Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ only female character got extra help from GRRM

Far more than Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon, the prequel series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a story about men. The characters in George R.R. Martin’s prequel novella The Hedge Knight, which showrunner Ira Parker adapted into this six-episode series, are almost exclusively male: knights and squires and kings and princes, plus the occasional crude commoner. HBO’s adaptation A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms addresses that problem via the usual HBO playbook, by dropping some sex workers into the mix, along with one preteen noble who only pops up for a few quips. The only female character in the show with any plot significance is also underwritten in the novella — so Martin himself stepped in to give the actor playing her some advice.