--- description: Don't worry Game of Thrones fans, Isaac Hempstead Wright, who plays Bran Stark on the HBO drama, is aware his character dropped the ball. title: Game of Thrones’ Bran Stark on That Tragic Twist image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt015719ed2230a8d0/6988945a428a9eac63cd2bbe/hbo-game-of-thrones-hodor.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Game of Thrones_’ Bran Stark Speaks Out About That Tragic Twist  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 23, 2016 3:10 PM CUT  Isaac Hempstead Wright and Vladimir Furdik in Game of Thrones Isaac Hempstead Wright and Vladimir Furdik in Game of ThronesHBO  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 23, 2016 3:10 PM CUT **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for the sixth season of _Game of Thrones_. Don’t worry [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4343476/game-of-thrones-episode-title-jon-snow-reveal/ "undefined")fans, Isaac Hempstead Wright, who plays [Bran Stark](http://time.com/4323269/game-of-thrones-bran-stark-time-travel-theory/ "undefined") on the HBO drama, is well aware his character dropped the ball Sunday night. After a shocking chain of events culminated in the death of the beloved [Hodor](http://time.com/4320018/game-of-thrones-hodor-fan-theory/ "undefined") in the closing moments of the fifth episode of the show’s sixth season, Wright took to Twitter express his remorse for the young Stark’s involvement. “Nice one, Bran,” he tweeted alongside a sad face emoji. > [](https://twitter.com/Isaac%5FH%5FWright/status/734650134152249344) The 17-year-old actor also spoke to [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/recap/game-of-thrones-door-hodor/4 "undefined")about that devastating final scene, which saw Bran and Meera Reed (presumably) escaping into the night as Bran’s direwolf Summer, the children of the forest, the Three-Eyed Raven and finally, Hodor, were all killed at the hands of the wights and [White Walkers](http://time.com/4344393/game-of-thrones-white-walkers-bran-hodor/ "undefined"). However, the most tragic moment may have come when viewers saw that Bran was not only the cause of the gentle giant’s demise, but also his inability to say anything other than, “Hodor.” **Read More:** [Twitter Couldn’t Handle _Game of Thrones’_ Devastating Twist](http://time.com/4344388/game-of-thrones-hodor/ "undefined") “It’s so sad!” Wright told _EW_. “We learned Hodor really is this vulnerable soul, who had such potential to live a happy life. First, through \[Bran’s\] selfish actions, going to the White Walker vision in the first place, I’ve screwed him over. He didn’t pick up that he should get out of the dream. And then Hodor sacrifices himself. He’s been through all this and he’s still having to do this.” “Blood of My Blood,” the sixth episode of _Game of Thrones_‘ sixth season, airs Sunday at 9 p.m. EST on HBO. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4344647/game-of-thrones-bran-stark-hodor-hold-the-door/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4344647/game-of-thrones-bran-stark-hodor-hold-the-door/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones’ Bran Stark Speaks Out About That Tragic Twist","datePublished":"2016-05-23T15:10:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:38.011Z","description":"\"Hold the door\"","url":"https://time.com/4344647/game-of-thrones-bran-stark-hodor-hold-the-door/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt015719ed2230a8d0/6988945a428a9eac63cd2bbe/hbo-game-of-thrones-hodor.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt015719ed2230a8d0/6988945a428a9eac63cd2bbe/hbo-game-of-thrones-hodor.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"hbo-game-of-thrones-hodor","caption":"Isaac Hempstead Wright and Vladimir Furdik in Game of Thrones","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4344647/game-of-thrones-bran-stark-hodor-hold-the-door/","name":"Game of Thrones’ Bran Stark Speaks Out About That Tragic Twist"}}]}] ```