13 Pieces Of Useless Trivia About Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones is the first television show in history to ever be screened in IMAX.
Iwan Rheon, who plays Ramsay Bolton, was the backup choice to play Jon Snow.
That's a real deer. Charles Dance, who plays Tywin Lannister, was shown how to properly skin one by a butcher for this scene from the first season.
Kit Harrington's great-grandfather invented the flushing toilet.
Carice Van Outen, who plays Melisandre, was supposed to audition for the role of Cersei Lannister - but refused at the time due to other commitments.
Lena Headey and Emilia Clarke have both played Sarah Connor from the Terminator series, albeit one was in a TV series and the other in a film.
George RR Martin previously wrote a TV show based on Beauty & The Beast. It starred Linda Hamilton as Belle, who originally played Sarah Connor.
Danny Dyer auditioned for a role, but was unsuccessful. So far.
Jack Gleeson based his performance as Joffrey Baratheon on Jaoquin Phoenix's character, Commodus, in Gladiator.
In the books, Daenarys Targarayen has purple eyes. However, this was scrapped from the series as Emilia Clarke was unable to wear contacts comfortably
Kristian Nairn, who plays Hodor, is taller than Halfthor Julius Bjornsson, who plays Gregor Clegane. Kristian is 6 '10.5 whilst Halfthor is 6'9.
There's an unseen pilot episode that was shot with completely different actors that has never been released publicly.
The sixth season cost $10,000,000 per episode. Tied with Friends, it is now the most expensive television show in history.