Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24304025-20160714161606/@comment-24674051-20160714164454

things leak.

I would imagine that Jamie would be contacted early to determine if he was available, then if he is they can work on the story they want to tell. (No sense writing a script if the actor is unavailable, right?) They probably do that with the many recurring characters that have moved on to other projects.

However, I'm with Esk as far as the veracity of the leak. And also the leak say MAY return, so even if the leak is valid, his return is still not confirmed.