Game of Thrones: 18 Things the Last Watch Shows a Final Documentary Revealed

By Adam Bankhurst

SPOILERS is expected for the last season of Game of Thrones.

While Game of Thrones is officially over, HBO has presented us with a documentary focused on the incredible work of the cast and film crew, in this final season marking the end of this global phenomenon .

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch is a two-hour, behind-the-scenes presentation showing how many people from around the world have come together to tell one last story. and we have gathered below 18 of the greatest discoveries revealed.

1. Werewolves can run as fast as 30 mph.

2. A lot of the extras come back year after year. Andrew McClay, part of The Last Watch, has been Stark's keeper for five years.

3. The Season 7 Jacket of the cast and crew represents the house you worked in, with an image and indication on the back, the name of the house on the right and the unit in which the distribution / Team member was – Dragon, Wolf or White Walker. It also features the location. McClay was a Stark guard with a werewolf in the back and the saying "North remembers", Stark on the right shoulder and Dragon Unit – Belfast 2016 on the left arm.

4. HBO could not destroy the actual location of King's Landing – Dubrovnik, Croatia – and thus built a set for King's Landing in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the purpose of making it possible. attack of Dany and Drogon, which lasted seven months.

5. The actors received their script three days before the first reading of table 8 of the season.

6. Kit Harington did not read his screenplay in advance and learned that he would kill Daenerys at the first reading of the table.

Season eight, or at least episode four – The Last of the Starks, was codenamed "The Faith of the Angels".

8. The snow used on the sets was a mixture of paper and water.

9. A group can count up to 350 crew members.

10. Director David Nutter draws each road map for each scene by hand on letter-size paper. A4 will not work.

11. Emilia Clarke wore a wig as Daenerys to hide her dark roots, which posed more problems in previous seasons, when the hair of the actress was darker.

12. The first scene taken in season eight was Dany and Jorah talking to Sam and Dany telling Sam that his father and brother had been killed.

13. The food tray on the tray is called the "heart attack van"

14. The king of the night was a Game of Thrones stuntman named Vladimir Furdik who played a leading role in the villainous role.

15. The Waif, Jaqen and The Night King were brought back on the set, even after their last scenes, to keep away those who were looking for leaks.

16. Kit Harington was brought to Spain while there was nothing to film, just to scare people away.

17. The last scene of Kit Harington, Liam Cunningham and Jacob Anderson was that of King's Landing when Jon and Davos tried to prevent Gray Worm from executing Lannister's soldiers after Dany's attack and Drogon on King's Landing.

18. The last scene of Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen was not about her death, but about her escape from Jon in a snowy scene that would have taken place in Winterfell.

To learn more about the last season of Game of Thrones, check out our review. from The Last Watch, our review of the final episode – "The Iron Throne", how the Game of Thrones prophecies became true (or not), how the fate of Jon Snow closed the series, and our explanatory of the final of the series ending.

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Adam Bankhurst is an IGN journalist who thanks all the incredible people who contributed to the realization of Game of Thrones and his incredible show. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst.