In the mythical land of Westeros, the kingdom is ruled by who sits on the Iron Throne. But many people feel like they have the right to be sitting on it. That’s where the game of thrones begins with fights, intrigues and, manipulations to get the Iron Throne for themselves and rule The Seven Kingdoms. There are many families involved in the plot with the most known ones: House of Stark, House of Lannister and House of Targaryen. The story complicates as the winter is nearing… “The Winter is coming.”

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• Based on many speculations, math and, theories, Tyrion Lannister is the main character. For example, they studied the books and find out Tyrion had interacted with the most characters.

• They actually considered using purple contact lenses for Daenerys, to make her look like she was described in books. But they felt the inconvenience of them lessened Emilia’s performance, and they left them out completely.

• The guy who is one of the most despised might have been one of the most beloved: Iwan Rheon, who plays Ramsay Bolton was almost cast as Jon Snow. It was even as close as him and Kit Harington were the last two left in the auditioning process.

• Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister) actually did skin a stag in the first scene he appeared in. It was pitched to him with the words: “Are you a vegetarian, Charles?”

• After the pilot aired one of the showrunners (David Benioff) pranked Peter Dinklage (Tyrion) telling him the show was canceled. He believed it for 6 hours.

• In the first pilot episode that was filmed and later refilmed, George R.R. Martin had a little cameo. His role was of a merchant attending the wedding of Daenerys and Kal Drogo. Although he wasn’t in the refilmed scene, he did get something from the scene, he got one of the eggs from the designer as a gift for his wedding.

• You can learn the Dothraki language as it was fully developed by a linguist and can find many courses online. You can also learn High Valyrian.

• Kit Harington (Jon Snow) lied to his castmates about Jon’s fate in season 6 as to avoid spoilers. Sophie Turner believed him so much, she actually wrote him a long goodbye letter about how much she loved working with him.

• “Khaleesi” the Dothraki title meaning “Queen” was used by some fans to name their baby girls. So you might meet one someday. Other names from the show are also getting used for naming children, such as Tyrion, Arya, Sansa, Sandor, Theon, and Bran.

• Sophie Turner (Sansa) adopted the dog Zunni, that played the direwolf Lady belonging to Sansa Stark.

• Emilia Clarke (Daenerys) got stuck to the toilet, when on a bathroom break after filming the scene where she ate the stallion’s heart in season 1.

• Kit Harington (Jon Snow) show up at his first audition with a black eye. He had an altercation with a guy that offended his date in a restaurant the day before. He jokingly said his beat-up face might have gotten him the role.

• Peter Dinklage almost declined the role, cause he was worried the fantasy genre of the show meant he would have to wear something silly like pointy shoes or long beard. After assuring him about what his character will be, he agreed.

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