Game of Thrones has always had an insane amount of attention from leaksters and paparazzi, and it has been tough for HBO to keep the show secure. Season 7 had a lot of leaks, and Season 8 had its fair share of leaks as well. As we know, HBO spared no expense in trying to save Season 8 from leaking, and we have now learnt that they even brought in actors from the previous seasons as decoys to throw the leaksters off their scent. Read on!
This was revealed in the recently aired Game of Thrones Season 8 behind the scenes documentary, titled “The Last Watch“. It happened in Seville, where one of the ending scenes of the show, that is the Dragonpit scene where the new king is selected, was filmed. Executive producer, Bernadette Caulfield revealed:
“It’s very hard to keep the cast quiet, because when in Spain, you must eat and drink. So, they’re going to be out and about, and so we brought out a few ringers.”
The actors who were brought in included Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Vladimir Furdik (The Night King), both of whom had finished their filming prior to the Seville round, and some older actors like Faye Marsay (The Waif) and Tom Wlaschiha (Jaqen H’ghar) whose characters were last a part of the story in Season 6.
This isn’t the first time Game of Thrones used this strategy to propagate fake information to leakers. Sibel Kekilli, who played Shae, was also brought in for Season 6, even though her character had died at the end of Season 4.
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