Could Joe Dempsie come back to GOT? "There's a lot of senza risposta domande about Gendry 

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Robert Baratheon\'s bastard (and rightful heir) was last seen rowing to parts unknown way back in season 3.

set to wrap after just two more seasons, surely the stage is set for Gendry – played by Joe Dempsie – to resurface? 

"I\'m as in the dark as anyone else," Dempsie admitted at a press screening of his new BBC One series

"It\'s a bit of a loose end, and they don\'t make a habit of leaving them untied – and actually as the series has progressed, the more \'forgotten\' characters that have returned, the more Gendry sticks out like a sore thumb.

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"So I don\'t know. Watch this space, I guess."

Speaking to Digital Spy afterwards, Dempsie added that he\'d "love to be involved" in the climax to 

"There\'s a lot of unanswered questions about Gendry and the longer it goes on, the more obvious his absence becomes," he said.

"I mean, God, the amount of flippin\' memes I get sent on Twitter... whether they\'ll bow to that pressure or not, I don\'t know. But fingers crossed, because it\'d be lovely to go back."

Whether he reappears or not, Dempsie told DS that he thinks "it\'s a good decision" to end 

in 2018 – with the latest reports suggesting there\'s just 13 episodes left.

"There are inevitably going to be fans that are disappointed they\'re not going to get as many episodes as they\'re used to, and that there is an end in sight, but I think it should be a positive thing.

"How many series have been eked out for too long and really lost their momentum? I think it shows a real bravery and a confidence in their story arc, that they\'re willing to trim these seasons down and just say \'Right, there\'s going to be two more - that\'s it\'."

– playing the grieving brother of a murder victim – couldn\'t be further from Gendry.

"I wasn\'t oiled up like some kind of porno blacksmith!" he joked. "And on

, the story\'s so expansive – you check in with each character for about five minutes every episode, so you just scratch the surface.

 is a really intense character study. They\'re both enjoyable for different reasons, but if you\'re purely focusing on it as an acting challenge, this is something completely different."

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