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    'Game of Thrones:' Gwendoline Christie on Season 7

    The HBO hit has a long list of unforgettable characters, but Brienne of Tarth towers above them all.
    by Tufayel Ahmed Jul 14, 2017 5 minutes
    Gwendoline Christie at the Omeara London on June 30.
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    “I’m Gwen,” she says, as if she could be anyone else. Gwendoline Christie is tall. This won’t come as a surprise to fans of Game of Thrones, the show that features the 38-year-old actor as the dutiful and fearless warrior Brienne of Tarth. And yet, when meeting Christie on a Friday morning in the rooftop bar of a London music venue, the full 6 foot 3 inches of her can still take you aback, even without her character’s coat of armor.

    For the uninitiated, is based on George R.R. Martin’s wildly popular fantasy series , of which there are five novels, with two more planned. The books are set in a vaguely medieval world on fictional continents where the leaders of seven kingdoms battle the undead, dragons and one another for the exceedingly uncomfortable-looking

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