'Game of Thrones' star John Bradley says fans should 're-evaluate' the show's ending

• John Bradley said the "Game of Thrones" writers "couldn't win" when ending the show.
• Bradley said he hoped fans could one day "re-evaluate" the "Game of Thrones" ending.

"Game of Thrones" star John Bradley said the writers of the HBO show "couldn't win" when deciding how to conclude the series and fans should "re-evaluate" the show's ending.

Bradley — who portrayed Samwell Tarly in the series — said some fans were so attached to the fantasy series that they would never be satisfied with the outcome of a finale.

"It was highly unlikely that we were ever going to please everybody," Bradley told the "Just For Variety" podcast. "Chances are we were going to please a fraction of people. There are so many different permutations to it and if we'd have gone with any one of these then everyone would have been unhappy about that one."

He added: "We almost couldn't win. It almost meant too much to people for them to really ever be satisfied."

Bradley continued to say that he hoped fans would "re-evaluate" the show's ending once the "wounds have healed a little bit."

The 33-year-old actor also defended the show's writers, David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, who received widespread criticism throughout the final season of the show.

"They did get a lot of criticism for it and people were putting their ability… into dispute," Bradley said of Weiss and Benioff.

"You feel like saying 'they were still in charge when you loved it… and when you thought it was the best thing you'd ever seen. All the way along and all the bits you remember, none of them would have happened if they hadn't been in control. So maybe they're due a bit of a break."

Peter Dinklage, who starred as Tyrion Lannister on "Game of Thrones," has also discussed the show's controversial ending during several recent interviews for his upcoming film "Cyrano."

Speaking with The Sunday Times, Dinklage conceded that the "Game of Thrones" finale had "offended" many people.

He said: "Then when we were leaving, they criticized again because they didn't want us to go. Some got angry. But if you appeal to everyone you're doing something wrong. And we offended a lot of people."

During an interview with The New York Times, Dinklage pushed back against criticism of the show.

"They wanted the pretty white people to ride off into the sunset together," Dinklage said of the outrage following the ending.

"By the way, it's fiction. There's dragons in it. Move on."