--- description: As Lady Stoneheart's introduction on Game of Thrones has become less likely, fans have taken the theory surrounding her in a new direction. title: Game of Thrones Actor Shuts Down Fan Theory About His Return image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb50b2dbf5e9a8b14/6988550acd1bbaa7166fbdd9/game-of-thrones-deaths-22.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This _Game of Thrones_ Actor Just Shut Down a Popular Fan Theory About His Comeback  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 17, 2016 5:32 PM CUT  HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 17, 2016 5:32 PM CUT **Warning:** This post contains spoilers for both the [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4429346/game-of-thrones-season-7-cast-news/ "undefined")TV show and George R.R. Martin’s [_A Song of Ice and Fire_](http://time.com/4509888/game-of-thrones-enhanced-edition/ "undefined")series. As an appearance by Lady Stoneheart on _Game of Thrones_ has seemed to become [less and less likely,](http://time.com/4366266/game-of-thrones-cleganebowl-lady-stoneheart-theories/ "undefined") some fans have taken the theory surrounding her introduction in a new direction — speculating that the zombified version of Catelyn Stark from George R.R. Martin’s _A Song of Ice and Fire_ series would be replaced by her reanimated son, Robb Stark. However, during a recent interview with [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/richard-madden-playing-a-medici-938717?utm%5Fsource=twitter "undefined"), Richard Madden — who played the Young Wolf before he was murdered at the Red Wedding in season 3 — put those rumors to rest. When asked about the possibility of his return to the HBO drama, the 30-year-old actor revealed that if showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have been planning it, they haven’t told him. --- > “” --- And to top it all off, Madden isn’t even sure he would want to come back. --- > “” --- \[[TheHollywoodReporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/richard-madden-playing-a-medici-938717?utm%5Fsource=twitter "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4533349/game-of-thrones-robb-stark-return-theory/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4533349/game-of-thrones-robb-stark-return-theory/"},"headline":"This Game of Thrones Actor Just Shut Down a Popular Fan Theory About His Comeback","datePublished":"2016-10-17T17:32:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:14:10.590Z","description":"\"I’ve not heard anything, of course\"","url":"https://time.com/4533349/game-of-thrones-robb-stark-return-theory/","keywords":["Television","game of thrones","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb50b2dbf5e9a8b14/6988550acd1bbaa7166fbdd9/game-of-thrones-deaths-22.jpg?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/bltb50b2dbf5e9a8b14/6988550acd1bbaa7166fbdd9/game-of-thrones-deaths-22.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"game-of-thrones-deaths-22","caption":"","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/4533349/game-of-thrones-robb-stark-return-theory/","name":"This Game of Thrones Actor Just Shut Down a Popular Fan Theory About His Comeback"}}]}] ```