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So, Peter Dinklage, just what is the best part of starring on HBO's lavish fantasy series "Game of Thrones"?

"It's amazing. I get to be on T-shirts," the award-winning actor told a rapt Comic-Con International crowd as the show's stars and creators took the stage Friday afternoon to reflect largely on the recently completed Season 3. And, yes, there was a great deal of talk about the infamous Red Wedding. (Those who are not caught up on their "Game of Thrones" might be advised to stop reading now; spoilers ahead.)

Appearing on stage with Dinklage were Michelle Fairley, John Bradley, Kit Harington, Rose Leslie, Richard Madden, Emilia Clarke and author George R.R. Martin, on whose novels the show is based. Joining them were showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff.

Richard Madden, whose character Robb Stark lost his life in the season's penultimate episode, "The Rains of Castamere," described the emotion inherent in filming such a shocking moment. Speaking in his own Scottish brogue, he admitted that he mourned in his own way for the fallen King of the North.

"I cried quite a lot," he said.

The Red Wedding, of course, also claimed the lives of Robb's pregnant wife Talisa (Oona Chaplin) and his mother Catelyn ( Fairley), victims of a sinister ambush.

"Standing on set, the face that Michele makes ... the look on her face before she slits Walder Frey's wife's throat, it was such a phenomenal performance," Benioff said of Fairley's work in the scene.

"When we read the books, we knew that if we could get to that scene and do justice to that moment, we would have done something right," Weiss said.

The panel also highlighted a deleted scene between Charles Dance's Machiavellian Tywin Lannister and Grand Master Pycelle (Julian Glover), but one of the most notable moments came when Jason Momoa, who played Kahl Drogo, surprised Clarke with a kiss.

Although Martin hasn't yet completed the final two books in his "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, he said he's open to the idea of revisiting the world of Westeros once the story is complete. But don't expect a direct prequel. The writer said that if anything, he'd be far more likely to explore the far distant past.

- Gina McIntyre

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