--- title: Game of Thrones: Even Five Tormunds Can't Win Over Brienne description: Game of Thrones is over, but in real life, Brienne cosplayers appear to still be dealing with unwanted attention from Tormund lookalikes. canonical: https://time.com/5717472/game-of-thrones-tormund-brienne-costumes/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-11-04T16:27:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T20:50:46.000Z og:title: Even Five Tormunds Apparently Aren't Enough to Win Over Brienne og:description: It's a very Game of Thrones Halloween! og:url: https://time.com/5717472/game-of-thrones-tormund-brienne-costumes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a53fef51d45613c/6988d6544ee262752130e37e/game-of-thrones-dragonstone-tormund-brienne.jpeg?branch=production&width=660&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 660 og:image:height: 371 og:image:alt: Game-of-Thrones-Dragonstone-Tormund-Brienne og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Even Five Tormunds Apparently Aren't Enough to Win Over Brienne twitter:description: It's a very Game of Thrones Halloween! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a53fef51d45613c/6988d6544ee262752130e37e/game-of-thrones-dragonstone-tormund-brienne.jpeg?branch=production&width=660&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Even Five Tormunds Apparently Aren't Enough to Win Over Brienne for a Very _Game of Thrones_ Halloween > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:50 PM UTCPublished: Nov 4, 2019 4:27 PM UTC  Kristofer Hivju and Gwendoline Christie in Game of Thrones Kristofer Hivju and Gwendoline Christie in Game of Thrones Helen Sloan/courtesy of HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Dec 12, 2023 8:50 PM UTCPublished: Nov 4, 2019 4:27 PM UTC From the moment she met him in [_Game of Thrones_‘](https://time.com/5715418/game-of-thrones-prequel/) sixth season, [Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie)](https://time.com/5583486/game-of-thrones-gwendoline-christie-brienne-jaime/) was nothing but perfectly clear about the fact that she had zero romantic interest in Tormund Giantsbane (Kristofer Hivju). But that didn’t stop him from continuing to pursue “the big woman” right up until she [consummated her relationship with Jaime](https://time.com/5583501/game-of-thrones-brienne-jaime-sex/) (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) in season 8. And in real life, Brienne cosplayers appear to still be dealing with unwanted attention from Tormund lookalikes. In a video that has gone viral since it was posted on [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/dr9wzl/five%5Ftormunds%5Fand%5Fone%5Fbrienne%5Fid%5Fsay%5Fthe%5Fodds%5Fare/) on Sunday, the camera pans down a line of five smiling Tormund doppelgängers to reveal a disgruntled Brienne ([cosplayer Kat Tierney](https://www.instagram.com/katrose22/)) standing in their midst. The hilarious clip was originally shared on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/B12B0lAF5jF/) in August by [Stephanie Mack](https://www.instagram.com/stephaniemmack/), who also shot it. Those commenting on the post, which has garnered over 45,000 upvotes as of Monday morning, seem to agree that the fourth Tormund in line — cosplayer [Zack Jones](https://www.instagram.com/zeeeeeeejay/) — most resembles Hivju’s character and has mastered the [“Giantslayer’s crazy eye.”](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/dr9wzl/five%5Ftormunds%5Fand%5Fone%5Fbrienne%5Fid%5Fsay%5Fthe%5Fodds%5Fare/f6guj50/) But the effort was definitely there from the others ([Matt Foran](https://www.instagram.com/dareoth/), [Syllee Cosplay](https://www.instagram.com/sylleecosplay/), [Kevin Von Close](https://www.instagram.com/kevinvclose/) and [John Hickman](https://www.instagram.com/hickman2988/), in order of appearance) as well. 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