'Game of Thrones' Casts Ed Sheeran, Talks Spinoff

Everything's coming up Sheeran. Following Ed's third album and the attendant success, news has arrived that the 26-year-old English singer-songwriter's long-held dream of appearing on Game of Thrones has been granted. “For years we were trying to get Ed Sheeran on the show to surprise Maisie [Williams, a.k.a. Arya Stark] and this year we finally did it,” co-showrunner David Benioff said at SXSW.

With members of ColdplaySnow PatrolMastodon and Sigur Rós having appeared before, Game of Thrones has figured out how to warn musicians. “A lot of [artists] say they would they would like to [be on the show], and then we tell them [shooting a scene] is so boring,” said Benioff's partner in crime, D.B. Weiss. “‘You’re gonna hate this—you’re going to be sitting around three days for 12 hours a day.'” 

Sheeran nearly cameoed in the show's early days.