If you want to know what happens in season six of "Game of Thrones," you don't have to wait until the season premiere on April 24 -- just ask President Obama.
The President requested advanced screenings of the highly-anticipated season, and show runners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss obliged.
"When the commander-in-chief says 'I want to see advanced episodes,' what are you going to do?" Benioff said in an interview during HBO's Facebook Live stream.
Obama is now part of an extremely exclusive in-the-know group, due to the fact that show runners decided against having any screeners this year. Since last season's first few episodes were leaked, producers of the hit series have kept a tight lock on the episodes of season six. The show is also the most consistently pirated show each year.
"I think for both of us, finding out the president wanted advanced copies of the episodes was an 'aha' moment," Weiss said during the Facebook Live stream. "That was a very strange moment."
Obama has revealed his love for "Game of Thrones" before at the White House Correspondents' Association during his speech with Keegan-Michael Key and has also said that Tyrion is his favorite character.
So Obama is one of the only ones who currently knows Jon Snow's impending fate. As for the rest of us common folk, we will just have to wait (impatiently) until April 24 to find out.
Photo: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-07-11/barack-obama-wanted-to-know-a-major-game-of-thrones-spoiler-he-didnt-like-the-answer
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/14/politics/game-of-thrones-barack-obama-first-look/
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