Fan-favorite actor Miltos Yerolemou, the First Sword of Braavos Syrio Forel himself, returns this year to Con of Thrones, the premier convention for fans of Game of Thrones, A Song of Ice and Fire, and the epic worlds of fantasy author George R. R. Martin!
Yerolemou will appear on panels and programming at Con of Thrones 2020 on Saturday, July 18 and Sunday, July 19, as well as participate in autograph and photograph experiences with fans and lead Water Dancing sword fighting workshops.
Yerolemou has appeared at every Con of Thrones since the event began in 2017. He won acclaim for his role as Syrio Forel, Arya Stark’s Water Dancing instructor, in the first season of Game of Thrones. Tickets are available for purchase now at conofthrones.net/register. Admission to Water Dancing workshops will go on sale on Friday, February 7, 2020, at 2:00 PM ET.
Autograph and photograph experiences with Yerolemou are available for purchase now. Autographs are $20 and photographs are $35. Autograph and photograph experiences are also available with Game of Thrones actors Iain Glen (Ser Jorah Mormont), Anton Lesser (Qyburn) and Sam Coleman (Young Hodor). Con of Thrones will take place in Orlando, Florida, at the Orange County Convention Center July 17–19, 2020.
Con of Thrones will host in-depth discussions about both the television and book series, Special Guest Spotlight interviews, live recordings of fan-favorite podcasts, and much more. Previous guests include Game of Thrones stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Joe Dempsie (Gendry), Jerome Flynn (Bronn), Hannah Murray (Gilly), Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Bolton), Miltos Yerolemou (Syrio Forel), Sibel Kekilli (Shae), Kate Dickie (Lysa Arryn), Esmé Bianco (Ros), Kerry Ingram (Shireen Baratheon), Aimee Richardson (Myrcella Baratheon), and Emmy Award-winning Sound Designer Paula Fairfield. Con of Thrones also provides opportunities for autographs and photographs with some of the most familiar faces from Game of Thrones.
Con of Thrones is produced by Mischief Management, in collaboration with their official programming partner—Watchers on the Wall. Additional special guests and additional details will be announced at a later date!
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit our website, or look for us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Just so!
“I… am Syrio Forel. And you will be speaking to me with more respect.”
He’s an absolute delight!!!
Here’s an Episode Commentary of S1e8 narrated by GRRM himself. It’s almost…disheartening to realize how excited he was about the show & books back then.
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S1e8, “The Pointy End” Episode Commentary by GRRM
At 0:00 – 1:00, he talks about Maisie Williams as Arya* and Miltos Yerolemou as Syrio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC_F3xQpciI
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* including, “Maisie is just amazing as Arya.”
Always worth revisiting Miltos as Syrio…
Syrio scenes – S1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvAUJ4i9GoY
at 7:20 “There is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’.”
at 10:05: “The First Sword of Braavos does not run.”
at 10:20 – 10:26: “What do we say to the God of Death?”
Arya: “Not today.”
… and this callback to Syrio in S4e5:
Sandor “Who taught you that shite?”
Arya: “The greatest swordsman who ever lived. Syrio Forel, the First Sword to the Sealord of Braavos.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRY4Mpmfk1o
at 2:36
… and my usual “bookend” scene right after watching Syrio sacrifice himself for Arya in S1, here’s Arya avenging Syrio in S5e10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KDeSzXpyNY
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… and finally, the callback to Syrio and Arya in S1 by Melisandre and Arya in S8e3:
Melisandre: What do we say to the God of Death?”
Arya: “Not today.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLeFWY9-2HU
at 3:17 – 3:28
Ten Bears,
Syrio: “What do we say to the publication of winds of winter?”
Arya: Not today!
I love how engaged Miltos is with the fandom despite only being a guest actor in the first season. He was on S8 Throne cast here in the UK and it’s clear he loves the show.
G: “I’ll have Winds of Winter done by the end of the year.”
Arya: ……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwkOkSldl9M
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kevin1989,
G: “No, really, I’m hard at work on Winds of Winter.”
Arya: “… [at 0:03]…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyeP_zXNrd0
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Yes, he really is a dedicated alumnus and a good “fellow fan.”
I’m going to see if I can find that S8 Thronecast interview…
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Back to Miltos:
If and when watchersonthewall does Awards for all 8 seasons, I think he’s my frontrunner for Best Guest Actor.
Q: Is there anyone else who made such a strong impression in such limited screen time?
agreed. I noticed someone just opened up a little fencing club down the street from where I live. I’m very tempted to signup for lessons. I’m not sure if they hired anyone from Braavos.
Syrio Forel. A GoT legend.
https://images.app.goo.gl/9vw516k96jZQAjut5