50 Pieces of Game of Thrones Trivia Only a Diehard Fan Would Know
Behind-the-scenes secrets, scrapped plot ideas, and more...
By Erica Gonzales
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Behind-the-scenes secrets, scrapped plot ideas, and more...
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1
Tattoo Twins
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Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner have matching tattoos of the dates when they landed their GoT roles. The actresses, who play Stark sisters onscreen, got "07.08.09" inked on their forearms.
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2
Pay Day
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The stars of the show—Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Peter Dinklage—reportedly each make $500,00 per episode.
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3
Battle of the Bastards
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The actor who played Ramsay almost played Jon Snow. Iwan Rheon "was incredible and went down to the very end, in terms of our pick for Jon Snow," GoT showrunner Dan Weiss said.
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4
Lady Lives
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Sophie Turner adopted the dog who played Sansa's direwolf, Lady.
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5
A Fortuitous Bruise
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Kit Harington auditioned for Jon Snow with a black eye. The actor got into a fight at McDonald's the night before, after a guy was rude to the woman he was dating. He tried out for GoT the next day, and apparently the bruise helped his case.
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6
Rock Star
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Peter Dinklage was once in a punk band called Whizzy in the '90s.
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7
The Actress's Dilemma
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Emilia Clarke was rejected from every acting school she applied to, and was finally accepted into one "when I got a phone call saying, 'This girl broke her leg. The place is free if you want it,'" she told Rolling Stone.
Lena Headey (Cersei) and Jerome Flynn (Bronn) once dated in real life. "Jerome and Lena aren't on speaking terms anymore and they are never in the same room at the same time," a source told the Telegraph. That's why Bronn left that major meeting in the Season 7 finale so quickly.
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10
R + L = J
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David Benioff and D.B. Weiss had to tell George R. R. Martin who they thought Jon Snow's mother really was before turning A Song of Ice and Fire into a television show.
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11
The Body Double
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Lena Headey used a body double (her stand-in, Rebecca Van Cleave) in Cersei's walk of shame in the Season 5 finale.
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12
That Problematic Pilot
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The original pilot episode never aired. It was so bad that showrunners Dan Weiss and David Benioff were told they had a "massive problem."
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13
Jon Snow Shops at IKEA
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Jon Snow's fur is a rug from IKEA. The furniture store even released instructions on how to turn your rug into a Night's Watch cape.
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14
The Lost Targaryen
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Peter Vaughan, who played blind Maester Aemon, (who was really a Targaryen!) was partially blind in real life. The actor passed away peacefully in 2016 at the age of 93.
Yup, Jojen Reed is Sam from Love Actually. Both are portrayed by actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster.
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18
An Unexpected Friendship
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Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey were good friends before the show began. He even reportedly helped her get the role. (He was George R. R. Martin's first choice for Tyrion.)
The actor who plays Grey Worm, Jacob Anderson, is also a singer-songwriter who goes by the stage name Raleigh Ritchie.
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20
The Third Mountain
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Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, who plays Ser Gregor Clegane, never acted before landing his role on GoT. He's the third man to play the Mountain on the show.