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I love that Sappo's getting the recognition he deserves.

In terms of the Hollywood question, the word around reddit's spoilery subs about GOT suggest that HBO and D&D did everything they could to secure Sappo for Season 8 from the get-go. There was some press about how D&D made Sappo's life a bit hellish for some of the shooting of Battle of the Bastards (D&D insisted it be shot sequentially, which works in narrative episodes, but not so much for battles).

In the original script, Ramsay's forces were ultimately going to betray Ramsay in the battle, but because Sappo got only 25 days (he wanted 45) and unforecasted rain wiped out the ending scenes, they had to improvise. Apparently Jon's iconic "rebirth" scene in the battle (a scene that some say represents Jon re-embracing life in the series) was a complete improvisation on Sappo's part. Though Sappo apparently had his frustrations with D&D (and has even more or less suggested as much in interviews since), HBO and D&D were convinced it was an absolute necessity to bring him back for S8 and did everything they could to make amends (i.e Brinks trucks) and work to Sappo's schedule this time around (the battle of winterfell in S8 got 55 days not counting reshoots). In terms of BOB, many have pointed out that the original vision of the battle (Ramsay losing his loyalty due to his brutality), was represented by him getting eaten by his own dogs.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Sappo get a feature film when GOT is over (like many of the actors in the series). I'd love it if he's looking at E3 and E5 of Season 8 as his "parting shots" for GOT.