--- description: Owen Teale gave a revealing exit interview after his character, Alliser Thorne, was executed in 'Game of Thrones.' title: Game of Thrones' Owen Teale Talks Ser Alliser Thorne Death image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa3637b14885baa7/698892630a4a226ffc9c994d/hbo-game-of-thrones.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Game of Thrones_ Actor Talks Being Killed Off in Oathbreaker Scene  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2016 11:47 AM CUT  Helen Sloan/Courtesy of HBO  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 9, 2016 11:47 AM CUT Ser Alliser Thorne [met his end](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/08/game-thrones-oathbreaker-death-execution "undefined") in this week’s episode of _Game of Thrones_, executed by resurrected Jon Snow alongside the other Night’s Watch traitors. Although many fans were likely happy to see Thorne go, what they may not realize is he was one of a dwindling number of characters who have been on the show from the first episode. “I thought they’re either going to really invest in Thorne and he’s going to take over Castle Black, or it will mean his end — and I liked either of those options,” actor Owen Teale [told _Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/08/game-thrones-oathbreaker-death-execution "undefined") when he found out he would kill Snow. “I guess I would prefer they explore his character with Jon Snow gone, but it’s not as interesting as what they’ve chosen. They give him a death and a speech.” He also talked about what it was like to play the dour character: “In Thorne’s boots is not a nice place to be,” he said. “I found the most important thing when playing the character was to just get rid of a whole section of feelings that I have as a human being — like joy, for instance, that’s just gone.” [Read more at _Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/08/game-thrones-oathbreaker-death-execution "undefined") to learn more about Teale’s final day on set, and the crazy thing fans always ask him to do in selfies. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4322555/game-of-thrones-owen-teale-death/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4322555/game-of-thrones-owen-teale-death/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Actor Talks Being Killed Off in Oathbreaker Scene","datePublished":"2016-05-09T11:47:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:22:38.259Z","description":"Spoilers ahead, obviously","url":"https://time.com/4322555/game-of-thrones-owen-teale-death/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa3637b14885baa7/698892630a4a226ffc9c994d/hbo-game-of-thrones.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa3637b14885baa7/698892630a4a226ffc9c994d/hbo-game-of-thrones.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"hbo-game-of-thrones","caption":"","creditText":"Helen Sloan/Courtesy of 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/4322555/game-of-thrones-owen-teale-death/","name":"Game of Thrones Actor Talks Being Killed Off in Oathbreaker Scene"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A History of Dragons","description":"Professor Christopher Fee discusses the history of dragons in our culture and their relevance today.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/aX3EGE0r/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-04-22T15:01:45.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/aX3EGE0r.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4322555/game-of-thrones-owen-teale-death/","duration":"PT2M51S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4322555/game-of-thrones-owen-teale-death/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```