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Game of Thrones preps for a major scene and gets mischievous

Posted on by Sue the Fury
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Game of Thrones has been readying the grand Girona Cathedral for a major scene filming this week, and people have spotted a great deal of crew activity, in front of and around the cathedral. It seems the crew has even gotten mischievous with onlookers.

One twitter user has taken video footage of the statues in front of the Cathedral being covered with seven-pointed stars, in preparation for filming over the next few days.

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Many windows and walls are blocked with green screens, suggesting the show will be altering the view looking out if scenes are shot in those particular rooms.

Locals and tourists who stopped by Girona’s Old Town to check out the filming found an unusual sight today. Game of Thrones production has taken it upon themselves to surprise the people staring at the preparations so intently, with a well-placed White Walker dummy:

I’m pretty sure White Walkers haven’t made it to King’s Landing, Braavos, or Oldtown quite yet. Very funny, guys!

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155 Comments

  5. That’s hilarious…with the levels of stress that must be happening with all the prep and filming, it’s nice to know they have fun with it.

  8. Little by little, it’s starting to look like the Great Sept!

    Also, Diario di Girona has a few new stuff to say about the now famous scene in the stairs to the Great Sept:

    – It will be filmed on Tuesday the 15th (but rehersals will be tomorrow.)
    – There are three main characters involved: King Tommen, Jaime, and Margaery, who will mount Jaime’s steed after being freed. That last tricky thing is what they will be rehearsing tomorrow Monday.
    – Interestingly, Tommen will emerge into the scene from inside the Sept.
    – A camera will be placed in the Sant Feliu belltower, which will be looking at the top of the stairs. Considering that’s where they are placing all the props, it seems that’s where the main action will be focused; at the top of the stairs.
    – Surprisingly, the cathedral’s facade won’t be completely CGI-d over, as they claim that the statues of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, which are at each side of the cathedral’s gate, will be transformed into something else with the use of props. This means they’ll use the rest of the facade —well, the gate, at any rate.
    – There will be Tyrell soldiers and either Gold Cloaks or Lannister soldiers —or both; the report wrongly assumes they are one and the same.

  9. They will use this as a Sept of Baelor? #nocontinuityatall

    Hopefully, they will use this green screen to make it look like Dubrovnik…

  10. The “Caminante Blanco” obvoiusly has a Kit Harington hairdo, so that must in fact be the resurrected “Juan Nieve”.

  13. mau,

    I honestly hope so. But I don’t really expect it. Visual continuity has never been their forte, not even when it’s all CGI (the Great Sept CG model has changed pretty much every season.) To be fair, most people don’t notice, of course.

  14. mau,

    Come on,does anybody even pay that much attention to the places ? I barely remembered how the KL of the first season looked like until i rewatched it recently for the 6th time . Take the Walk of Shame for example,what do you think people remembers more,how the Sept looked like or the fact Cersei was walking naked and being humiliated ?

  15. Luka Nieto:
    mau,
    To be fair, most people don’t notice, of course.

    90% od people won’t notice, but I will, and I will bother me on rewatch.

    They cared for the continuity of doors in WF, but they dont about this?

    Those stairs become iconic in S5 with WoS and now they will just change them? It’s like recasting for me.

  19. mau,

    I feel you. Still, most of the facade will be CGI. The only thing that won’t match is that these stairs are much, much grander than those in season five, and that they detailing around the gate is much more baroque and intricate. The building is also a different color (white, instead of sandy), but that can be changed with color correction. Let’s wait and see until we see the final stuff in April, or in the trailers, before judging too harshly.

    If you want your own headcanon… hey, maybe there are six gates (one of the seven is all a window, but the rest could have a gate.) Maybe we’ve been seeing different sides all along! Not really, but, hey, if it bothers you as it does me, this rationalization may help.

  22. mau,

    If you want your own headcanon… hey, maybe there are six gates (one of the seven is all a window, but the rest could have a gate.) Maybe we’ve been seeing different sides all along! Not really, but, hey, if it bothers you as it does me, this rationalization may help.

