Game of Thrones: is Gendry back for Season 7 as Joe Dempsie is spotted in Belfast airport?

The actor has reportedly been seen as shooting on the new episodes gets underway
Returning? Actor Joe Dempsie has been spotted in Belfast airport
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Ben Travis15 September 2016

With work on the next season of Game of Thrones getting underway, expectant fans are keeping an eye on Irish airports to see which actors are turning up for filming.

If one recent rumour is to be believed, a significant character could be making a big comeback in Season 7.

Actor Joe Dempsie was reportedly seen at Belfast airport, with a photo currently circulating on social media.

The star’s presence would indicate the return of Gendry – who was last seen in Season 3.

The character was introduced as an incidental blacksmith back in Season 1, but it emerged that he is an unacknowledged bastard son of original king Robert Baratheon.

After travelling with Arya Stark, Gendry was turned over to Melisandre by the Brotherhood without Banners in Season 3 – and the red woman told him of his lineage.

He was locked away in a cell at Dragonstone, before being freed by Ser Davos – and was last seen rowing away into the unknown.

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Now, four seasons later the character could be back to shake things up. With – spoiler alert – all of Cersei Lannister’s children now dead, Gendry is the last Baratheon with any claim to the Iron Throne. Will he be daring enough to take it?

Of course, this is all speculation for now – but don't rule out Gendry rowing his way back into Westeros.

The seventh season of Game of Thrones is set to consist of seven episodes, rather than the usual ten, and is expected to arrive in summer 2017.

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