[SPOILERS] Real leeches were used for when Melisandre picks them up and places them on Gendry's belly in close-up, but the ones that bite him were prosthetics.

u/-thirdatlas- — 15 days ago

[SPOILERS] The title 'Second Sons' refers to the mercenaries in Essos, Tyrion, the 2nd son of Tywin, Sandor, the 2nd son of House Clegane, Stannis, the 2nd son of House Baratheon, Sam, treated as a 2nd son by his father, and Gendry is technically a 2nd son due to his bastard status.

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u/-thirdatlas- — 16 days ago

[SPOILERS] When Razdal offers gifts to Daenerys, his servants bring two chests with gold, two men carrying each. Gold is one of the densest materials, each of the ingots shown would weigh around 44 lbs. The total weight of each chest would require a forklift truck.

u/-thirdatlas- — 21 days ago
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Frank credited as arranger, composer and conductor, and played guitar on the one track that he didn't write.

u/-thirdatlas- — 22 days ago

[SPOILERS] Gwendoline had to stand in the pit with a real bear (separated by an invisible wire and trainer). Little Bart was so well-behaved that the crew had to cheer and clap to get him to "roar" or look aggressive. He was rewarded with whipped cream and marshmallows between takes.

u/-thirdatlas- — 22 days ago

[SPOILERS] When Tywin walks up the stairs to confront Joffrey, Charles deliberately walked slowly to show that Tywin doesn't need to run or shout to command authority; the physical act of making the King wait for him to reach the top was a calculated move to "diminish" Joffrey.

u/-thirdatlas- — 23 days ago

[SPOILERS] During the scene where Theon is castrated, Iwan was told to eat a pork sausage in the most "suggestive and disturbing" way possible, an improvisation that worked so well at horrifying the audience that it became one of Ramsay's most infamous character traits.

u/-thirdatlas- — 24 days ago

[SPOILERS] "The Climb" refers to both the Wildlings' climb to the top of the Wall and Littlefinger's metaphor of chaos as a ladder and the fate of those who try or refuse to climb it - the pageantry and propaganda that creates nations and cements dynasties.

u/-thirdatlas- — 30 days ago