During Season Seven of ?Game of Thrones,? Gendry?s unrealistically fast run became a meme. When asked about the moment, director of ?Beyond the Wall,? Alan Taylor, talked about the timeline. Taylor said: ?I think there was some effort to fudge the timeline a little bit by not declaring exactly how long we were there.? The actor playing Gendry, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, talked about the writers possibly ?zipping through plots.? Nikolaj said he is unsure if this is the case and only showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss would know.