Filming on Game of Thrones season 8 filming has officially ended, meaning that the cast and crew can breath a little easier knowing theyâre not in constant danger of revealing something they shouldnât.
For example, Sophie Turner, speaking to Digital Spy, revealed the fake title the production gave Game of Thrones season 8 in order to keep leaks to a minimum. âIt was Face of Angels,â she said. âItâs a random one!â
And that was hardly the only weird thing the show did in the name of secrecy. Turner confirmed what Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) revealed last month: that the actors received self-destructing scripts.
Yeah, itâs all true. I mean, we wouldnât get anything physical. We would have it on an app. We would get sent sides for the scene [we were shooting] the next day. So we would have to learn it all the day before. And once youâve read it, it disappears 24 hours later, and you can never access it again. Itâs tighter than the White House security!
And the security measures didnât stop there. Turner explained that cast members were given code names âso that no-one knew who was really going to be on set.â What was Kit Haringtonâs (Jon) code name, we wonder? Brooding Bastard? Know Nothing? Or maybe something less obvious. Not-Kit Harington; thatâd fool âem.
Turner also revealed that visitors to the season 8 set âhad stickers on their phones so that they couldnât take photos.â Even Elon Musk and George Lucas?
To HBOâs credit, the season 8 set has been a good deal less leaky than the season 7 set. But ultimately, all the secrecy may be for nothing, at least if Turner decides to cut loose. âItâs hard for me, Iâm such a blabbermouth!â she said. âIâm sure at a party Iâve probably spilled some beans to someone⊠probably to my mum!â
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