<p>After a cameo on <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/tv/game-of-thrones-memes-season-seven-premiere/"><em>Game of Thrones</em></a> that the internet almost unanimously hated, <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/ed-sheeran-quit-twitter/">Ed Sheeran quit Twitter</a>. But the episode&#39;s director, Jeremy Podeswa, is staunchly defending the musician-turned-Lannister in a new interview with <em><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/game-of-thrones-director-defends-ed-sheerans-polarizing-cameo-he-deserved-to-be-there" target="_blank">The Daily Beast</a>. </em></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BWohJtkFqpT/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BWohJtkFqpT/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; 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overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BWohJtkFqpT/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos)</a> on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2017-07-17T03:46:13+00:00">Jul 16, 2017 at 8:46pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;It is a funny thing because I really, genuinely believe that if you didn&#39;t know who he was, you would have just thought he was one of the gang, effortlessly,&quot; said Podeswa.</p><p>It&#39;s hard to disagree, because we <em>do </em>know who Ed Sheeran is. We&#39;ve heard his singing voice&mdash;which was featured on the show&mdash;on the radio nonstop for the last year.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Arya Stark: It&#39;s a pretty song. I&#39;ve never heard of it before.<br>Ed Sheeran: It’s available on iTunes<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoTS7?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoTS7</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aryastark?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aryastark</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GameOfThrones?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GameOfThrones</a> <a href="https://t.co/aQEFnv961g">pic.twitter.com/aQEFnv961g</a></p>&mdash; Aegon Targaryen (@jonaryastark) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonaryastark/status/886945837472993281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Sheeran&#39;s cameo was fairly quick, with few lines. He sung a song and sat next to Arya for a few minutes. But taking a massively famous top-40 artist and dressing him for a renaissance fair was a little distracting.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">what an unexpected cameo by Ed Sheeran but damn his voice is so good! And Arya Stark woohoo. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoTS7?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoTS7</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GameOfThrones?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GameOfThrones</a> <a href="https://t.co/7tXmjLOOsk">pic.twitter.com/7tXmjLOOsk</a></p>&mdash; Aegon Targaryen (@jonaryastark) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonaryastark/status/886802789074182144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Podeswa disagrees, on the basis that <em>all </em>the actors on the show are famous.</p><p>&quot;The truth is, everybody on the show is famous now,&quot; he said. &quot;So it doesn&#39;t mean anything to me. It&#39;s about, are they appropriate for the role? Are they doing a good job? And it was yes, yes, yes to all those questions with him.&quot;</p><p>Whether or not Sheeran nailed the audition, isn&#39;t that sentiment a little unfair? Maisie Williams is famous, of course, but she&#39;s famous for playing Arya Stark. New fans reading <em>A</em> <em>Song of Ice and Fire </em>will see her face and hear her voice. She&#39;ll have trouble playing other roles since she&#39;s so closely associated with the character.</p><p>This is not the case for Ed Sheeran. You will not hear an Ed Sheeran song and think how weird it is for a Lannister bannerman to sing about lovers and clubs.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><strong>Could they have at least changed his hair?</strong></p><p>No matter his famous voice and face, Podeswa defended Sheeran. &quot;He is a lovely person,&quot; he said. &quot;He&#39;s really down-to-earth. If you didn&#39;t know that he was a pop star or an entertainer of any kind, you would think he&#39;s just one of the guys.&quot;</p><p>Too bad <em>we do know</em> he&#39;s an pop star. And the passionate defense by Podswa might indicate there&#39;s more Sheeran coming our way.</p><p>At this point, you can only hope fans get their wish:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Top Three Characters I&#39;ve wanted to see murdered on Game of Thrones <br>3. Joffrey<br>2. Ramsey<br>1. Ed Sheeran</p>&mdash; Ol’ QWERTY Bastard (@TheDillonOne) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDillonOne/status/886768353943199744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We hope Ed Sheeran gets Greyscale</p>&mdash; Tatered (@tatered) <a href="https://twitter.com/tatered/status/887060499598159872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Oh god, what if Ed Sheeran ends up on the iron throne?</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

'Game of Thrones' director desperately defends Ed Sheeran's hated cameo.

After a cameo on Game of Thrones that the internet almost unanimously hated, Ed Sheeran quit Twitter. But the episode&#39;s director, Jeremy Podeswa, is staunchly defending the musician-turned-Lannister in a new interview with The Daily Beast.          View this post on Instagram            A post shared by Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos) on Jul 16, 2017 at 8:46pm PDT&quot;It is a funny thing because I really, genuinely believe that if you didn&#39;t know who he was, you would have just thought he was one of the gang, effortlessly,&quot; said Podeswa.It&#39;s hard to disagree, because we do know who Ed Sheeran is. We&#39;ve heard his singing voice&mdash;which was featured on the show&mdash;on the radio nonstop for the last year.Arya Stark: It&#39;s a pretty song. I&#39;ve never heard of it before.Ed Sheeran: It’s available on iTunes#GoTS7 #aryastark #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/aQEFnv961g&mdash; Aegon Targaryen (@jonaryastark) July 17, 2017 Sheeran&#39;s cameo was fairly quick, with few lines. He sung a song and sat next to Arya for a few minutes. But taking a massively famous top-40 artist and dressing him for a renaissance fair was a little distracting.what an unexpected cameo by Ed Sheeran but damn his voice is so good! And Arya Stark woohoo. #GoTS7 #GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/7tXmjLOOsk&mdash; Aegon Targaryen (@jonaryastark) July 17, 2017 Podeswa disagrees, on the basis that all the actors on the show are famous.&quot;The truth is, everybody on the show is famous now,&quot; he said. &quot;So it doesn&#39;t mean anything to me. It&#39;s about, are they appropriate for the role? Are they doing a good job? And it was yes, yes, yes to all those questions with him.&quot;Whether or not Sheeran nailed the audition, isn&#39;t that sentiment a little unfair? Maisie Williams is famous, of course, but she&#39;s famous for playing Arya Stark. New fans reading A Song of Ice and Fire will see her face and hear her voice. She&#39;ll have trouble playing other roles since she&#39;s so closely associated with the character.This is not the case for Ed Sheeran. You will not hear an Ed Sheeran song and think how weird it is for a Lannister bannerman to sing about lovers and clubs.Could they have at least changed his hair?No matter his famous voice and face, Podeswa defended Sheeran. &quot;He is a lovely person,&quot; he said. &quot;He&#39;s really down-to-earth. If you didn&#39;t know that he was a pop star or an entertainer of any kind, you would think he&#39;s just one of the guys.&quot;Too bad we do know he&#39;s an pop star. And the passionate defense by Podswa might indicate there&#39;s more Sheeran coming our way.At this point, you can only hope fans get their wish:Top Three Characters I&#39;ve wanted to see murdered on Game of Thrones 3. Joffrey2. Ramsey1. Ed Sheeran&mdash; Ol’ QWERTY Bastard (@TheDillonOne) July 17, 2017 We hope Ed Sheeran gets Greyscale&mdash; Tatered (@tatered) July 17, 2017 Oh god, what if Ed Sheeran ends up on the iron throne?

After a cameo on "Game of Thrones" that the internet almost unanimously hated, Jeremy Podeswa defended the pop star.