30 facts about the Game of Thrones series

30 facts about the Game of Thrones series

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If you're a Game of Thrones fan, check out the coolest news about this TV series.

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When giving an ideal cast, Martin and producers David Benioff and Dan Weiss only think of two certain actors.

In the original "Winter is Coming" for Game of Thrones, a number of cast members were later replaced, including those who originally played Catelyn Stark and Daenerys Stormborn.

Magistar Illyrio's manse across the Narrow Sea is actually the summer palace of the President of Malta.

All the snow and ice seen on set were created for Game of Thrones use.

After filming the third episode, Sophie Turner (Sansa) adopted the dog to play Sansa's direwolf Lady's role.

The first season of Game of Thrones premieres on April 17, Sean Bean's birthday!

Shortly after filming Dothraki's wedding was completed, Malta suffered one of the worst storms in their history, leaving many props missing at sea!

HBO commissioned Dothraki through the Language Creation Association and created by linguist David Peterson.

Actor Liam Burke was cast as Aerys II Targaryen, ‘Mad King’, in flashbacks but these scenes were cut from the movie.

Actress Maisie Williams is right-handed, although her character Arya is left-handed, so she learned all of her fight scenes with Syrio with her left hand.

In his audition tapes, Jason Momoa (KhalDrogo) performed the Haka dance, a dance or defiance of the Māori war ancestors from New Zealand.

Most actors don't read books based on the series in order not to figure out the fate of their characters as some people think this will affect their acting.

In a letter to actor Jack Gleeson (Joffrey), author Martin added to him about his acting, "Congratulations on your great performance, everyone hates you."

There are more words in the Dothraki language for "kill" than "love".

The part when Ser Hugh of the Vale dies - which includes horseback, gushing blood, and other effects - is kept a secret from the likes of Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams (Sansa & Arya) to create an authentic reaction.

The code below Winterfell and the dungeon below Red Keep in King's Landing are the same.

In the scene where Daenerys eats a horse heart, actress Emilia Clarke chewed to film the whole day - her words at the end of the scene were real!

In the scene Ned is seen in a dream of fever following his clash with Jamie Lannister, actor Sean Bean got the flu to look as feverish as possible for this scene.

Winterfell's yard may look realistic enough but it's actually placed in a parking lot to allow for 360-degree photography.

Actress Carice van Houten was previously asked to audition for the part one, but was unable to due to schedule conflicts.

The pool in the Winterfell forest is actually painted black to make it as reflective as possible.

Needle sword maker for Jon Snow in T.V.

One of the production artists who helped design Pandora in Avatar has also worked on Game of Thrones, with their influence especially through Vale of Arryn and Eyrie.

Jon Snow's night chase at the end of season one leads to a stunt woman having to stitch 8 stitches after the set's generator crashes and she hits a tree.

Eyrie's sky cellar where Tyrion was held is located in the parking lot across from the remaining actors' trailers.

The actor playing the character Theon Greyjoy is Alfie Allen, the younger brother of Lily Allen, who wrote the song ‘Alfie’

The deer died early in season one on the road without a support - in fact, it was killed by local hunters and gutted by a Kenny beastman after letting it ripen for a few days.

After the pilot episode, many people believed the girl nailed to a tree was a doll and they were criticized for this.

The title sequence, by Angus Wall of E52 Elastic, is based on the concept of a crow flying across the map.

“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.