One of Game of Thrones' most revered directors has admitted he "pissed off" the HBO show's creators when he first joined.

Miguel Sapochnik has directed some of the show's most iconic episodes, including season 5's 'Hardhome' and season 6's 'Battle of the Bastards' – not to mention two episodes in season 8.

However, speaking about joining the series for season 5's 'The Gift', the director admitted that he tried to put his own stamp on some scenes, which annoyed bosses David Benioff and DB Weiss.

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Sapochnik revealed he shot a scene of Cersei and Tommen through bars to symbolise being imprisoned, as well as matching a cut of Maester Aemon on his death bed with a pillow under his head to him on a funeral pyre with the pillow still present.

"[Benioff and Weiss] said [it was] 'so self-conscience and we hate it basically'," he told IndieWire. "I was visually policed for the first three months of my shoot and it made the creation of [second episode] 'Hardhome' really difficult because I pissed them off."

However, 'Hardhome' ended up being a massive success for the series, which led to the showrunners granting Sapochnik more freedom for 'Battle of the Bastards'.

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"Dan and David don't want to be told you can't do something," he added of collaborating with the pair. "You need to offer a solution as well."

While the show is all wrapped up now, new information about what we missed is still emerging, not least a key detail in one of Brienne of Tarth's final scenes.

Game of Thrones aired on HBO in the US, and you can also catch up on the show via Hulu. Viewers in the UK can catch up via Sky Atlantic and NOW TV.

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