First day on the Game of Thrones season 8 set

HBO has released a minute-long look at what I imagine is part of a longer documentary style movie about the making of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones the network is going to air a week after the finale. Take a look:

“First day,” says Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth). “I’m hoping to get sacked on the first day.” You made it, Liam!

So in addition to Cunningham, I see Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandei), Sophie Turner (Sansa), Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran), Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm), Gwendoline Christie (Brienne) and Kit Harington (Jon Snow). And is that Emilia Clarke (Daenerys) getting her silver-white wig braided for a split second 18 seconds in?

Anyway, Turner mentions that they’re at Banbridge, which is where they film “basically all of Winterfell.” Indeed, towards the end of the clip, right before the clapper slaps shut, it does look like Wright, Christie and Cunningham are shooting something in Winterfell’s great hall. Also, this is the same studio space that HBO intends to turn into a proper Game of Thrones museum down the line.

Anyway, it’s nice of HBO to remind us of how the final season begins before it wraps up. The season 8 premiere drops at 8:00 p.m. CST this Sunday, April 14. Can’t wait!

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