  23. I see no problem at all,CGI will make the top look the same as it always had.We will have some seven-pointed stars at the bottom as we had before in Dubrovnik and stairs can easily look the same as the ones in the last seasons.From what I’ve seen in Girona so far it can pass as the shows King’s Landing with no problems at all.

  25. Ser Gerold Dayne: I see no problem at all,CGI will make the top look the same as it always had.

    The trouble is the city and the sept have never had an “always”; there has never been consistency, even with the fully CGI models that don’t depend on the location at all. In season 1 the Sept was only glimpsed, but it was completely different from the “final” design we saw at last in season 3. Then in season 4 and 5 the towers were much taller, and the facade was much more intricate. The Baelor statue has always jumped around or even disappeared, sometimes within the season —sometimes within two consecutive shots.

    This is nit-picky, I know. I’m not demanding anything. I’m just pointing out the inconsistency.

  26. Luka Nieto,

    I think that only sept of Baelor was that inconsistent.

    The Eyrie had some change but nothing important.

    We will see wthat will they do with Meereen next season.

  27. mau,

    Maybe they will use the outer walls of the Alcazaba of Almería instead of the Klis Fortress for the Meereen exterior shots… they do look quite similar, in a way. The other stuff is usually either in-doors or in narrow streets. We haven’t really seen much of Meereen as a city.

  28. How much is that Walker in the window? The one with the scraggley hair.

    (To the tune of How Much is that Puppy in the Window.)

    I might be tinfoily here, but perhaps they are using the Walker to see how it films when they have someone watching out the window. As if they are filming someone watching what is happening below.

    Or they are assholes. Either way.

  30. Luka Nieto:
    Little by little, it’s starting to look like the Great Sept!

    Also, Diario di Girona has a few new stuff to say about the now famous scene in the stairs to the Great Sept:

    – It will be filmed on Tuesday the 15th (but rehersals will be tomorrow.)
    – There are three main characters involved: King Tommen, Jaime, and Margaery, who will mount Jaime’s steed after being freed. That last tricky thing is what they will be rehearsing tomorrow Monday.
    – Interestingly, Tommen will emerge into the scene from inside the Sept.
    – A camera will be placed in the Sant Feliu belltower, which will be looking at the top of the stairs. Considering that’s where they are placing all the props, it seems that’s where the main action will be focused; at the top of the stairs.
    – Surprisingly, the cathedral’s facade won’t be completely CGI-d over, as they claim that the statues of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, which are at each side of the cathedral’s gate, will be transformed into something else with the use of props. This means they’ll use the rest of the facade —well, the gate, at any rate.
    – There will be Tyrell soldiers and either Gold Cloaks or Lannister soldiers —or both; the report wrongly assumes they are one and the same.

    Tommen is going to convert to the Faith Militant along with Margaery. That’s… not good in a very good way!

  31. Luka Nieto,

    Well my theory has always been that Tommen is converted to the Faith Militant. So maybe I was right all along? First Tommen, then Margarey. Although I suspect Tommen converts first, and genuinely. Margarey follows with her eyes wide open and a plan.

  32. HotPinkLipstick,

    Why would they drag a Walker costume all the way to Girona? All I can think is that there may be A Sam nightmare or flashback scene. I’m guessing those costumes are too expensive and fragile to be dragged all the way to Spain to play a joke on fans.

  33. Luka Nieto: The trouble is the city and the sept have never had an “always”; there has never been consistency, even with the fully CGI models that don’t depend on the location at all. In season 1 the Sept was only glimpsed, but it was completely different from the “final” design we saw at last in season 3. Then in season 4 and 5 the towers were much taller, and the facade was much more intricate. The Baelor statue has always jumped around or even disappeared, sometimes within the season —sometimes within two consecutive shots.

    This is nit-picky, I know. I’m not demanding anything. I’m just pointing out the inconsistency.

    So have some of the dragon statues at Dragonstone, disappearing between seasons.

