--- title: Game of Thrones: Davos Actor on Spoilers description: Liam Cunningham — who plays Davos Seaworth on Game of Thrones — expressed his frustration with those who have tried to spoil the show. canonical: https://time.com/4712215/game-of-thrones-davos-actor-spoilers/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-24T16:03:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:50.644Z og:title: Game of Thrones Star Slams Spoiler-Seeking Drones on the Set og:description: "Everything we’ve done has been infiltrated, which is terrible" og:url: https://time.com/4712215/game-of-thrones-davos-actor-spoilers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3bc3956e20382c73/6988bfc5cf40a8a5f7c46f61/liam-cunningham.jpeg?branch=production&width=660&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 660 og:image:height: 371 og:image:alt: Liam Cunningham og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Game of Thrones Star Slams Spoiler-Seeking Drones on the Set twitter:description: "Everything we’ve done has been infiltrated, which is terrible" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3bc3956e20382c73/6988bfc5cf40a8a5f7c46f61/liam-cunningham.jpeg?branch=production&width=660&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones_ Star Slams Season 7 Spoiler-Seeking Drones Infiltrating the Set: 'They're Low-Lifers' > Sponsored content. 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"Everything we’ve done has been infiltrated, which is terrible"_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 24, 2017 4:03 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 24, 2017 4:03 PM UTC [Liam Cunningham](http://time.com/3916034/game-of-thrones-shireen-davos/) may play former smuggler [Davos Seaworth](http://time.com/4395032/game-of-thrones-maisie-williams-arya-stark-future/) on [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4429346/game-of-thrones-season-7-cast-news/), but he’s definitely not a fan of anyone trying to practice his character’s trade on the secrets of the HBO series. In a recent interview with [RTÉ’s The Works Presents](http://www.rte.ie/player/us/show/the-works-presents-3056/10702746/), the 55-year-old actor expressed his frustration with those who have tried to spoil the show’s upcoming seventh season. “They’re low-lifers,” he said. “In Spain, we were being live-streamed while we were filming, from drones. Everything we’ve done has been infiltrated, which is terrible.” Cunningham also spoke about how spoilers ruin _Thrones_‘ knack for unexpected twists — even for him. “I’ve seen these cynical critics go, ‘Oh my God did you see that last week?’ and suddenly the inner child comes out in them because they’ve been outwitted, and they love it!,” he explained. “It’s what we pay for. 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