Hodor From ‘Game Of Thrones’ Is Back In Funny New KFC Commercial

KFC has revived a Game Of Thrones legend to create a fun and witty new commercial.

The fast food chain’s UK and Ireland branch launched the new ad to introduce a brand new box of fried chicken and rice called the KFC Ricebox. To introduce the meal, they recreated a well-known scene involving Hodor, one of the more beloved characters from the HBO saga.

There are some spoilers beyond this point, so if you’re not fully caught up with Game Of Thrones, you may want to scroll down a bit. For those of you who are waiting for the new season or don’t watch the show at all, the original scene which involves Hodor’s tragic sacrifice to save escaping characters Bran and Meera, is below.

In the Game Of Thrones scene, Bran is unconscious and in the middle of a vision that blends in what’s happening around him. As Hodor holds a door shut to stall attacking enemies, Meera is calling out to him to “hold the door” so that she can cart Bran off to safety. In Bran’s vision, those words are repeated continuously by a different character and eventually get slurred together into the word “Hodor.” The sacrificial hero eventually falls victim to the oncoming villains, giving Meera and Bran the time they need to flee successfully.

The KFC commercial recreates that word blurring with Hodor’s actual actor, Kristian Nairn, in a new role as a KFC employee. Caught in the middle of a lunch rush, he eventually blurs “chicken and fries” into “chicken and rice” in a style akin to that of Hodor’s death. It’s a bit of a stretch compared to the original scene, but it makes for a fun commercial and makes us all miss Hodor once more.