Game of Thrones Season 4: Ice and Fire: A Foreshadowing

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Jon:
It's as if I went
to sleep for a year
and when I woke up,
the world's fallen apart.
There is a tremendous
clamor for revenge,
especially in the wake
of the Red Wedding.
Gwendoline Christie:
Catelyn Stark's death,
Richard Madden,
and Oona Chaplin,
that moment,
I knew it was coming
and it killed--
it ripped me up inside.
I cried.
I actually shed
a tear at that.
Yeah, I shed a tear.
The performances
were extraordinary
and it was very
emotional to do.
It's sort of
where do you go from there?
Some of the most shocking
and mind-blowing scenes
of the entire series
come at the end of this
coming season.
Some very bloody
confrontations.
I know how important
the Red Wedding is
to so many fans of the show
and the books.
But we pick up the pieces
and top it in many ways.
Benioff:
This is definitely the most
dangerous season for Tyrion.
It seems like almost every
episode, he's in jeopardy
of getting his head removed
from his shoulders.
Tyrion has never been
faced with this much
public humiliation
because he usually
has an answer for it.
I've talked myself
out of a thousand dark
corners, Podrick.
I don't think I'm talking
my way out of this one.
Dinklage:
He's usually center stage
and he usually is better at it
than the people around him.
This time around, he's left
as an audience member.
I'm guilty
of being a dwarf.
Lena Headey:
There's no boundary
with her and Tyrion
of inflicting
emotional damage.
She's quite happy
to do it.
You've always pitied him,
our poor little brother.
He'd kill us all
if he could.
Tyrion and Jaime
definitely have a love
that Tyrion doesn't have
with the other members
of his family.
And he helps Tyrion
a great deal this season.
Careful, I'm the last
friend you've got.
My favorite character
is Bronn, Jerome Flynn.
I really like Cersei
because she's just
a fantastic character.
And even though
everyone hates her,
you kind of love
to hate her.
Jaime Lannister.
He's complex.
The thing that Nikolaj has
is this incredible charisma.
He was born
to play that part.
Oberyn Martell
is the one wild card.
I would describe Oberyn
as a deeply passionate person.
I think that he's very,
very dangerous,
but he's also good.
Benioff:
I think Oberyn's feelings
for the Lannisters
go beyond disdain
and into hatred.
Why did you come
to King's Landing,
Prince Oberyn?
I was invited
to the royal wedding.
The Lannisters aren't the only
ones who pay their debts.
D.B. Weiss:
He uses the invitation
to the wedding
to come and seek out
what he really wants,
and that is vengeance.
Joffrey?
Joffrey's a wee prick.
A mommy's boy, a bully.
( sighs )
He's got nice eyes.
Um...
( laughs )
I feel like Jack the actor
has an abundance
of redeeming qualities.
I feel like Joffrey
the character...
less so.
He kind of always sits,
like, squiffy on his chair.
He's always picking
at the handle.
And he's like,
"I am the king!"
Joffrey, I mean,
clearly the last person
on earth you would want
to have any kind of power.
I broke Stannis
on the Blackwater.
Pity you weren't there
to help, Uncle.
My apologies, Your Grace.
I was rather busy.
Busy getting captured.
It's the best fun to play
such a hateful
or hate-inspiring
character.
Just to get the reaction
out of someone
is very satisfying.
It's nice to make
people hate you.
A royal wedding
is history.
Time has come
for us all
to contemplate
our history.
Benioff:
In terms of the challenge
of the wedding,
it's the entirety of it.
It's the totality of
a massive scene
which takes up about
half the episode.
It was like shooting a short
film in itself, actually.
I'm shocked
by the sheer scale.
I really have never
seen anything like that in
"Game of Thrones" before.
I would find it very hard
that I would have
a wedding ceremony
replicated like that again
in my career.
Gleeson:
It was majestic.
It was shimmering.
And it just
looked pristine.
I think that's
what Joffrey likes.
He likes something
ostentatious and grand.
Bradley:
The great thing
about this show
is they like to put you
into atmospheres
and into environments
that conjure up
certain feelings inside of you
when you're playing
the scenes out.
Your imagination
is kind of fueled.
It's all there.
My throne room is a mini
tropical version
of a Westeros throne room.
That set is unbelievable.
I walked in
and was, like, openmouthed
for a good 10 minutes.
Jacob Anderson:
Very intimidating.
Emilia is lovely,
but I can't look up. I mean,
is kind of frightening.
She's exploring what kind
of a leader she can be.
How can I rule
seven kingdoms
if I can't control
a single city?
The cities that Dany
has previously liberated
are beginning to revolt
because it's all
well and good going in
and cutting the tie
and seemingly breaking
people free,
but if you don't leave them
with any kind of a structure
or any kind of
a commander
who shares the same
morals and views
as the person
who liberated them,
then it's a free-for-all.
They can live
in my new world
or they can die
in their old one.
When the dragons
were first born,
they were adorable
little babies
and completely devoted
to their mother
and they couldn't even
eat without her.
( screeches )
With each season
they grow,
and with each season
they become a little bit
more dangerous.
( shrieks )
And now
they're at the point where
they're not babies anymore.
They are outgrowing
the restrictions
that she's placing on them.
She's always feared it.
I mean, for goodness' sake,
they're dragons.
They've killed her enemies.
What's gonna stop them
from killing anyone?
Because they're dragons
in a non-dragon world.
They're dragons,
Khaleesi.
They can never
be tamed.
I think it's kind of
a symbol of her losing
control of herself
and losing control
of what she's doing.
