--- 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. title: Tyrion Loved Playing This Prank on the Game of Thrones Set image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta14ceb3210bc4b93/69893ab7656a3f103ebd5873/screen-shot-2018-09-20-at-10-29-09-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Peter Dinklage Just Loves This Morbid Prank on the _Game of Thrones_ Set  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 20, 2018 2:34 PM CUT  ABC/Jimmy Kimmel Live!  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 20, 2018 2:34 PM CUT As if there wasn’t already [enough death](http://time.com/3924852/every-game-of-thrones-death/ "undefined") in the world of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/5401831/emilia-clarke-tattoo-mother-of-dragons/ "undefined"), [Peter Dinklage](http://time.com/5399102/emmys-2018-game-of-thrones-joke/ "undefined") apparently loved to play dead on the HBO drama’s set. 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. Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5401898/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-prank/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5401898/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-prank/"},"headline":"Peter Dinklage Just Loves This Morbid Prank on the Game of Thrones Set","datePublished":"2018-09-20T14:34:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:59.167Z","description":"A Lannister always plays his pranks","url":"https://time.com/5401898/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-prank/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta14ceb3210bc4b93/69893ab7656a3f103ebd5873/screen-shot-2018-09-20-at-10-29-09-am.png?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":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta14ceb3210bc4b93/69893ab7656a3f103ebd5873/screen-shot-2018-09-20-at-10-29-09-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Peter-Dinklage-Jimmy-Kimmel-Live","caption":"","creditText":"ABC/Jimmy Kimmel Live!","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5401898/peter-dinklage-game-of-thrones-prank/","name":"Peter Dinklage Just Loves This Morbid Prank on the Game of Thrones Set"}}]}] ```