The Game of Thrones cast is taking to social media to celebrate their impressive 32 Emmy Award nominations, which were announced Tuesday morning. Categories include Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actress (Emilia Clarke for Daenerys Targaryen), and Outstanding Lead Actor (Kit Harington for Jon Snow).
Nominated actors Sophie Turner, Gwendoline Christie, Maisie Williams, and Alfie Allen are among those who’ve responded to the big news online. Take a look their reactions below.
Williams, who was previously nominated for Supporting Actress in 2016, reacted to her second nomination with a simple GIF on Twitter.
https://t.co/SPC1GvXizw pic.twitter.com/is6SYyip8t
— Maisie Williams (@Maisie_Williams) July 16, 2019
Christie posted her Supporting Actress announcement, her first-ever Emmy nomination, on Instagram. The Brienne of Tarth star wrote in an emotional caption, “I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!????!?!!?!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #EmmyAwards #CANITTRULYBEREAL?????????? 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯♥️.”
Her cast mates filled the comments section with high praise. Lena Headey, who was nominated in the same category for her performance as Cersei Lannister, wrote, “GWENDOLINE 🙌💗🙌💗🙌.” Isaac Hempstead Wright, who starred as Bran Stark, showed his love with a string of heart-eyed emoji.
Lena Headey, who was nominated for Supporting Actress for her performance as Cersei Lannister, shared a very excited video in response to the news. She wrote in the caption:
“No I’m not engaged 😂 I’m just super CHUFFED and shocked and FULL of gratitude for the game changing opportunity that has been Game Of Thrones…. what a way to say Adios to this adventure of a lifetime .. Congrats to our INCREDIBLE CREW AND CAST”
https://www.instagram.com/iamlenaheadey/?utm_source=ig_embed
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who is nominated in the Supporting Actor category for his role as Jaime Lannister, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the news. “I was just on the phone with Gwendoline, who is also very excited,” he said shortly after the nominations were announced. “It’s unreal. We’re all just so thrilled, all of us. To have Kit, Emilia, myself, Peter, Alfie, Gwendoline, Maisie, Sophie, Lena, Carice … 10 of us? It’s insane! None of us expected this.”
He also addressed the viewer backlash against the writing in Season 8. “[The] only thing I can say is you don’t get this many actors nominated with bad writing,” he added. “It just does not happen. This validates the writing on Game of Thrones, for sure.”
Kristofer Hivju, AKA Tormund Giantsbane, wasn’t personally nominated for an Emmy, but he joined in the glory of GoT‘s 32 nods. “Yhe! Congrats to the entire #gotfamiliy,” he wrote on Instagram.
The Emmy Awards air on Sunday, September 22, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on FOX.