  34. In case anyone missed it, Ramon posted some higher res versions of his behind the scenes photos in the previous thread and I updated my zoomed in look at the armour (including the body parts which I completely ignored the first time). They look really plain which makes me think they are for the Tyrells, who wear lots of stuff over the top of their’s, rather than have the decoration on the metal itself like the Gold Cloaks and Lannisters. Should all become clear in the next few days but hey, some of us are impatient! 😉

  36. I was going to add a PS that someone asked if the guy in the dark tshirt was NCW which is why I’ve included him, rather than because I just like posting photos of random men, but keep getting database error messages. Is it just me or is the site still not playing nicely? For anyone who knows Little Britain, computer says no 🙁

  37. Robb Snow,

    Hm, Horn Hill started filming a short while ago and the filming ends tomorrow, so maybe we don’t get the reveal due to sightings from the set, unfortunately.

  39. Luka Nieto:
    mau,

    I honestly hope so. But I don’t really expect it. Visual continuity has never been their forte, not even when it’s all CGI (the Great Sept CG model has changed pretty much every season.) To be fair, most people don’t notice, of course.

    I know there are slight differences but it’s not until you see all pics that it looks so obvious. I guess you could always say that the Sept has seven sides/ entrances (although that doesn’t explain away the upper portions of the building).

  40. I keep getting the database error as well.

    Maybe the White Walker got stuck on the prop truck by accident or they brought it along for armor fittings. It looks to be a dressmakers’ dummy with a foam latex chest piece and mask. Not terribly expensive to do.

  41. Apollo,

    I expect the upper portions will be fully CG and more or less consistent with what we’ve previously seen. I don’t worry about that.

  42. Lisa0527:
    HotPinkLipstick,

    Why would they drag a Walker costume all the way to Girona? All I can think is that there may be A Sam nightmare or flashback scene. I’m guessing those costumes are too expensive and fragile to be dragged all the way to Spain to play a joke on fans.

    It doesn’t look like it’s wearing much of a costume, to me. With as many photos as have been taken of what’s going on, in addition to having some fun with the locals, they probably think it would be hilarious if all of a sudden there were rumors of White Walkers in the south just because they put that in the window.

  43. Nymeria Warrior Queen,

    It’s a statue. Take a closer look: it’s not even as high fidelity as the costumes they actually do use on the show; it’s only the upper body; and instead of being a flexible costume it’s a rigid statue. It may be a promotional prop or something, but it’s certainly not an actual costume for the show.

  44. mau,

    It’s not like they’ve got a choice between what they’ve been using and something new… Then decide to just go with the new one… They only. Recast when they have to

  47. lisa0527: Think there might be Walker statues in Oldtown??

    This is a prop from the GOT exhibit that’s just finished in Paris, I saw it when I went to the London exhibit. I assume they’ve brought all of the display items down as some of them are still needed for filming. This is probably the crew trying to have a bit of fun.

  48. mau:
    Spartan_Halo,

    I’m not talking what people remembered, I’m talking about me, personally. And these things are important for me.

    As seen in the wedding scene in Season 4, the Sept of Baelor has multiple gates that lead to the outside. You can explain away the different stairs with them using a different angle to approach the Sept. The old stairs might just be around the corner !! 🙂

  49. Nymeria Warrior Queen,

    It looks like I messed up where I was quoting Lisa.

    Luka Nieto,

    I was just trying to point out the “White Walker’s” torso appears not to be wearing anything (dammit, there go D&D bringing unnecessary nudity into the show, once again. 😉 ), so they didn’t drag down costumes.

    Thanks for that closeup, though. You can see (or at least it appears to my eye) how off the face is.

  50. Nymeria Warrior Queen:
    Lisa0527:
    HotPinkLipstick,

    Why would they drag a Walker costume all the way to Girona? All I can think is that there may be A Sam nightmare or flashback scene. I’m guessing those costumes are too expensive and fragile to be dragged all the way to Spain to play a joke on fans.

    It doesn’t look like it’s wearing much of a costume, to me.With as many photos as have been taken of what’s going on, in addition to having some fun with the locals, they probably think it would be hilarious if all of a sudden there were rumors of White Walkers in the south just because they put that in the window.

    I imagine they have named him Fred or Alan and a few of the more herb-indulgent prop people drag him everywhere. It’s a hard plastic torso on a stool with a wig on it, not marble or stone.

