Two years ago I was in a tent stealing food occasionally: Rory McCan

The Hound from 'Game of Thrones' revealed he was homeless before getting the role

There is no denying that the popular series Game of Thrones (GOT) changed the lives of its entire cast forever, but arguably none more so than The Hound actor Rory McCann.

According to Metro UK, the 50-year-old is among the only stars of the series to have made it through all eight seasons, before being killed by his brother.

During the GOT reunion special, which will only be available on the Game of Thrones: Seasons One to Eight DVD box set, Rory revealed life was very different for the Glaswegian actor before he arrived in Westeros.



"Two years ago I was in a tent – literally in a tent – stealing food occasionally," he told host Conan O Brien. "Eventually I got a job and sorted myself out, but then suddenly I’m getting driven around in a nice car in the biggest and best show in the world; just shows how your fortunes can change. Amazing." He grinned: "I managed to go back there and pay my library fines."

Rory was joined on stage by the Stark family – including Ned (Sean Bean) – to share various comical anecdotes from filming the record-breaking HBO blockbuster.

While GOT's final chapter was famously slated, fans found some redemption in the highly-anticipated ‘CleganeBowl’, the clash of the titans teased throughout the series’ entirety, which culminated during the penultimate episode with King’s Landing burning to the ground as a backdrop.It was too epic for even GOT's standards.

However, Rory joined the cast at its birth when no one could have expected what was to come next. Slowly and gradually however, as GOT became the biggest TV phenomenon after Friends, no one could have ever imagined that it's Hound, in reality was living in Iceland, homeless, before he got the role. The probability he’d one day become one of the highest-paid TV actors in the world was unfathomable.

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