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How Dark Winds Scored Two Legends for a Premiere Cameo
“I was never really sure it was going to happen until it happened,” says showrunner John Wirth.
When a potential appearance in the season-two finale was scrapped, Martin approached showrunner John Wirth ahead of season three with an idea for a scene featuring him and Redford as prisoners playing chess within a small cell inside the police department. Last year, the pair shot a brief back-and-forth, which also gave Dark Winds star and executive producer Zahn McClarnon — Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn in the world of the series — the opportunity to act alongside two friends who also happen to be cultural idols. “George, the whole world is waiting,” Redford says, a comment that could be interpreted as a sly reference to the fact that Martin still hasn’t delivered the final two volumes in his Song of Ice and Fire series.
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