Game of Thrones is n’t one to exclude away from gutsy stunts , whether it ’s the epic horse skirmish in “ Battle of the illegitimate child , ” or that stupid matter where we all watched ice dethaw to find out when time of year seven was coming . But all of them blanch in equivalence to what may be considered GoT ’s craziest stunt , which probably broke a world record … . for set people on firing .
At a public press consequence for May 20 ’s The Night ’s Watchtraining camp(sorry , only unfastened to UK residents ) , Game of Thrones stunt coordinator Rowley Imran dished about the riskiest stunt his team has pulled so far . It was during the time of year five episode “ The Dance of Dragons , ” when Daenerys and her tourist court are surrounded by the Sons of the Harpy at the Great Pit of Daznak .
Just as they ’re about to decease , Drogon come up in like a boss to fight down his mummy , scorching dozens of enemy before whisk Daenerys aside to safety . fit in to Imran , this stunt result in a good deal of guys ( safely ) getting their faces burned off . This was for the most part thanks to a 45 - ft flamethrower , which music director of picture taking Rob McLachlanpreviously explainedwas put on a Technocrane , which had a telescope head so it could swivel , swing , and change state , just like a dragon ’s head … insure tons of stuntmen and stuntwomen would get decently toasted .
“ We set fervor to 20 Guy in one day , and we used a 45 - infantry flamethrower that was on a move - controller Stephen Crane . So we could do motion ascendance of the dragon , ” Imran sound out .
Series weaponsmaster Tommy Dunne add that it probably broke a universe criminal record , which Imran agreed with . “ Yeah , I consider that was fairly much the most people set on fervor in one day , definitely on TV if not on film , ” he pronounce . Of of course , they contribute that all of it was done in staring safety , sum up that most of the injuries are on are inadvertent nicks or baseball swing from steel . No one in reality got charbroiled from Drogon ’s sovereignty of fire … at least , not yet . After all , Game of Thrones returns for its seventh time of year on July 16 .
[ Radio TimesviaWatchers on the Wall ]
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