  51. Apollo: This is a prop from the GOT exhibit that’s just finished in Paris, I saw it when I went to the London exhibit. I assume they’ve brought all of the display items down as some of them are still needed for filming. This is probably the crew trying to have a bit of fun.

    Actually I’ve just checked my photos and the exhibit prop doesn’t look exactly like this, but the other point still stands 🙂

  53. Nymeria Warrior Queen:
    HotPinkLipstick,

    I think I’m gonna call him Jim-Bob.

    That’s totally working for me. Jim-Bob likes long walks on the beach, staring at the night sky and murdering humans. He’s looking for someone to share his death with and maybe kill a few children so they can rise from the dead and be a family. Don’t let the blue skin turn you off, he’s hot in the sheets.

    Fuck me. I just wrote a dating ad for a White Walker prop.

  54. HotPinkLipstick: That’s totally working for me. Jim-Bob likes long walks on the beach, staring at the night sky and murdering humans. He’s looking for someone to share his death with and maybe kill a few children so they can rise from the dead and be a family. Don’t let the blue skin turn you off, he’s hot in the sheets.

    Fuck me. I just wrote a dating ad for a White Walker prop.

    Hahahaha…yeah, you sure did, although you neglected to mention Jim-Bob’s piercing blue eyes.

  55. HotPinkLipstick,
    Hey, White Walkers need lovin’ too! Because of the name I’m now imagining they all have a strong deep south of the USA accents, which wasn’t what I’d initially thought, but the story does nothing if not throw in really unexpected twists every so often. Not sure they’d see it as murdering humans, maybe just converting them to their cause or even possibly ‘recycling’ them 😉

    EDIT: yeah, Queenie (hi honey *waving*) is right, the amazing blue eyes are a selling point.

  57. Mods Im having trouble reading spoilers; usually it comes right up, now there is a yellow background with the lettering very faint

  60. I really hope we find out who is playing Randyll Tarly soon,I know the filming for horn hill starts today and he is one of the last major casting that is still unknown

  62. Nymeria Warrior Queen, HotPinkLipstick,
    I have to say night night now, it’s after 11pm here and I’ve had to ditch the apostrophe in my user name so I’m feeling a bit lost, but I shall fire up Photoshop tomorrow and Jim-Bob will have a nice picture or two for his Farmers Only profile 😀 I’ve just done a Julie Christie in GoT one for Sue I’m sticking in the previous thread where she lamented JC’s apparent non-involvement. Evening all *waves goodnight*

  63. FTW….WTF,

    The Santa Florentina castle seems to be isolated enough that leaks aren’t guaranteed, unfortunately. Hopefully I’m wrong, though! I’d very much like to know who is playing Lord Bully. Maybe the actor ends up being a virtual unknown and all the speculation was for nought! Wouldn’t be the first time.

  64. Nymeria Warrior Queen,

    I was thinking he looked like a Cletus myself, but Jim-Bob works very well! Jimmy to his grandmother, JB with his drinking buddies, and James Robert on his resumé.

    HotPinkLipstick: That’s totally working for me. Jim-Bob likes long walks on the beach, staring at the night sky and murdering humans. He’s looking for someone to share his death with and maybe kill a few children so they can rise from the dead and be a family. Don’t let the blue skin turn you off, he’s hot in the sheets.

    *swoon*

  65. Lulus Mum: I shall fire up Photoshop tomorrow and Jim-Bob will have a nice picture or two for his Farmers Only profile ?

    You. Are. The. Best!!!

    iridium: I was thinking he looked like a Cletus myself, but Jim-Bob works very well! Jimmy to his grandmother, JB with his drinking buddies, and James Robert on his resumé.

    Nice!
    Oh, and one of Jim-Bob’s brothers is named Cletus. He has another brother named Bubba.

