15 amazing facts about the filming of "The Battle of bastards" - a memorable scene from "Game of Thrones"

roller from the set reveals the secrets of the most intense episode of "Game of Thrones." Everything you wanted to know about how to remove the greatest show of our times! The creators of "Game of Thrones" released a video on how to remove the central battle scenes of "The Battle of bastards" - the ninth series of the sixth season, which appeared on American screens June 19

. From the video, revealing the seamy side of cinematic specialties, as well as the stories of members of the crew, Website has learned a lot of amazing facts about how the series is released. We hasten to share them with the reader.

< 1. Cavalry circuit racing on of John Snow, is not a special effect, - the actor Kit Harington Kit really had to stand in front of him rushing avalanche of horsemen. 40 horses were involved in the scene; they really flew on the actor, stopping at the last moment. "We are more depressing is that people will think, if it is drawn, - says Harrington. - But it is not so »

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2. stunt, stunts on horseback Camilla Naprus Experts say that scene with 80 horses in the "Battle of bastards" was the most responsible for all . while working on the show According to her, she was tired of watching and scenes in which riders "a coward somewhere," and has long been requested to give her some great episode - and then, finally, her dream has come true.

3. Even during the clashes, shot close-up, John Snow flew real horse, led by stunt.

Look once again the previous episode. And now - the way it was filmed. Taking off clashes, the filmmakers involved more than a dozen horses that flew at each other and at the foot of actors, turning at the last moment. The rest has been completed yet with the help of special effects.

4. The scene in which John Snow at top speed jumps, trying to save Rikon, acted with "Russian arms» - the so-called Hollywood kind of camera crane on which the camera is mounted on a long metal pole mounted on a moving vehicle. As the machine has performed "Land Rover" - only he could drive through the field, covered with dirt and broken horses hooves

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5. Fake human and horse corpses, as well as real actors and animals involved in the scene, were wearing uniforms of the army, with the appropriate symbols and weapons. According to the designer Deborah Riley paintings, they are carefully trick out every horse man "dead body" before you put it in the pile.

6. In fact, to pile up on the mountain of corpses, the creators of "The Battle of bastards" inspired sources describing the medieval battle and the battle of the American Civil War. Series creator David Benioff says his spodvigli on a stage design descriptions of battles, in which the "mountain of corpses rose so high that it prevented to travel across the field»

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7. On the strategy of "Battle of bastards" and its statement most strongly influenced by the history of the Battle of Agincourt - the XV century battle between the French and the British. As directed by Miguel Sapochnik admitted, he had two sources of inspiration - the battle of Cannae III century BC between the Romans and Hannibal - and cavalry attack in the drama of the Japanese Akira Kurosawa's "Ran»

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8. Iwan Rheon, the role of the artist Ramsey, admitted that he had long dreamed of playing in a scene with John Snow, because it was initially sought for the role. Speaking precisely, that before becoming Ramsey, Reon auditioned for two roles - John Snow and Viserys Targaryen - and in both cases was denied. Finally, he got the chance to settle with John Snow for all!

9. The scene in which John Snow beaten to death Ramsey, was shot about 12 hours: John Sapochnik wanted to photograph it from all possible angles, so that Harrington had a few hours to work his fists

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10. Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark, claims that the scene in which her character finally avenged Ramsey, was the it favorite episode in the entire series. According to her, she was just happy that I was able to Sansa to fend for themselves in the face of a man who tormented her. Or maybe she just liked to watch as Ramsey torn to pieces hungry dogs.

11. The scene in which Saens overlooking the winner goes to the place of revenge, despite the late hour, make a copy 12 or 13 times. < / in the words of writer DB Weiss, light shadow of a smile on her face leaving Sansa - his "favorite scene with her participation in the whole series", and they really wanted to take it off flawlessly

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12. Weiss and Benioff joked Reon, seating him on the Iron Throne, and saying that Ramsey still get it before you die. "Is not it great that Ramsey still sat on the Iron Throne?" - They said

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13. The impressive wall of shields missing in the original script - it appeared only to save time and money. Initially, Army cavalry Bolton had to make a detour, taking the enemy in a pincer movement. But the cavalry battle scene would be clearly visible, and therefore, the organizers would have had to hire additional extras and pick up their suits. To save on this, it was decided to put a wall of shields, completely covering the back burner.

14. A terrible scene of the human mess, too lacking in the script. It was an impromptu, devised at the last minute to save time. According to the scenario, the final battle was to be different. But the weather did not favor shooting: most of the time was rain, and the field where the battle scenes were filmed, became the present mud bog. Therefore, the script had to be changed on the fly by inserting into it a pile of human bodies, which nearly choked John.

15. In total, the shooting of "The Battle of bastards" took 25 days. They involved 500 extras, 80 horses, 65 stuntmen and 4 teams of operators. By counting Sapochnik, in total, the composition of her crew reached 600 people.

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