Extras Say the Darndest Things . . .

By Cat Taylor

We couldn’t possibly have our show without the extras. They are the handmaidens, the guards, the peasants and the men of the Wall. Sometimes more than one. They can be both Lannister Guards and Stark Bannermen, or sailors from the Iron Islands and merchants in King’s Landing. They stand for hours in the cold, spend days running through the same field over and over again, dying on command and acting hilarious. To our extras, I salute you!

One extra to another: “I will sword you.”

In the tea tent: “Forget the Baratheons! We must guard the cake. We ARE the chocolate cake guard.”

During a fight: AD: “Can you move to your left?” Soldier: “I can’t. I haven’t got my glasses on.”

Overheard on Set: Robb’s Camp

By Cat Taylor

One of the most fantastic things about being on a show such as GOT is that you find yourself in places you would never expect to be – castles? Check. The Wall? Check. Battlefields? Check, check, check. It comes as no surprise then that you tend to overhear some pretty crazy stuff during filming, things that would normally be discussed only by sociopaths and murders. While we do have plenty of both as characters, our crew is actually not at all murderous. And I’m at least reasonably confident that there aren’t any sociopaths hiding around here …

Can I have a dead Lannister over here?

Oh F**k, this is the bad blood! Where’s the good stuff? The ooze?

Errmm, I think I’ve lost the director.

I can’t decide who’s cuter – the dead guy with the arrows in his chest, or the guy in the ditch with the seeping wound.

A REMINDER ABOUT SPOILERS: In the comments, please avoid mentioning or alluding to any events from the ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ books that haven’t occurred on the television series. All the fans experiencing this story for the first time will appreciate it!