  70. Lulus Mum:
    Nymeria Warrior Queen, HotPinkLipstick,
    I have to say night night now, it’s after 11pm here and I’ve had to ditch the apostrophe in my user name so I’m feeling a bit lost, but I shall fire up Photoshop tomorrow and Jim-Bob will have a nice picture or two for his Farmers Only profile I’ve just done a Julie Christie in GoT one for Sue I’m sticking in the previous thread where she lamented JC’s apparent non-involvement. Evening all *waves goodnight*

    Love it. Work it. Shashay. Chantay.

  71. Ha! That White Walker in the window is absolutely top trolling! hahaha

    they should start fucking around like that, putting white walkers or big green-screen dragon substitutes, just to fuck with onlookers and spoiler sites.

  72. Ser Matt the Sullen:
    Ha! That White Walker in the window is absolutely top trolling! hahaha

    they should start fucking around like that, putting white walkers or big green-screen dragon substitutes, just to fuck with onlookers and spoiler sites.

    Can you imagine if they just had a crew member walking around the KL set with one of those tennis balls on a stick? The internet would be melting down with “Dragons attacking Kings Landing in S6 – CONFIRMED!”

  73. Khal Daniel,

    Yessss, and WW have jet packs too, how else could WW Jon get to KL that fast.

    I’m gonna one up everyone, have the make-up crew fix up Kit like a WW and have him be photographed by onlookers, but don’t make it look like you want him to be photographed. The internet would explode.

  75. Luka Nieto: Visual continuity has never been their forte

    Ah, visual continuity. The best comment on that was by Doctor Who. Well, two of them:

    The Doctor: “Look… the round things!”
    Also The Doctor: “Love the round things!”
    The Doctor: “What are the round things?”
    Also The Doctor: “No idea….”

  76. mau:
    Spartan_Halo,

    I’m not talking what people remembered, I’m talking about me, personally. And these things are important for me.

    lol if you read the books you’d totally be a book purist. 😉

    I agree, though. The Sept of Baelor is very iconic and visual continuity matters, especially in the short span between season 5 and 6. I understand the continuity issues after season 1 because the budget has increased so much that they can afford better CG and better locations. But I wish they could have kept the same KL filming locations as the previous 4 seasons. It’s a shame really.

  77. mau,

    Since we’re talking about headcanon, what do you guys use to explain Daario? lol

    I really need a good one to calm me down.

  79. Abyss,

    I use that one as well, but why would Dany and the others (especially Jorah) never question him about it? lol

    I do like that his first appearance with the coin and saying Valar Morghulis hinted at this a bit.

  80. Spartan_Halo: Stannis the Faggis

    This is SO not in the spirit of this site, if not a blatant TOS violation. Please take your free-floating hostility somewhere else where we don’t have to read it.

  81. Hi-Fi,

    You see, they did all that (off screen), but then Daario was like “I’m exactlly the sellsword you are looking for. Nothing to see here, let’s conquer the next city.” Since Daario is a FM of the highest order he can not only cange his appearance in the physical world, but also in the minds of the people he meets, so that worked out just fine. 😉

  82. Ravyn: Can you imagine if they just had a crew member walking around the KL set with one of those tennis balls on a stick?

    Lol. There are all sorts of fun spoofy things they could do with a tennis ball dangling from a fishing pole being followed by a fake camera crew. Maybe an Oculus Rift app at some point down the line? Hmmmm…..

  83. Abyss:
    Hi-Fi,

    I always liked the good old “Daario is a Faceless Man.” one.

    That would definitely work. However, I was so glad Daario was recast (to say I didn’t care for the first one is an understatement), all I had to do was re-watch the end of season 3, hear the lines in Michiel Huisman’s voice, with his delivery, then add his face and physicality. It worked beautifully, at least for me.

  84. The worst thing about the original Daario is he looks almost exactly like Barry Pepper’s character from Battlefield Earth. As someone who’s actually seen that terrible, terrible film, I couldn’t help but chuckle a little when I saw Daario in Season 3.

  85. Nymeria Warrior Queen,

    Oh, I’m super happy with the recast, don’t get me wrong! However, I’m just one of those people who are bothered when the change is that drastic, just because of continuity reasons. But I do love new Daario. Michiel is yummy and charming.

