‘Game of Thrones’ star Kristian Nairn reveals the writing advice he got from George R.R. Martin

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“Beyond the Throne: Epic Journeys, Enduring Friendships, Surprising Tales.” “With me being a DJ as well [as an actor], my manager and I would always tour together, and over dinner and travel, we would talk about the past,” Nairn, 48, told The Post.“And every time I’d come up with an anecdote from my past, he’d be like, ‘You have to write this down, you need to tell people this story!’ At first, I was a bit reticent.

But as I did it, I found it was beneficial … [The book] became almost like therapy. I really enjoyed it.” The memoir covers Nairn’s childhood in Northern Ireland, where he describes feeling like a misfit as a 6-foot-8 gay kid pressured to play rugby in school when he was more interested in being a DJ and a drag queen.

The book also covers behind-the-scenes details about his time playing the mentally disabled Hodor on “Game of Thrones,” the gentle giant who traveled with Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) and only ever said his own name.

Nairn said he did get some writing advice from George R.R. Martin, who wrote the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series of novels on which “Game of Thrones” is based. “I [saw] him only about three weeks ago, George is a friend of mine, I love him to pieces,” he said. “The first time sitting down with him, author to author, we talked about deadlines.