TV Article 'Game of Thrones' season 5 new preview clips By James Hibberd James Hibberd James is the TV News Editor for EW.com EW's editorial guidelines Published on February 27, 2015 Photo: HBO HBO has released a couple more short previews of Game of Thrones season 5. One scene features a dismayed Brienne (Gwendoline Christie) talking to her eager squire Podrick Payne (Daniel Portman). The second has Jon Snow (Kit Harington) trying to convince a captured Mance Rayder (Ciarán Hinds) to bend the knee to Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane). (Note the scenes are part of HBO’s “The Sight Visions” marketing campaign which post clips in grey raven-vision). Thrones returns for its eagerly anticpated new season on Sunday, April 12.