Isaac Hempstead Wright Says Bran Had the Best Arc of All 'Game of Thrones' Characters

Game of Thrones star Isaac Hempstead Wright, who played Bran Stark on the hard-hitting HBO series, found his character going from being a paralyzed 10-year-old boy in the first season, to sitting on the Iron Throne as the new ruler and all-seeing Three-eyed Raven in the end. While there were so many incredible story arcs throughout the show, Wright believes his was the best.

NME reports that the 20-year-old actor spoke at London’s BFI Southbank event this week, and revealed that he favors his character’s development over all others.

“I would obviously say this, but I think that Bran had the best character arc. In the very first episode you think he’s toast – he’s dead,” Wright said, referencing the push from Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) from the tower window that leaves Bran paralyzed from the waist down. “He grows and learns the hard way about a lot of things. He goes from being this traditionally vulnerable character to the most powerful person there is.”

The Boxtrolls star continued on how amazing it was to play Bran:

"I was pretty happy with just him becoming the Three-Eyed Raven, but what a great story where this boy – this disabled 10-year-old in the harshest world ever – [comes] to triumph. And so to see him become king and be victorious is so…it’s brilliant to have a disabled character win the whole of Game of Thrones. I mean, what are the odds of that when you have dragons and all these kinds of things? Bran comes out on top, and it was really special.”

Wright is admittedly a tad biased, but I think we can agree that Bran’s character surprised us all in the end--to say the very least.