The Game Of Thrones Season 8 Premiere Was, In A Word, Major

All hail Gwendoline Christie

Gwendoline Christie red carpet game of thrones premiere

Updated on4th April 2019 at 2.30pm

With just over a week until the final series of Game of Thrones returns to our screens (the first episode will air on April 14th), winter really is coming. It's also (sort of) snowing in some parts of the UK, which is presumably just a marketing device implemented by HBO. Either way, excitement is mounting. And no more so than on the red carpet in New York last week, where the stars gathered for the Game of Thrones season 8 premiere.

While Lena Headey sadly missed the event due to illness – she posted a picture on Instagram with the caption 'Gutted. Heartbroken and f_**_d off, still doesn’t cover my disappointment at not being able to travel to NYC for our final prem tonight' – the rest of the cast were out in force. Sophie Turner, in a Louis Vuitton mini dress, posed with her fiancé Joe Jonas before embracing her BFF Maisie Williams, Natalie Dormer smoldered in an Armani gown and Jason Momoa arrived with his wife, Lisa Bonet, just to prove what a ridiculously good looking couple they make.

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Game Of Thrones Season 8 Premiere: All The Red Carpet Looks

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Sophie Turner in a Louis Vuitton mini dress

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Natalie Dormer wore a one shoulder Armani dress

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Kit Harrington posed with his former co-star (and IRL wife) Rose Leslie

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John Bradley, otherwise known as Samwell Tarly

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Emilia Clarke's Valentino gown was emblazoned with a line of poetry

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Peter Dinklage (a.k.a Tyrion Lannister) attended the premiere with his wife, Erica Schmidt

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Nathalie Emmanuel wore a strapless red gown

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Pedro Pascal, who plays Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones

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Maisie Williams wore a tiered, embellished dress by Miu Miu

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Gwendoline Christie stole the show in her Iris van Herpen gown

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Hannah Murray, who plays Gilly in Game of Thrones

Joe Jonas accompanied his fiancu00e9e, Sophie Turner, to the premiere

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Joe Jonas accompanied his fiancée, Sophie Turner, to the premiere

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Rory McCann, otherwise known as The Hound

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Iain Glen, who plays Daenerys' loyal protector, Ser Jorah Mormont

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Lisa Bonet accompanied her husband, Jason Momoa

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Isaac Hempstead Wright, or Bran Stark as he's known in Game of Thrones

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Kristian Nairn (a.k.a Hodor) attended the premiere

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Indira Varma, who plays Ellaria Sand in Game of Thrones

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Charles Dance, otherwise known as the cruel Tywin Lannister

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Alfie Allen plays Theon Greyjoy in Game of Thrones

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Carice van Houten, who plays Melisandre in Game of Thrones

Hafu00feu00f3r Ju00falu00edus Bju00f6rnsson, otherwise known as The Mountain in Game of Thrones

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Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, otherwise known as The Mountain in Game of Thrones

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Actor Joe Dempsie, known for playing Gendry in Game of Thrones

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Jerome Flynn, who plays Bronn in Game of Thrones

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jamie Lannister

Emilia Clarke wore a beautiful Valentino gown from the AW19 collection, which saw designer Pierpaolo Picciolo collaborate with four young contemporary poets. As a result, across Clarke's gown was written 'Leave your door open for me / I might sleepwalk into your dreams'. Another major red carpet moment came courtesy of Gwendoline Christie in her Iris van Herpen creation, which swirled around her as she posed dramatically for photographers.

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