--- title: Peter Dinklage Loved to Play This Prank on Game of Thrones description: As if there wasn't already enough death in the world of Game of Thrones, Peter Dinklage apparently loved to play dead on the HBO drama's set. canonical: https://time.com/5401898/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-prank/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-20T14:34:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:59.167Z og:title: Tyrion Loved Playing This Prank on the Game of Thrones Set og:description: A Lannister always plays his pranks og:url: https://time.com/5401898/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-prank/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta14ceb3210bc4b93/69893ab7656a3f103ebd5873/screen-shot-2018-09-20-at-10-29-09-am.png?branch=production&width=994&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 994 og:image:height: 559 og:image:alt: Peter-Dinklage-Jimmy-Kimmel-Live og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tyrion Loved Playing This Prank on the Game of Thrones Set twitter:description: A Lannister always plays his pranks twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta14ceb3210bc4b93/69893ab7656a3f103ebd5873/screen-shot-2018-09-20-at-10-29-09-am.png?branch=production&width=994&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Peter Dinklage Just Loves This Morbid Prank on the _Game of Thrones_ Set > Sponsored content. 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During a Wednesday appearance on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ to promote his new movie _I Think We’re Alone Now_, Dinklage revealed that he enjoyed trying to convince unsuspecting cast and crew members that he had kicked the bucket. “I like to pretend I’m dead. It’s always fun,” he told Kimmel. “For whoever, the wardrobe person or the producers. Just my legs sprawled out in the trailer. You got to get really smushed into the floor in a very awkward position…I’ll wait hours. We have a lot of time on set.” And considering Dinklage just won his third Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Tyrion Lannister, you know that it was probably a convincing performance. 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