Updated May 22, 2019 1.4k votes 332 voters 21.7k views
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With the finale of Game of Thrones quickly approaching, the cast is trying their best to keep leaks and slip-ups from making it out into the world. However, fans feel so thirsty for any Game of Thrones Season 8 leaks, they read into every little thing the cast does. Of course, the Game of Thronescast slips up from time to time; after all, they're human, not Valyrian. A few actors posted pics of themselves at filming locations after their characters were supposedly offed, while some actors just flat out explained major plot points in interviews.
Of course, some of the actors on Game of Thrones purposely let some information about the final season slip. While these teases might sound cruel, they actually provide fantastic press for the finale of the series that brought high fantasy to mainstream television. These spoilers come soaked in blood and even raise some characters from the afterlife. Do you think you’re ready?
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Vladimír Furdík Revealed The Third Episode Features A Major Battle
It goes without question the high-fantasy epic Game of Thrones features a huge battle in its final season. However, according to Vladimír Furdík (the Night King), that battle comes fairly early in the season. In fact, he said it takes place in the third episode - just halfway through the season.
Furdík said, "In the third episode of the last season, there is a battle that the creators intended to be a historic moment in television."
This battle reportedly took 55 days to film. While speaking with EW, Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) claimed the Season 8 battle is "brutal," and that "it makes the Battle of the B*stards look like a theme park."
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John Bradley Says The Characters Leave Their Comfort Zones
It wouldn't be Game of Thrones if the characters weren't handling major curve balls in their final on-screen moments. According to John Bradley (Samwell Tarly) every character gets thrown for a loop in a big way in the final six episodes of the series.
He said, "Each of the characters this year is placed in a completely alien environment at some point in the season that they've never been placed in before. The thrill is seeing how they react to it and how they respond... This season, I think more than any other, is stretching these characters."
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HBO's CEO Says The Six Episodes Are Like 'Six Movies'
Though most fans come to Game of Thrones for the generation-spanning storylines and fantasy elements, the show would never look as good as it does without the work put in by the crew. Kit Harington (Jon Snow) said as much in an interview wherein he discussed the reason behind HBO ordering fewer episodes for Seasons 7 and 8.
With only six feature-length episodes left for the series, Harington says that the money spent went towards blowing everything out and making it a more exciting experience: "They spent an increasing amount of money on less episodes, so it’s gonna be much bigger in scale, the CGI... we’re trying new things, experimenting with new camera techniques. I think we’re trying to break boundaries and push past boundaries in these final two seasons."
Even more exciting, Richard Plepler, then-CEO of HBO, claims the current rough cuts of the episodes look like "six movies."
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) believes the series goes out on a high note. Harper's Bazaar reports the actor felt so pleased with the direction of the final season that he thanked the writers for their hard work:
I wrote the writers when I finished reading and just said, "I don’t think you could’ve done a better job at finishing this story." To me, it was very satisfying but also very surprising and all the things that I was hoping for. It still made sense. It wasn’t like one of those where the killer is suddenly revealed in the last act and you go, "Oh! I didn’t see that coming." Here, they’ve done a really, really good job.
And Coster-Waldau gets to experience it all firsthand, as Jaime is confirmed to appear in all six episodes (for which the actor received over $1 million per episode).
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Peter Dinklage Thinks Jon And Dany's Tryst May Have Disastrous Repercussions
In the finale of Season 7, Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen hook up behind closed doors. Peter Dinklage's Tyrion Lannister listens in on their tryst. While speaking with EW, Dinklage shed some light on what his character felt in that scene and what the coupling could mean for Season 8:
A lot of the time with Tyrion, it’s professional and personal. Obviously, he has feelings for Daenerys. He loves her - or thinks he does. She’s awe-inspiring. He’s questioning that because he doesn’t have a good track record for falling in love.
There’s jealousy wrapped up in there. And he loves Jon Snow, too. They’re the two people he has the most in common with, in a way - they’re both outsiders in their own families who have refused to follow the path their family has taken, and hopefully for the better. He’s wondering how smart of a move [Jon and Dany getting romantically involved is], because passion and politics don’t mix well. He knows the two of them getting together could be very dangerous.
This really shouldn't come as a surprise to a fandom that's used to divisive storylines, but apparently the end of the series will leave a lot of people yelling at their TVs or crying into their couch cushions. According to Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), the final season gets "bloodier than ever. It’s full of betrayal, full of war, full of danger. That’s all I can say without giving too much away."
Her co-star Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) doubled down on the final season talk in an interview with the Herald Sun: "People will scream and people will say, 'That's exactly what I wanted,' And some people will go, 'Huh?'"
