“I just do a scene with Maisie,” he’s said. Sheeran has since explained what he does in the show: he plays (surprise, surprise) a musician. Showrunner David Benioff said: “For years we were trying to get on the show to surprise Maisie and this year we finally did it.” On March 12 it was revealed that Sheeran had filmed a cameo role – supposedly a gesture by the show’s creators for Sheeran fan Maisie Williams (Arya Stark). The new episodes have been around an hour in length, and are expected to get longer as the season progresses until the final, feature-length episodes. Game of Thrones season 7: how long will the episodes be?
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On March 12, the number of episodes in season 8 was confirmed: six. In June 2016 we found out there’d be seven episodes in season 7. Previous seasons started in March or April, but in July 2016 showrunners David Benioff and Daniel Weiss said, “We’re starting a bit later because at the end of this season, winter is here – and that means that sunny weather doesn’t really serve our purposes any more.” The season began on Jand runs for 7 episodes.
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Game of Thrones season 7 has begun! Find out everything you need to know about the fantasy epic’s seventh series with this in-depth guide: we’ve got trailers, release date info, all the casting news, a few well-signposted spoilers – plus, we ask the biggest questions surrounding the storylines of the show’s key characters.