From a production standpoint, the siege of Kingâs Landing was an absolutely epic undertaking. See how the cast and Game of Thrones put it together in the latest episode of The Game Revealed!
I mean, lord, I canât imagine how difficult it was to put together the action scenes in this episode. From the wall of Kingâs Landing blowing out onto the Golden Company to the chaos in the streets Cleganebowl, they cover it all. For anyone interested in filmmaking, this is fascinating stuff.
Some interesting bits:
- Ah, so they built the destroyed Kingâs Landing set first, then built the good set on top of it, and stripped away the finish when it was time to get destructive.
- The cast and crew sing the harmonies to âLean on Meâ between takes of Varysâ execution scene. That is all.
- Thatâs an interesting note about how some shots mimic ones we saw in the Battle of Bastards, only this time from the perspective of âthe bad guys.â
- They burned more people on screen than had ever been burned before. Hooray!
- David Benioff, Dan Weiss, and Emilia Clarke all discuss Daenerys Targaryenâs heel turn, although none of them really say something that satisfies me. Bring on the final episode!
- Pilou AsbĂŠk seems thrilled to get to beat up on Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Itâs âDane-bowl.â
- If you were thinking that Danyâs attack on Kingâs Landing resembled the bombing of Dresden, turns out it was intentional.
âWhat we do for a living is a bit surreal at times,â says stunt coordinator Rowley Irlam. Yep.
By the way, HBO is planning to leave the Kingâs Landing set up as a tourist attraction and for future film projects. And after you spent that much time and money on it, why wouldnât you?
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