Regardless of your opinion of Game of Thrones’ last season (and we all have one), everyone can rally around one fact: that Brienne of Tarth, played by Gwendoline Christie, is freaking awesome.
So awesome, that I would have assumed HBO would have submitted her for an Emmy.
But for some reason, they didn’t, so Christie decided to submit herself.
And look what happened:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz_Fqa9gupv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
She was nominated. Writer Julie DiCaro tweeted out how incredible this was:
https://twitter.com/JulieDiCaro/status/1151495293369815042
Fans were shocked that HBO didn’t submit her.
Why wouldn’t HBO submit her? It seems it all comes down to politics:
The more actors they nominate, the fewer votes each actor will get. Christie wasn’t the only actor who didn’t get nominated:
https://twitter.com/JulieDiCaro/status/1151615273545490435
I still think it’s crime that HBO didn’t submit Christie, but at least it turned out well.
No, thank you!