  87. Firannion,

    I’m not the poster who said it but imo since Stannis is not gay I don’t think it can automatically be taken as a slur. Most people when using the word these days are not referring to anyone’s sexuality anyways. If nobody’s allowed that term then idiot and retard should be banned too. I have Aspergers and sometimes those words offend me. Just saying:)

  88. Spartan_Halo,

    I am. Many of us are. The moderators, too, I’m sure. “Pussified”? So pitiful. Please, either join the 21st century or get out of here with your homophobic and sexist language and go back to your man cave.

  89. Spartan_Halo,

    *waves* Hi, I was offended as well. I’m not a Stannis fangirl (although I did love Stephen Dillane in the role) and I’m not a mod so I’ll leave the policing to them. I just don’t think it’s cool to use those sorts of terms anymore.

  91. Spartan_Halo,

    I couldn’t stand Stannis, and I’m glad he’s dead, but that wasn’t particularly funny, although your little hissy-fit over being challenged on it is.

  92. Hi-Fi,

    It bothered the hell out of me, too. It was just easier for me to get over because I was so relieved. Of course, doing it the way I did it, I found myself annoyed they didn’t just go with Huisman, in the first place. Then again, it seemed like they were initially going for a more overtly cocky Daario, and Huisman’s is not cocky like that. His Daario does have some cockiness, but for that’s mitigated by the charm with which he imbues him.

    Robb Snow,

    I avoided watching Battlefield Earth, so all I saw in Daario 1 was Fabio, and I never got the Fabio thing.

  95. Spartan_Halo: Oh no,some Stannis fanboy is mad because i dared to insult the child murderer,take a fucking joke for Christ sake,unlike you i’m not apart of this pussified PC world and i doubt anyone would really be offended by a word like that .

    I am most definitely not a Stannis fan-anything, and as for ‘pussified,’ I was born that way. It was the homophobia implicit in the term that is utterly unacceptable, regardless of which character you wish to put down in that manner. Get with the times, kid. It IS offensive to most people. If you’re going to use terms like that, you damn well better expect to be called on it.

  97. Ravyn,

    Yeah, their chemistry isn’t the best, but I do think it is an improvement over the Chemistry between Emilia and Skrein. No, they didn’t have a chance to really develop any, but I don’t think they ever would have.

    I’ve seen a few people say this, and I agree, had they cast the man who played Mero as Daario, it would have worked very well.

  98. Ygritte: idiot and retard should be banned too.

    ‘Retard’ definitely should, and I always challenge people who use it as an insult. I ask them how that would make them feel if they had a loved one with a developmental disability.

    ‘Idiot,’ on the other hand, I think has come a long way from the days when it was used as a textbook classification for the least functional level of cognitive disorders. I doubt that most people under 40 have any clue that it once meant that. It has become so much more generic – and a person may act in a willfully idiotic manner, as is sometimes demonstrated even here.

  99. Who knows, the walker in the window could be on a solo mission similar to what mance did when he went to check out winterfell by himself. I wouldn’t rule it out

  100. Apollo: This is a prop from the GOT exhibit that’s just finished in Paris, I saw it when I went to the London exhibit. I assume they’ve brought all of the display items down as some of them are still needed for filming. This is probably the crew trying to have a bit of fun.

    That’s the question! What do they need a Walker prop for filming in Girona (KL/Oldtown/Bravvos)?

  101. Luka Nieto: Please, either join the 21st century or get out of here with your homophobic and sexist language and go back to your man cave.

    Indeed, one common trait about most aspects of social progress: they are derided as feminine at the time!

    So, bring on the “pussification”: it means that we are improving.

  102. Lisa0527: That’s the question! What do they need a Walker prop for filming in Girona (KL/Oldtown/Bravvos)?

    Well, look at it this way: if it was part of the show, then there is no way that they would have put it out for all to see.

  103. God of tits and wine: the walker in the window could be on a solo mission similar to what mance did when he went to check out winterfell by himself.

