--- title: Game of Thrones: Jaime Lannister Gets Beard for Season 8 description: With just one season left to go in the Game of Thrones saga, Jaime Lannister is apparently headed for a major facial hair switch-up. canonical: https://time.com/5215429/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-beard/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-26T18:48:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:04:09.801Z og:title: Jaime Lannister to Transform in Game of Thrones' Final Season og:description: The Kingslayer is getting a new look og:url: https://time.com/5215429/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-beard/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e4a284c14630048/6988d8a44ee262a06f30e792/game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-jamie-lannister-07.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Game-of-Thrones-The-Spoils-of-War-Jaime-Lannister og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jaime Lannister to Transform in Game of Thrones' Final Season twitter:description: The Kingslayer is getting a new look twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e4a284c14630048/6988d8a44ee262a06f30e792/game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-jamie-lannister-07.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Get Ready for a Jaime Lannister Transformation in _Game of Thrones_' Final Season > Sponsored content. 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Fashion photographer Miles Aldridge captures startling renaissance inspired photographs for TIME's Game of Thrones issue._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 26, 2018 6:48 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 26, 2018 6:48 PM UTC After finally making it back to King’s Landing in [_Game of Thrones_‘](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/) season three finale, [Jaime Lannister](http://time.com/4956454/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-cersei-death-theory/) was given a [makeover](http://time.com/4810935/ikea-shopping-bag-designer/) to match the emotional transformation he had undergone during his time on the road with Brienne of Tarth. Season four Jaime was clean shaven with short hair, a new look that Nikolaj Coster-Waldau—who plays the Kingslayer—says was meant to signal a “big change in the character.” “He was due a haircut,” he recently told [ShortList](https://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/tv/game-of-thrones-star-nikolaj-coster-waldau-on-scandi-fads-and-rescue-dogs/350720). “Especially after spending two seasons dragged through the mud.” Now, with just one season left to go in the _Thrones_ saga, Jaime is apparently headed in the reverse direction—facially speaking, that is. Having left both his sister, Queen Cersei Lannister, and the Red Keep behind to ride north in the season seven finale, it seems as though Jaime is set to get back into full wilderness mode. “I’m shooting the last season of _Thrones_,” Coster-Waldau said of the switch-up. “Generally speaking, I’m not crazy-hairy, but I have a full beard. Call me Hairy Styles.” ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] The dinners we have are definitely not that Well- mannered, with their little boosters and that. There's usually wine, and you're usually looking at each other as opposed to staring ahead. [ MUSIC ] It's difficult to not start laughing and making jokes. I mean, Peter, I mean it's impossible for him to take away two minutes without making some sort of funny observation. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] This group of people, I've been working with for eight years. It's been a roller coaster, it's been a ride. Each season, you feel closer and you feel sort of the club has just been going on for a while. 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