Game of Thrones is one of its kind which gained popularity within no time. It is watched and enjoyed worldwide. No one can ever forget the brave fights of Jon Snow against the dead, Tyrion Lannister’s wit loaded phrases, Arya Stark’s transformation to an assassin, Cersei’s cruel intentions, Joffrey and Ramsay’s madness, Jamie’s kindheartedness, and all the brutal deaths of Starks. All of those who have been watching this series from quite a time have an emotional bonding with all the characters of the show. In this article, we have come up with a few fun facts related to your lovable Game of Thrones.
Facts From Game of Thrones
1. Sansa Stark’s Wedding Dress
Sansa Stark wore a symbolic wedding dress during her wedding to Tyrion Lannister. Her dress represented her life’s story from the beginning of Tully and Stark to her affairs getting entangled with the Lannisters.
2. Someone Played 4 Characters On The Show
The British actor, Ian Whyte who is also a stunt performer played four characters in the series of Game of Thrones. In first two seasons, he became one of the white walkers. Again in season 2, he acted as “The Mountain” aka Gregor Clegane. In season 3, he was one of the unknown giants. In season 5, he came back as the Wildling giant named Wun Wun.
3. “Congratulations, everyone hates you!”
Jack Gleeson who played the role of Joffrey Baratheon in the show received a letter from George R.R. Martin just after the first episode. The letter read “Congratulations, everyone hates you!”
4. Remember Shae, Tyrion’s Mistress
The beautiful actress, Sibel Kekilli who played the role of Tyrion’s lover and mistress and who was one of the regular characters of the show began her acting career as a porn star.
5. Real Death Threats
Actor Brenock O’Connor who played the character of Olly received death threats after he stabbed Job Show in the show. Well, Brenock brushes the incident off by saying “It’s laughable how people think the show is realistic enough for them to send messages like this to someone who is not the character. I find it quite funny.”
6. Dothraki Is A Real Language
Dothraki was modeled by an American linguist, David J. Peterson. He worked with HBO to come up with a total of 3000 words for the Dothraki language.
7. Sansa Stark Adopted Her Direwolf, Lady
Sansa Stark, the character which was played by Sophie Turner adopted her on-screen direwolf Lady in real life. She said, “Growing up I always wanted a dog, but my parents never wanted one. We kind of fell in love with my character’s direwolf, Lady, on set.” She added, “My mum persuaded them to let us adopt her.”
So, that sums up our facts from the show ‘Game of Thrones’.
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Tiru Dehariya
