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The First Daario Naharis of 'Game of Thrones' Opens Up About Why He Left The Show

Naushin Irfan   |

Sep 08, 2015 07:50 AM EDT

For the fans of Game of Thrones, do you remember the first DaarioNaharis, played by Ed Skrein, the super stud English actor? Well, you do for sure as he was the first potential love mate of the mother of dragons after her husband died. And do you also remember that the guy was replaced with MichielHuisman, the Dutch actor who is also quite a stud. We would have expected that the replacement might be appropriate in terms of the looks, but it was not to be because the two had nothing in common. However, being super fans of the TV show, one do not question such things with all the drama going on. Now when Daario has become quite a known character in the show, what is that actually led the first DaarioNaharis leave the show. Ed Skrien was reportedly come up with the reason why he parted ways with the show. Previously it was being said that the replacement was due to his role in the Transporter Refueled, where he plays a younger version of the lead star Jason Statham. He has expressed to EW.com that the reason of his leaving the show is not what has been told in the reports. The actor said, “that's what been reported in the press but it was a lot more political than that," he said, in comments posted on Thursday. "My plan was to stay with Game of Thrones for the long haul. That was always my plan. I would have loved to." "It was a wonderful experience, but politics led to us parting ways," Skrein told EW.com. "And from there I just said, 'Okay, look forward, be positive. Keep calm and carry on.' That's my mentality when things go well, so I stay grounded and not get to overwhelmed by the hype, and it's my mentality when the plans change." Well, he was not actually truly open about the real cause, but it does end up saying that he was not willing to leave the show, and it is some other industry politics that led him to do that.