Tired: the Prince That Was Promised.
Wired: the Cleganebowl That Was Teased.
For years now, Game of Thrones viewers have been waiting for siblings Sandor “The Hound” Clegane and Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane to face off against each other in battle, or the Cleganebowl. (I would also accept a remake of Face/Off with the Cleganes.) The hype was real in the season seven trailer and on Instagram, and it’s happening again in the pages of Entertainment Weekly, where Rory McCann (The Hound) teased, “There will be a chance of squaring up to his brother and facing those demons.” It sounds like someone’s ready to fight. It looks like, too, based on one of EW‘s 16 (!) different Thrones covers.
— James Hibberd (@JamesHibberd) March 4, 2019
Sandor and Gregor were in the same room (well, Dragonpit) in the season seven finale, but they failed to come to blows. Instead, the Hound taunted the Mountain, telling him, “Remember me Yeah, you do. You’re even f*cking uglier than I am now. What did they do to you It’s not how it ends for you, brother. You know who’s coming for you. You’ve always known.” Will it be his brother We’ll find out when Thrones returns on April 14. Either way, people are stoked.
— karen han (@karenyhan) March 4, 2019
CLEGANEBOWL IS COMING pic.twitter.com/Gzg6IaM4Yw
— Game of Photos (@gamofphoto) March 4, 2019
Are we getting a Cleganebowl pic.twitter.com/yZMa27xPVz
— ~Oracle (@4eyedRaven) March 4, 2019
CLEGANEBOWL GET FUCKING HYPE pic.twitter.com/uirGjDTYQv
— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) March 4, 2019
fucking cleganebowl this is the ONLY reason i am watching the last season
— taryn (@bernthaI) March 4, 2019
Oh. My. God.#CleganeBowl #ForTheThrone #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/dLmAZt0jve
— GameofThrones Quotes (@ASOIAFQuotesGOT) March 4, 2019
Other notable cast quotes include Gwendoline Christie noting “this is the season where Brienne’s gender is really no longer an issue,” Carice van Houten hinting that Melisandre “is definitely on a mission,” and Sophie Turner saying that season eight Sansa “is very much enjoying becoming a leader in her own right, and this year there are certain challenges by people who threaten that.”
You can read the rest over at Entertainment Weekly.