Deadline reported on June 21, 2016 that the five starring actors of the play Peter Dinklage , Nikolaj Coster-Waldau , Lena Headey , Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington had contract negotiations for the last two seasons. These role members were in the seventh and eighth seasons. The remuneration for a single episode has increased to $500,000
. Follow-up reports stated that the actors had renegotiated and their single-episode remuneration increased to $1.1 million in the last two seasons
. On April 25, 2017, the media reported that the single-episode pay for these actors had reached 2 million pounds.
On August 31, 2016, "Entertainment Weekly" reported that Oscar winner Jim Broadbent will play an important role in the seventh season
. In addition, the crew announced that the actor of Dickon Tullywill be replaced by freddie stroma with Tom Hooper , who had previously appeared in the sixth episode of the sixth season. The seventh season will also usher in the return of Techu Nestos of the Iron Vault, played by Mark Gatiss , a role that appeared in the first season
. Members of the British indie pop band Bastille Bastillewill make friendly guest appearances in the seventh season
. British singer-songwriter Edward Christopher Sheeran will also make a guest appearance in the seventh season
. Brent Hindsmember of the American heavy metal band MastodonMastodonalso made his second guest appearance in the "Game of Thrones" TV series this season
.
