Question: are gendry and podrick the same person?
Answer: Dempsie plays Robert Baratheon's bastard son and skilled blacksmith Gendry, who arrives at Winterfell in the season 8 premiere. Whereas Podrick (Daniel Portman) is Brienne's (Gwendoline Christie) loyal squire. Both characters are young men with short-ish haircuts with capable and honest sensibilities in a brutal land.