Variety reports that Game of Thrones will be returning to several locations in Spain to film for Season 6.
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Go behind the scenes of “Hardhome” with this new bonus video
The most recent episode of Game of Thrones contained a terrifying attack at Hardhome that took weeks to film. A new bonus featurette from HBO takes us behind the scenes of the episode with insightful commentary from writers David Benioff and D.B.Weiss, director Miguel Sapochnik, actors Kit Harington, Kristofer Hivju, Birgitte Hjort Sorenson, Ben Crompton, and various members of the crew.
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George R.R. Martin on five characters he wishes were in Game of Thrones
A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin talked with Entertainment Weekly about the five characters he wishes were in Game of Thrones.
Martin says, “My books have a cast of thousands, so for practical reasons they’ve had to cut or combine many characters.”
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Game of Thrones viewership rises to 7 million with episode 8
The cards were stacked in favour of high live viewership numbers this week: no leaks, no holiday, a great preceding episode, and possibly more. Whatever the exact constellation of factors – the initial airing of “Hardhome” was seen by a very round number of 7.00 million people. With a record episode-to-episode increase of 30 %, it won the night on cable quite comfortably.
The numbers are highest since the season premiere, needless to say. In the past weeks, Game of Thrones has also gained most in terms of absolute ratings when delayed viewing (Live + 7 days) is compared to the Live + same day numbers. Here are reports of available numbers from two weeks and one week ago (remember that those refer to episodes airing three and two weeks ago, respectively). Last week’s episode rose by 67 % in Live+3 days views already, signalling the higher numbers this week.
Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 8 “Hardhome” – Written Recap Round-Up
Game of Thrones Post-Mortem of “Hardhome”
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Coming off a huge Game of Thrones episode like “Hardhome,” there’s a feast of interviews, so let’s check out the highlights!
Episode director Miguel Sapochnik talked to MTV about creating “Hardhome” and discussed how the character of the wildling chieftainess Karsi (played by Birgitte Hjort Sørensen) came about:
She was a guy originally, and then somewhere in the process we thought it might be cool if she were a mother, and show her sending off her own kids to make that moment with the corpse children really resonate emotionally. […] As the sequence was refined, she emerged as this clear representative of all the Wildlings, which was organic, and it made us care. Then we started casting and saw Birgitte’s work and she got the part.
As for the wights, the director says they didn’t see them as zombies:
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Spellbound from the contents, path, and conclusion of the eighth installment of this fifth season, your hosts fall into conversation directly following the finish.
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Unsullied Recap, Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 8: Hardhome
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A man goes by Oz and you have once again found the unofficial unadulterated Unsullied Recap.
Up until this point, the Season has been somewhat painfully predictable and arguably slow at times. That all changed last night. A man knows not what this Season’s epic 9 will bring, but an epic 8 was just recorded, and the market price for Valyrian steel just skyrocketed…
Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 8 – Hardhome – Recap
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If you’ve sufficiently recovered from that intense episode of Game of Thrones, dive into our recap to see what we thought of “Hardhome.”
Spoiler Note: This post is for those who have read the A Song of Ice and Fire series. The post and the comments section will contain spoilers! If you haven’t read the books yet, please check out our non-book-reader recap. Thanks!