“Game of Thrones” is the series champion in the number of records in the field of views, fees and budgets. Thanks to a well-chosen cast and a well-translated atmosphere in the plot, the film was to the taste of both critics and ordinary film fans. Surprise and some facts about game of thrones. We have selected for you the most unusual and little-known.
About the show
1. Each episode of Game of Thrones costs its creators 6 million dollars.
2. Some of the plots of the first episodes of season 1 were filmed in the same hangar where Titanic was filmed.
3. The costumes made for the series have a hidden meaning. For example, in the patterns on Sansa Stark's wedding dress, you can read the life story of a girl: born in the houses of Stark and Tully (an image of a trout and a wolf on her belt), she was influenced Lannister (lion on back).
4. At Harvard University in the USA, he teaches series coursecalled The Real Game of Thrones: From Modern Myths to Medieval Models.
5. To write a cycle of novels "A Song of Ice and Fire", the plot of which formed the basis of the series, J. Martin the real enmity between the two branches of the English Plantagenet dynasty in 1455, which escalated into the "War of the Roses", was pushed.
6. Dothraki speech is not a set of empty words, but a language created on the basis of Russian, Turkish, Estonian and Swahili, specially invited for this by expert linguist D.J. Peterson. For those who want to learn khal language Living Language publishing house (together with HBO) released a textbook and an online training course in 2014.
7. The first and second seasons of the series correspond to the first two novels: Game of Thrones and Clash of Kings. The third book, A Storm of Swords, was split into seasons 5 and 6, while books 7 and 2 (A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons) served as the basis for Season 7. Based on the sixth novel, The Winds of Winter, seasons 8 and part XNUMX were filmed. The final book "Dreams of Spring" is also divided into XNUMX parts: the end of season XNUMX and the final season XNUMX.
8. In case of his death before the film adaptation of the remaining novels is completed, J. Martin revealed to the directors of the film the main plot lines.
9. In reality, there is a disease similar to gray ailment from the series. Fibrodysplasia is a rare and severe genetic disease in which muscles and tendons turn into bones.
10. Turkish army military schools banned the viewing of Game of Thrones due to the show's promotion of negative behaviors such as sexual exploitation, pornography, exhibitionism, abuse and harassment.
About the actors
11. Peter Dinklage's candidacy for the role Tyrion Lannister personally approved by J. Martin. He did not consider other options.
12. For actress Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) participation in the "Game of Thrones" was a film debut. At the beginning of filming, the girl was 12 years old, so her parents forbade her to read the novels that the series is based on, believing that such literature is too adult for her daughter.
The actress herself approached her work very responsibly. Being right-handed, Maisie, without any prompting from the director, began to fence with her left hand in order to get as close to her character as possible.
13. Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo) performed the traditional New Zealand Maori warrior dance, the Haka, at the audition.
14. Peter Vaughn - the actor who played Maester Aemon was actually blind. He died shortly after filming, at the age of 93.
15. Actress Una Chaplin (Talisa Stark) is granddaughter of famous Charlie Chaplin.
16. And Harry Lloyd (Viserys Targaryen) is the great-great-great-grandson of the equally famous writer Charles Dickens.
17. Prior to filming the Game of Thrones, Sibel Kekilli (Shaya - Tyrion Lannister's lover) starred in porn films under the pseudonym Dilara.
18. Gwendolyn Christie who played the role Brienne of Tarth, does not know his age and exact date of birth.
19. Most of the actors who star in the series have not read A Song of Ice and Fire because they do not want to know the fate of their characters in advance. And so that this knowledge does not affect the acting game in the future.
20. In the first season of Game of Thrones, northern Inuit dogs acted as direwolves. In season 4, real wolves were used, which were then enlarged with the help of computer graphics.
About the characters
21. The horse heart Daenerys Targaryen ate on her wedding day was made from gummies.
22. Scene of shameful procession Cersei Lannister based on a real story. The prototype was a similar punishment of the mistress of King Edward of England IV — Jane Shore. By the way, Lena Headey herself, who played the role of Cersei, refused to star in this episode, considering it too humiliating. In the scene, they shot an understudy Rebecca Von Cleve, to the body of which then, with the help of computer special effects, Lina's face was attached.
23. To make up everyone white walker, required a team of 15 people who worked on the creation of character images for three hours.
24. In real life, actor Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) is a vegan, so the meat he eats in the movie is made from tofu.
25. In 2013, a new species of marine molluscs was discovered off the coast of Brazil, which received the name Tritonia Khaleesi for the similarity of the light processes on the body with the silvery curls of Daenerys.
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