'Game of Thrones': This is the best scene of the entire series, according to Benioff and Weiss
And ours, too. And yours. And that of the neighbor of the fifth.
The favorite Game of Thrones scene of the two creators of the series David Benioff and Dan Weiss, we mean the best of the seven seasons that we have been (and we dare say that also of the fans), is the Battle of the bastards . After the eighth season, there is another one, but right now, four days before the premiere of the eighth and final season (at dawn from April 14 to 15), the palm of the hand goes to this unique battle, the penultimate episode of the sixth season.
It is probably the best episode of the entire series, but it is also the favorite scene of the two creators of the series Benioff and Weiss, as they have recognized in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. And it is more: it is his favorite episode along with the following one, The Winds of Winter. In the books, it is not Jon, but Stannis who states that he does not fear the impending battle with Ramsay, as he fought and defeated the enemies. It is Theon (who is being held captive in Stannis's camp), not Sansa, who tells him, "You don't know him." But that doesn't matter to us. We come to the battle and we enjoy it. And we suffered with Jon. And we get excited when we give up everything and see Samsa appear.
Even though this battle is one of the longest fight scenes ever shot for television, it still had to be scaled down considerably from what Benioff and Weiss (those two crazy little guys) had envisioned in the first drafts of the episode's script in order to adjust the budget. In early drafts, cavalrymen participated in the entire battle (including the pincer movement).
Yes, as you read it. However, director Miguel Sapochnik very judiciously warned Benioff and Weiss about the enormous cost of money and resources that this would entail if they used live horses, not only if they participated in the action, but also afterwards to guarantee the continuity of the film. scene. He was referring to the horses that would later have to be dead, lying in the snow, so that the scene would not sing flamenco. Thus, their presence was mainly limited to the cavalry charges at the beginning and end.
