My thinking is there has to be something different with how Snow is brought back. It won't be the average kiss of fire but something deeper. Maybe Melisandre will burn herself at the pyre expecting to revive Stannis but bring back Snow instead with more powerful magic since she's sacrificing herself...Idk...I think Jon has to come back and fulfill the prophecy so a shadow jon doesn't seem to fit.
When preparing for Snow’s death scene, the director says he handpicked the extras to play the Night’s Watch, and they recited the group’s oath before filming began.
“We said it together,” Nutter says. “I wanted them to get into it.”
Nutter predicts fans of the show, and of Harington in particular, will be devastated. “The viewers have spent time getting to know what a good guy and true hero he is. They get emotionally invested in the characters. They become part of their family. This experience will be just as powerful as the response to the Red Wedding.”
Although Cersei (Lena Headey) survived the bloodbath, she didn’t get out of the finale unscathed. Aside from these climactic deaths, the other scene that everyone’s talking about is Cersei’s trial with the High Sparrow (Jonathan Pryce). He delivers her punishment, and it’s a doozy: Cersei’s head is shaved and she must walk naked through the town.
“It’s like nothing you’ve seen before on television,” Nutter says. “Lena was magical to work with. This is Emmyworthy stuff.”
Nutter doesn’t know what’s happening next season. But one thing is for sure: There’s one less good guy to root for and one less Stark to vie for the Iron Throne. From the director. Jon is dead end of his chapter.