Naomi Watts reveals ‘pain’ over the shock cancellation of the Game Of Thrones prequel

In October, despite a pilot having already been filmed, the Game Of Thrones prequel spin-off starring Naomi Watts as a lead was cancelled. 

Now the Australian actress has broken her silence on her devastation loss of the incredible role when HBO chose to pull the pin.

Speaking to News.com.au on Monday, Naomi apologised to disappointed fans, and agreed the cancellation was ‘a deep shame’.

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Australian actress Naomi Watts (pictured) has revealed her ‘pain’ over the shock cancellation of the Game Of Thrones prequel in October

‘I feel your pain. I equally got into it. I wasn’t a huge fan and hadn’t seen the shows until I was hired and then completely binged everything within the space of a couple of months and it’s just wonderful,’ the Birdman star added.

Naomi, who is 52, also explained that while HBO axed the prequel spin-off she’s still grateful to have work in Hollywood.

The former Home and Away star said she was ‘late to the party’ and only started getting real, meatier roles in her late 20s and 30s.  

‘Everything changed after Mulholland Drive [2001] but I had that narrative in my head that it’s all going to be over at 40 and once you hit that mark, it’s done. So, I was thinking “Oh, my God — I finally got here and I only have a few short years left”. But here we are — it’s not the case and things have evolved,’ Naomi explained. 

'I had that narrative in my head that it’s all going to be over at 40': The former Home and Away star said she was 'late to the party' and only started getting real, meatier roles in her 30s. Pictured in 1998

‘I had that narrative in my head that it’s all going to be over at 40’: The former Home and Away star said she was ‘late to the party’ and only started getting real, meatier roles in her 30s. Pictured in 1998

No go: The new Game Of Thrones prequel starring Naomi is not moving forward even though a pilot was filmed over the summer. Here Watts is seen on October 23, 2019

No go: The new Game Of Thrones prequel starring Naomi is not moving forward even though a pilot was filmed over the summer. Here Watts is seen on October 23, 2019

The GOT spin-off series was being headed up by Jane Goldman and it looked as if it was a sure deal, but HBO decided the untitled show would not advance further, The Hollywood Reporter shared in October.

Goldman shared the news via an e-mail to the cast, the site claimed.

The series was supposed to to focus on the Age of Heroes and the first battle between man and White Walker. 

Instead, it looks as though HBO will produce another pilot set in the Game Of Thrones world, only this time with author George R.R. Martin and Ryan J. Condal.  

‘The series is said to focus on the reign of Targaryen kings in the lead-up to the events of Game of Thrones, aligning the vision of the project much more closely to the days of Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) than the now scrapped Naomi Watts-starring prequel,’ the Reporter claimed.

GOT wrapped its final season in May. The show garnered some of its worst reviews and ratings but still went on to win Emmys in September.

The series was being headed up by Jane Goldman and it looked as if it was a sure deal, but HBO decided it would not advance to series, The Hollywood Reporter shared in October

 The series was being headed up by Jane Goldman and it looked as if it was a sure deal, but HBO decided it would not advance to series, The Hollywood Reporter shared in October

Watts had worked hard to prepare for the prequel. 

She said she had not seen the original show before accepting her role in the spin-off, but tore through all eight seasons within three months after becoming ‘hooked’.

Instead, HBO looks like it will produce a second pilot based in the world of GOT from author George R.R. Martin (pictured on Sunday) and Ryan J. Condal

 Instead, HBO looks like it will produce a second pilot based in the world of GOT from author George R.R. Martin (pictured on Sunday) and Ryan J. Condal

‘I didn’t start watching until I was approached about this job. But my brother [the photographer, Ben Watts], who is heavily into it, told me, ‘Under no circumstances are you going to turn this down,’ she told Net-A-Porter’s PorterEdit magazine.

Naomi noted that as soon as she began watching the show, she ‘was in – hook, line and sinker’.

Watts also said that she knew that the show would increase her fame. 

She said: ‘I still have fears about that. I don’t really know what to prepare for.’

The Game of Thrones prequel was believed to be called Bloodmoon.

It was supposed to be set more than five thousand years before the events of the main series, following the story of the Children Of The Forest.

A look back: Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke). GOT wrapped its final season in May. The show garnered some of its worst reviews and ratings but still went on to win Emmys in September

A look back: Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke). GOT wrapped its final season in May. The show garnered some of its worst reviews and ratings but still went on to win Emmys in September