Warning: Spoilers ahead for "Game of Thrones."
Many "Game of Thrones" characters have been killed off in tragic ways, but none was more heart-wrenching than the death of Hodor on season six. But now fans can see the actor behind Hodor, Kristian Nairn, in a new KFC commercial for a chicken and rice box.
The commercial lampoons the tragic way Hodor died on the HBO series. In an upsetting act of self-sacrifice, Hodor held a door closed against an army of wights so Bran Stark and Meera Reed could escape.
The ad — titled "Lunchtime is coming..." on YouTube— starts with Nairn behind the register at a KFC, nervously looking at the clock as the time strikes noon. Then a horde of angry people come through the door, mimicking the army of wights and White Walkers that were chasing Hodor on the show.
Each person orders "chicken with fries" over and over, until Nairn becomes overwhelmed and turns around — just as Hodor did when he held the door with his back to the wights.
Nairn repeats "chicken with fries" (a.k.a. "hold the door") until the syllables run together and turn into "chicken with rice." At this point, a gentleman comes forward to pick up his order of chicken with rice — the new lunch box option at KFC.
While the lighthearted take on Hodor's upsetting death uses clever wordplay on the "hold the door"/"Hodor" lines, we think there's another "Game of Thrones" character more suited to star in a KFC commercial.
Sandor "The Hound" Clegane is notorious in the series for his love of chicken. One of our favorite lines in the show comes when The Hound is at an inn and in great need of ale and chicken.
"If any more words come pouring out your c---t mouth, I’m going to have to eat every f------ chicken in this room." — The Hound (Season 4, Episode 1: "Two Swords")
The Hound's love of chicken was even immortalized in an amazing GIF, and turned into cosplay:
Perhaps we'll see Rory McCann star in a KFC ad of his own one day, though it'd likely be more vulgar than Nairn's version.