Did you know that the costume designers of the "Game of Thrones" are most fond of scenes in brothels, the number of deaths in this brutal series has long exceeded 100,000, and in honor of the hair of Daenerys one of the slug types is named?
July 17, kicked off the 7th season of the epic "The Game of Thrones". For a whole year the fans were looking forward to a new portion of dizzying adventures and intrigues, and now, finally, they waited! In this regard, let us recall the most interesting facts about the series.
1. At the moment the number of all deaths in the series is 150,966.
This figure was voiced by one of the bloggers, who took the trouble to make a tedious calculation. The figure includes the deaths not only of people, but also of animals, for example, horses that died during battles.
2. Although many viewers are dissatisfied with the huge number of deaths in the series, it fully reflects the historical reality.
Death statistics in the "Game of Thrones" only slightly exceeded the real death rates in the era of the Wars of the Roses. This was found out by one graduate student, having produced rather complicated calculations.
3. In honor of the Daeneris one of the slug types is named.
In 2013, a new species of sea slugs was discovered off the coast of Brazil. Biologists found similarities between these creatures and silvery braids Deyneris Targarien, so the slug was called Tritonia Khalisi (Khalisi is the title worn by Deyeneris).
4. Peter Vaughn, who played Aymon Targarien, was almost blind.
This did not stop him from playing to films and serials until his death. In December 2016, the actor died at the age of 93 years.
5. When creating the dragons, the filmmakers watched the geese, cats and bats.
Subsequently, they transferred the movements of these animals to dragons.
6. Emilia Clark in life is not a natural blonde.
On the set, she wore a wig.
7. And Sophie Turner, on the contrary, before the shooting was a blonde.
For the sake of the show, it was repainted in red.
8. Buttocks of China Harrington were fake!
The nude buttocks of John Snow in the series showed only once. To the great disappointment of the fans, they turned out to be false; did not belong to Keith Harrington. The fact is that at the time when the episode was shot with the buttocks, the ankle was broken, and he could not take part in the shootings. Therefore, in this scene, he was duplicated by one of the members of the crew.
9. In the series, actresses of the movie "for adults" were involved.
Porno actresses Jessica Jenson and Samantha Bentley played prostitutes, and the role of Shai, Tirion's lover, went to Sibel Kekkili, who in the past has experience shooting in frank films.
10. The heart of the horse, which Deeneris ate in the first season, of course, was not real.
It was built from jelly and raw macaroni. But the actress still felt sick. Try to eat such "yummy" throughout the entire shooting day!
11. Originally, George Martin planned that Arya and John Snow would fall in love with each other.
Between them there should have been a forbidden and painful passion. And only in the final, when it turns out that John and Arya are not a brother and sister, lovers could reunite.
12. Also, Martin assumed that Arya would fall in love with Tyrion.
But this love had to remain unanswered.
13. Sophie Turner says that on the set of the series received her sexual education.
She learned a lot of information about the intimate side of life from the script of the "Games of Thrones", which she read at age 13.
14. And Emilia Clarke during the filming of the erotic scene with James Momoa could not help laughing.
According to the idea of the directors, Momoa, who played the role of Khal Drogo, was supposed to appear completely naked to Emilia. But the actor was ashamed and ... put on a causal place a terry pink sock. The whole crew, led by Emilia, could not stop laughing for a long time.
15. The Dotrakian language was created by philologist David Jay Peterson specially for the series.
It was based on Russian, Estonian, Turkish, as well as Inuktitut and Swahili. At the moment, there are more than 3000 words in the Dothraki language.
16. The creation of George Martin's novels was inspired by the turtles that he had in his childhood.
He watched them and in his imagination made them heroes of incredible fantastic stories, which later formed the basis for the "Game of Thrones."
17. All the flying arrows in the series are created with the help of special effects.
This is done for security reasons.
18. The purple wedding took place in fact.
The purple wedding, during which Prince Joffrey was poisoned, is one of the most popular episodes of the 4th season. It turns out that it is based on a real historical event. In 1153, during the banquet, the heir of the English king, Prince Eustachius, died. It is assumed that he was poisoned. In historical chronicles, Eustachius is characterized as an evil and arrogant man who "did more bad than good." In this Joffrey looks like him.
19. Costume designer Michelle Klepton said that costumes most like scenes in brothels.
During the filming of such episodes, they practically have no work!
20. In the first season in the image of feralworms appeared dogs of the breed northern Inuit.
And in the fourth, real wolves participated in the shootings, which were slightly increased with the help of computer technology.
21. Actor Haftor Björnson uses 11,489 calories a day!
Its diet consists mainly of proteins. Such food, as well as intensive training, are simply necessary for the actor to have his character match his nickname "Mountain"!
22. Many stars are fans of the series.
For example, Madonna. In 2014, she celebrated the Jewish holiday of Purim, dressed up in a costume of the Deyeneris. Among the Russian fans of the "Game of Thrones" is a well-known TV presenter Maxim Galkin.
23. In the scene of the disgraceful procession of Cersei, Lin Hidi is replaced by a doubler Rebecca Von Cleve.
As you remember, the bloodied Cersei is naked, surrounded by an angry mob. Hidi, who was pregnant at the time, refused to act in this humiliating episode. As a result, Rebecca went naked, and later her body was combined with Lina's face with the help of computer technologies.