When Game of Thrones finally premieres later this summer, it'll be adding yet another British musician to the ranks of characters whose names you can barely remember, let alone spell. In the HBO's drama's upcoming seventh season, "Thinking Out Loud" and "Shape of You" singer Ed Sheeran will join the likes of Coldplay and Sigur Ros in Westeros.

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Just like it started: with relatives boning each other.

It won't be Sheeran's first appearance in a medieval drama—hey, anybody remember The Bastard Executioner?—but what role could Game of Thrones possibly have for this gentle, ginger-haired musician? In a recent radio interview, Sheeran broke Game of Thrones’ omerta to hint at the content scene in question. "I just do a scene with Maisie [Williams]," said Sheeran. "I sing a song and then she goes, 'Oh, that’s a nice song.'"

But is that really all there is to Sheeran’s big Game of Thrones scene? GQ has the EXCLUSIVE leaked script page from the episode, which arrived at my office window via raven this afternoon. Read on.


[ARYA walks up to the gates of Winterfell. It’s the cathartic moment to end all cathartic moments—the long-awaited return to the castle she once called home, in what feels like a thousand lifetimes ago. She revels in the music of the bitter winter winds whipping about the castle walls, letting the enormity of her emotions kick in.]

[Suddenly, ED—a red-haired wandering minstrel—strolls up and interrupts ARYA’s reverie.]

ED: [strumming a lute and loudly singing to himself] I’m in love with ya bodyyyyyyyyyyyyy! I’m in love with the shape of youuuuuuuuuuuu!

ARYA: [rolling her eyes and making a jerk-off motion with one hand] Oh, that’s a nice song.

ED: [obliviously] Thank you, fair maiden! [bows] I am Ed of House Sheeran.

ARYA: I am Arya of House Stark, first of my name. My father was beheaded at the Sept of Baelor. My mother and brother were killed at the Red Wedding—

ED: Hey, if you ever need a wedding band, I always say, 'It’s free if I’m free.' As long as you sort me out with a lot of booze and a bed, I'm there.

ARYA: I have fought my way back from Braavos, with nothing but the sword on my back, to reach the North again.

ED: Oh! I had so much more fun when I was broke, sofa-surfing. I felt like more of an artist.

ARYA: And I have come to reclaim Winterfell, which belonged to House Stark for generations, and will belong to House Stark for generations more.

ED: I was at a House Tyrell party the other day, and 50 percent of the people were either Snapchatting or watching Snapchat. Someone said: "Why don't you have a phone any more?" and I was like: "Look around you. This is exactly why I don't have a phone."

ARYA: I’ve killed many men to reach this point. Many women as well.

ED: I got hammered and cracked Justin Bieber in the face with a golf club.

ARYA: And every night, I have recited the same prayer: The names of the traitors to House Stark whom I plan to kill.

ED: I used to have a hit list. I remembered the people who didn't help, and then if they asked: "Do you want to go on the cover of our magazine?" I'd be like: "Hell, no."


ARYA: [ignoring Ed, reciting to herself] The Mountain. The Hound. Cersei Lannister.

ED: Cersei Lannister! She's omnipresent because she's the most famous woman in the world, so she can't make the decision to not be in the press. I always stick up for Cersei.

[ARYA wheels around and stabs ED in the belly. He crumples to the ground.]

ARYA: Valar morghulis, Ed of House Sheeran.

[ARYA leaves]

ED: [coughing up blood] When my hands... don't play the strings... the same way... I know you will... still love me the same...

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