12 Surprising Facts about Game of Thrones
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‘Game of Thrones’ is an American fantasy drama television series. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin’s novel series. The series premiered on the HBO channel in the United Sates in 2011. It has been shot in Belfast, UK, Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, Spain, and in the United States. Its eighth season will be the concluding season which will be releasing in 2019. Following are a few fun facts about Game of thrones.
- The cast filmed faked scenes for season 7 to throw people off from figuring out what was really going to happen.
- A key character Barn was missing from the action for an entire season because the show wanted to fast forward the storyline.
- The plot of the very first episode of the series had to be reshot to capture the better nuances of the character.
- Game of Thrones is one of the most expensive series made. On an average, each episode costs about $6 million.
- Kit Harington almost lost the role of Jon Snow to another Game of Thrones actor.
- David Benioff pranked Peter Dinklage by calling him and telling him that the show had been cancelled.
- Dothraki was developed for Game of Thrones by linguist David J. Peterson.
- A lot of characters that are dead in these series are actually alive in the books like- Shireen and StannisBaratheon, Night’s Watchmen Pyp and Grenn, BarristanSelmy, MyrcellaBaratheon, and ManxeRayder.
- People have started keeping their children’s names based on Game of Thrones characters like Khaleesi, Arya, Tyrion, Sansa and many more.
- The horse heart which was eaten by Daenerys for KholDrogo was actually a three-pound mass of gummy bear like item.
- All the meat eaten by Peter Dinklage isn’t real because he’s a vegetarian.
- The actresses who play Sansa and Arya are in reality very good friends outside the show.
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