WARNING: This article may contain spoilers.
The main cast of "Game of Thrones" is sticking around for another two seasons, at least. According to The Hollywood Reporter, several actors have renegotiated deals with HBO for a possible Season 7 and also secured "huge raises."
The key cast members were initially signed on for a sixth season but have worked out deals to come back if HBO picks up the show for a seventh season. THR reports that the new deals also came with raises for season five, which is currently being filmed, and season six. According to THR, because of the raises the cast has now secured a spot "among the highest paid [actors] on cable TV."
So, which stars just got a little bit richer? (Warning: read at your own risk. The following names could hint that their "Game of Thrones" characters survive season five and possibly six).
Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) and Emilia Clarke (Daernerys Targaryen) are among the highest earners on the show.
Maisie Williams (Aryna Stark), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) and Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell) are next and also received raises. Producers have previously teased that the seventh - maybe eighth - season of "Thrones" could be it.
"We know there's an end somewhere in the seven- or eight - season zone. It's not something that goes 10, 11 - it doesn't just keep on going because it can," D.B. Weiss told Vanity Fair. "I think the desire to milk more out of it is what would eventually kill it, if we gave in to that."
The exact amounts the cast is now making has not been revealed but according to E! News, Dinklage was paid $150,000 per episode before negotiations took place.