    Hey, as far as I can remember, the existence of Faceless Walkers hasn’t been ruled out as yet! We know so little of their culture; they could have spies…and garbage haulers and insurance salespeople and beauticians and mechanics and dentists and…

  105. Wimsey,

    Yeah that’s what I assumed. I couldn’t even think of any good (or not so good) reason for it to be there. Waaaayyy too early in the series I’d think. But I still find it really weird this half-Walker ended up thousands of miles away from any Walker filming site.

  106. Nymeria Warrior Queen,

    I don’t think the two are bad onscreen together… but either way, you won’t have to worry about the chemistry between Dany and Daario for much longer because I’m pretty sure Jorah is gonna gut him while they’re out looking for her next season.

  107. Last year, they trolled us with a dragon in Kings Landing. Turned out it was part of a dream. Could be the same again?

  113. Dutch Maester,

    According to the corresponding article, filming at Santa Florentina Castle (Horn Hill) did finish yesterday, yet they claim they will go back this Saturday the 19th. Has this been reported anywhere else?

  120. Luka Nieto,

    The production unit is probably needed for Girona filming this week, then they switch back to Castell Florentina, as the second unit is filming in N.I.

    Concerning the lack of casting news for Tarly’s, I wonder if D&D are playing their own game and want fans to discover the whom’s and what’s on their own, like all the recent casting, which was uncovered by fans. If this is the case, the clues are probably out there for anyone willing to search.

    Dutch Maester

    Hope those pics aren’t by a stalker, as she doesn’t realize she’s being photographed.

    Dutch Maester,

    That’s a large green screen, damn. Also, that’s D&D and Bernadette Caulfield on the steps this morning.

    Well they have to cgi in the Dubrovnik street, if you remember, the street they filmed there continued on for many blocks. Must maintain continuity.

  121. Apollo,

    So the armor were for the Tyrell knights! Interesting. We had only seen a few previously, protecting Olenna, and they looked very different. Still, I like this look a lot, in particular the hint of the Tyrell rose in the helmet. Quite clever!

    They look so big and dangerous, too.

  122. Luka Nieto:
    Apollo,

    So the armor were for the Tyrell knights. Interesting. We had only seen a few previously, protecting Olenna last season, and they looked quite different. Still, I like this look a lot, in particular the hint of the Tyrell rose in the helmet. Quite clever!

    It appears so- I’m guessing the guys in S5 were more personal guards and these guys are the heavy artillery. Makes sense as the former were not gonna do too well in battle with only a padded jacket. Looks like Maergery (or her stand in) being shown into the palanquin?

  123. tyjon,

    I do wonder why they don’t just announce the actors playing Randyll Tarly and Aeron Greyjoy. We know they’re in, so why not?

    Apollo,

    Wow. That actually looks quite a bit like the Tyrell soldiers in the Fantasy Flight Games art.

  124. I am glad to see so many people offended and calling out posters for their rude and offensive language on this site! When debating something you love it is easy to resort to insults and name calling; one of the things I really like about this site is that people genuinely seem interested in discussion, not fighting.

    Insults of any kind directed at another poster should never be okay. With characters it is harder, because they are not real, but even an imaginary characters should not described in a way that shames real people. Calling even a horrible character a ‘pussy’ or a ‘fag’ implies that those terms are bad and negative. We have so many words to describe a horrible person, why choose to use ones that also degrade someone’s self worth?

  125. Apollo,

    I’d always assumed Olenna’s bodyguards weren’t knights in full-fitted armor. What we’re seeing now is the Tyrell’s true heavy plate armor.

  127. Luka Nieto:
    Apollo,

    I’d always assumed Olenna’s bodyguards weren’t knights in full-fitted armor. What we’re seeing now is the Tyrell’s true heavy plate armor.

    Yep- the QOT brought the big guns out I bet! 🙂

  131. If there is one thing, I like a lot about Game of Thrones, It is its soundtrack by Ramin Djawadi. I was wondering which are the 10 best songs of the series.

    Please vote for the 5 best songs of the series. See the link below:

    http://poll.fm/5effg

    The poll will be closed: Wednesday, 16 september 2015.

    Thanks in advance!!!

