 82-minute episode added considerably to the count of the dead is a euphemism, but for Hempstead Wright, it was also a relief – he was finally able to watch him as a fan and talk about it .

"I was absolutely on the edge of my seat watching," he says. "Even though I knew everything that was going to happen, it was very fun to watch these guys [the PR crew] do not know what was going to happen. "

"I've been involved in very little of that [episode], "he adds. Everyone had been there for weeks and weeks, so I did not really get involved in these crazy battles and battles – I only read it on paper and heard it read it Table. It was amazing to be able to observe it, the darkness and the chaos of it. "

Hempstead Wright is part of Game of thrones Since he was 11 years old. Unlike Arya Stark and Jon Snow, his television brothers and sisters wielding the sword, he mostly uses a wheelchair after his character has been pushed through a window by Jaime Lannister.

"[I’ve got] The jealousy of the swords, "he says. I've always wished I could have a bloody sword. Even in the Battle of Winterfell, I do not get a dagger or something. "

And if he could be someone else?

"Controversial, it would actually be Jaime Lannister because I think he had the most amazing story, that someone told us to think that he's a bad guy and that we are not really sure anymore, "he says.

"There is a really interesting parallel between him and Bran, in that Jaime loses his right hand, which is his sword hand, which defines him in a way, in the same way that Bran's legs do. "It was interesting to watch these characters manage to cope with a great loss of identity.

Yes, but Jaime slept with her sister …

"Yes, it's a good point, a very good point," he says, laughing. "I did not even think about incest!"

While there are only three episodes left in the series, Hempstead Wright is preparing to begin a new chapter in his life – he will be studying neuroscience at the university in September – but before he leaves, he may be able to to give one last chance to his talents. bash: can he see a Ser Scott or a Ser Bill sitting on the Australian iron throne anytime?

"I'm leaving, Bill," he said cautiously after a pause.

You are on the right track with polls.

"The three-eyed raven wins again!"

And what about Brexit – joy there?

"Oh, do not even ask, the three-eyed crow ignores the Brexit."

* New episodes of the Game of Thrones debut on Monday on SoHo at 1 pm, before being rebroadcast at 8:30 pm. They are also available on the Neon streaming service.