'Game Of Thrones' Actor John Bradley Calls Shocking Death 'Heartbreaking'

And now his watch has ended ... or has it?

The "Game of Thrones " Season 5 finale, "Mother's Mercy," proved all men must die with the shocking mutiny and possible death of Lord Commander Jon Snow . Kit Harington says he's "not coming back next season, " but the character's future is still ambiguous in the books and the show already skipped a season with Bran . Is Jon Snow really gone?

His co-star John Bradley, a.k.a. Sam Tarly, seems to think so.

"When I read that, it really was very shocking, and I really felt genuine grief about that," Bradley said in an interview with The Huffington Post.

"I think that when I read that scene I had a completely unique reaction from anybody else -- any viewer, anybody on the crew, anybody else in the cast," he continued. "I think I had a completely unique sense of distress because I wasnt just saying goodbye to a character I love -- and everybody loves -- I also have this very unique and very precious relationship with a colleague who Im not going to have that same interaction with ever again."

Bradley opened up about his friendship with Harington and his statements definitely cast doubt on the theories of Jon Snow's return.

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Did you talk with Kit about that final scene before it happened?
Yeah, we spoke about it. We kind of avoided talking about it because we didnt want to make it feel too real.

I was at different levels of grief and different levels of departure you feel when something like that happens. Id rather have the real Kit than have the Sam and Jon relationship, so the core of our friendship is still there, but ... I think were really going to miss it, and now that its finished weve realized just how lucky we were to get on so well, I think.

People have best friends and they have people they work with. Its only under very rare and wonderful circumstances that those people are the same person.

What was your final scene with Kit like?
The scene where Jon is sending Sam away, and Sam leaves Castle Black ... When we were shooting that scene, there was a finality to it. This wasnt just, "I hope you come back and see you soon." This was goodbye. This was two characters whove grown so close saying goodbye to each other and it felt like they were saying goodbye to each other for the last time. This time you sense that this is it. So this is their relationship, and its heartbreaking for us.

It must've been pretty emotional.
It really was. Hes one of my closest friends in the world, so I wont see him again, and it really did feel like the end of a chapter of our relationship. To say goodbye to the Jon and Sam relationship in that way was really heartbreaking. It feels like the book's been closed on that, and its been beautiful.

Are you guys like Sam and Jon in real life?
Our relationship isnt a million miles away from Jon and Sams relationship sometimes. Kit cares incredibly deeply about things ... I think hes so passionate that [things he can't help] can really get to him. I think he needs me to remind him sometimes, youre Kit Harington! A, look at you. B, look at what you can do. C, D and F and all the rest of the alphabet, look at the wonderful future that youre gonna have. Not only the wonderful future, but the wonderful present that youve got. Maybe lighten up a little bit because compared to most people, mate, you are golden.

How do you think Sam's going to react when he finds out?
Sams such a masochist. I think hes gonna feel an enormous sense of guilt that he left and he allowed it to happen. The odds were heavily stacked against him, but maybe he couldve delivered a rousing speech. Maybe he couldve persuaded them to not do that.

Hes going to feel an enormous sense of guilt about leaving Jon to suffer that when he was away to do what he wants to do, and its just typical of the way Sams life works.

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On a happier note, Sam is going to become a maester, which is about as close to a wizard as you can be. What do you think about Sam's story?
Its a very exciting path. Hes wanted to be a maester, and he wanted this grand future, but hes never had such a fine example of it in practice than he had with Maester Aemon. I think he felt inspired by him. Because he could see the effect of somebody with that wisdom and that worldly knowledge and that sense of tenderness, that sense of acceptance, that sense of tutorship. With Sam, I think hes seen how that can have such a profound effect on peoples lives for the better. I think he wants someone to feel about him the way he felt about Aemon.

There are already casting rumors that Sam's dad, Randyll Tarly, is in Season 6. What do you think about them meeting again?
Id love that. I think that would be the peak of Sams dramatic narrative. This shadow of his father has been hanging over him all the time, and its such a destructive force in his early life and created the broken character you saw early in Game of Thrones. Itll be interesting if they went nose-to-nose again to see how the changes in Sam will affect Randyll's perception of him. Thatll be Sam's psychological narrative coming full circle, I think.

What are you most excited about for Sam in Season 6?
How the events of Season 5 and that blossoming relationship with Gilly, what kind of platform is that gonna give him? What kind of springboard is that gonna give him going into Season 6? Because these characters are plotted so carefully. I think Sam is very hard to tell because hes such an unknown quantity that hes gonna keep surprising with what he can do. So I just cant wait to find out what he gets up to next year.

What we do know is Season 6 is going to be big for Sam interacting with new characters. And who knows? Maybe he'll even meet some familiar faces too.

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