  134. Apollo,

    I think there was a report on Reddit that said the armor is for the Faith Militant glad to see the Tyrells looking so fresh and so clean.

    edit: didn’t read full post

  137. direhound:
    Apollo,

    I think there was a report on Reddit that said the armor is for the Faith Militant but maybe not.

    Pretty sure they’re Tyrelk as the edging of the helms are like rose petals.

  138. Love the heavy armor on the Tyrell soldiers, not so much the cut off shields. Definitely these are the serious troops, not the for show only ones. According to earlier reports was suppose to be a rehearsal, but never thought it would a full dress one.

  141. Everything seems to work against Cersei’s will at this point,couldn’t be worst.The level of hate and anger inside her will go trough the roof next season.

  143. Ser Gerold Dayne:
    Everything seems to work against Cersei’s will at this point,couldn’t be worst.The level of hate and anger inside her will go trough the roof next season.

    Wimsey: But the level of cluelessness will remain about the same, I am sure!

    And the level of the flames that will devour King’s Landing will be damn high !

  144. Really excited about all the Greyjoy,Tyrell and Tarly additions for the show.All we need now it’s a particularly character cast in Dorne and it would be perfect on all fronts.

  145. I know I’ve seen those Rosabell pics before, I think those are from season 5 filming.

    Oh, and it’s a big help if you find an image, please post the actual tweet, not just the image link! Thanks 🙂

  147. Oh, and it’s a big help if you find an image, please post the actual tweet, not just the image link! Thanks

    I retweeted the images to WOTW before I posted the links (but Twitter isn’t my forté so not sure you guys actually got it) .. In any case I now see you’ve retweeted them so tou got em one way or another.

  148. Arkash: And the level of the flames that will devour King’s Landing will be damn high !

    Well, there will be enough standing for a dragon to fly over it at some point in the next couple of seasons.

    Robb Snow: I don’t think the two are bad onscreen together…

    I think that they work well together. They are a very “relaxed” couple, which is a sign of relationship between two fairly mature people. Although Daeny is not supposed to be that old, and although most people make asses of themselves more than once early in their romantic lives (because we all are very, very stupid where these things are concerned, and wisdom is acquired only through experience!) it does make her seem a bit “wiser” in general to have her affair basically look like the sort of boyfriend/girlfriend that you have in early adulthood. I.e., it’s obviously not going anywhere, but it’s happening then and there.

  150. Mihnea,

    Plate armor such as the Tyrell soldiers wear were extremely expensive in the medieval age, and were privy to mostly knights, while the majority wore chain and leather.

  152. HotPinkLipstick:
    How much is that Walker in the window? The one with the scraggley hair.

    (To the tune of How Much is that Puppy in the Window.)

    I might be tinfoily here, but perhaps they are using the Walker to see how it films when they have someone watching out the window. As if they are filming someone watching what is happening below.

    Or they are assholes. Either way.

    I wish I had thought of that tune! Kudos to you!

    And if they were real assholes they would have posed him flipping everyone off 😉

  153. HotPinkLipstick: That’s totally working for me. Jim-Bob likes long walks on the beach, staring at the night sky and murdering humans. He’s looking for someone to share his death with and maybe kill a few children so they can rise from the dead and be a family. Don’t let the blue skin turn you off, he’s hot in the sheets.

    Fuck me. I just wrote a dating ad for a White Walker prop.

    omg! This!

    On EewHarmony.com

    HotPinkLipstick:
    How much is that Walker in the window? The one with the scraggley hair.

    (To the tune of How Much is that Puppy in the Window.)

    I might be tinfoily here, but perhaps they are using the Walker to see how it films when they have someone watching out the window. As if they are filming someone watching what is happening below.

    Or they are assholes. Either way.

    I wish I had thought of that tune! Kudos to you!

    And if they were real assholes they would have posed him flipping everyone off 😉

  155. Pau,

    Even if you had to look that up, I’m impressed!

    Wimsey,

    That’s what it is. I was trying to pin down why I liked Dany and Daario’s bed scenes in season five, and that was why. They were just relaxed around each other; it wasn’t anything overtly sexy, or awkward, or anything. Just a couple talking to each other, who happen to be naked.

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