The thing that I got
most excited about
is Jon is not the same man
from season to season.
There's too much
that's happened to him.
Too much that's gone on
and that he's had to learn from.
When we find him
in season four,
he's in a very bad place
as far as how he feels
he treated Ygritte
and his honor
because of that.
Not only breaking his vows
to the Night's Watch,
but for breaking
his vows to her.
He's in a lose-lose
position, really.
But he has to make good.
You've done
nothing wrong.
I've done plenty wrong.
Bradley:
He's reunited with Sam,
which is a good thing.
But their
relationship's changed.
Sam and Jon's relationship
this year is as even
and equal
as it's ever been.
Harington:
There's more confrontation
between them this season.
Your wildling girl,
she's one of the raiders.
- She's not my girl.
- But she was, wasn't she?
It's a very different
relationship they find
themselves in,
but still a loving one
and still a caring one.
And I think without Sam,
Jon would crumble.
Oh, that's an easy one
and it involves prosthetics.
There's a big man.
Go back and find
your clothes, Hodor.
( laughs )
One of the most terrifying
things I've ever had to do
was the opening shot
of season three.
They wanted to get
this feeling of something
being behind Sam,
or something in pursuit
of Sam.
So they decided the only
way to achieve that effect
was to chase me on a quad bike
through the snow.
And they had a guy
running alongside
saying, "The only reason
I'm here is if you fall over,
I'll get the quad bike
to stop."
I went,
"Thanks very much.
I don't know what they're paying
you, but it's not enough."
Sometimes greeting CGI wolves
is a strange experience.
It's just a big green sausage
dummy shoved in your face
and you have to treat it
as if it's your lifelong pet
and love it to bits.
It's very odd.
The most weird thing
I've had to do this season
is to bite off
a man's ear
and spit it in his face.
( laughs )
First time I walked
into the Castle Black set,
I thought,
"Oh, my God."
Because until you step
into it physically,
when it comes out of your head
and into the real world,
it sends chills
down your spine, really.
Chopping up
Theon Greyjoy's companion
was probably quite OMG.
When I read that,
I was like, "Whoa, really?"
Every day on this show
is an OMG moment, really,
because there's always
surprises in it.
You're always in
a really cool location
or you've got a great prop
or the set is incredible.
Anderson:
The thing that's amazing
about the places we shoot
is you just don't know
what to expect.
So you turn up
and you're like, "Wow.
This is so much grander
than I could have expected
or could have ever imagined."
The biggest OMG moment
is when you think you're
nearly finished
and then you've got
five hours to go.
Well, Nikolaj and I
tried to do a dance number
walking down the steps
of the court.
We thought it was fun
and the extras
were all laughing
and dancing.
But the crew
was really tired
and I don't think
they responded.
And then we just heard
from the AD,
"Still rolling.
Reset."
Turner:
Whenever Maisie's around,
there's usually a lot
of sleepovers
and we do a lot
of knock-and-runs
on people's hotel doors.
You know, you'd see
Dame Diana Rigg
playing backgammon
with Daniel Portman
and see Lena giving
a message to someone
and everyone's just chatting
and joking around.
And that's a really
nice moment.
Everyone else gets
the badass quotes.
I think the best quotes
are Bronn's quotes.
Any line he has
is witty and intelligent
and hilarious.
You don't fight
with honor.
- He says, "No..."
- He did.
Hmm. Okay, well,
there was that scene
where he said, "Hodor."
Hodor. Hodor.
Hodor.
That was definitely
a badass one.
I think it would be
when Ygritte's head
is on that rock.
"Strike hard and true,
Jon Snow."
Or I'll come back
and haunt you.
That was a great line.
Well, there's one
this year when she's
talking about nothing.
Maybe nothing
is worse than this.
Nothing isn't better
or worse than anything.
Nothing
is just nothing.
Williams:
I think that makes
you really think
about all the different
characters and it kind of puts
things into perspective.
Oh, "dracarys."
Dracarys.
( screaming )
Definitely.
I believe that's probably
the most badass quote.
I think Maester Luwin.
He was very much
a father figure for Bran.
And to not have him,
I think,
is probably
a disadvantage to Bran.
That'd be Robb
and Catelyn.
So hard.
The big one that set the whole
tone for "Game of Thrones"
being known for a show
where no one is safe
was Ned Stark.
And that completely
shocked me.
Action!
Benioff:
I think, as in previous
seasons, there is a build.
I think what makes
this season different
is that things really get
going much more quickly.
It's more thrilling
throughout
than season three was.
Weiss:
There's definitely
objectively more action.
And there are an awful lot
of things
on the production front
that we're never done before.
Everyone's kind of now
loading the guns,
loading the arrows,
sharpening their knives
and it's just ripe.
It's not building towards
one specific climactic event.
There are more
climactic events
in season four than there
have ever been before.
Every season up until now
has been-- episode nine has
been the big episode.
Season four
is just very steady.
The stakes are higher
throughout the season
than they
have been before.
This season, the story
just gets more intense.
There's some really juicy,
mental storylines.
( laughs )
And it's just really exciting.
The button's pressed
and the accelerator
is firmly to the floor here.
There's a lot of action.
The good guys
are coming back this year.
And that's nice to see.
Yeah, we're making a stand.
We hope people, when they
come out of this season,
will feel that the impact
of the season as a whole
would be even
greater than the impact
of the previous season.
There are so many quality
shows on television
that I love and admire,
but I don't think
there's one with the scale
of "Game of Thrones" in terms
of the size of the cast,
in terms of number
of countries we shoot in,
and, you know,
who else has dragons, really?
( laughs )
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