Every once in a while, a major television show will shuffle its cast for reasons that make no sense to the viewer — and may not even make sense to the effected actors. So it was with Ed Skrein, who was replaced in the part of Daario Naharis during Season 4 of "Game of Thrones" after playing the character for three episodes in Season 3.
The actor himself has hinted toward a larger purpose to his role's recasting, though he's never delved deep into the details. "In this industry you have politics and things like that, so nothing is ever as straightforward as it's reported," Skrein told The Huffington Post in 2015. While he declined to explain what was so complicated about his exit from the show, this hint toward backstage political dealings factoring into his exit might be a big clue as to