The Hollywood Reporter has a behind-the-scenes clip from the upcoming “Game of Thrones” season one DVD set (available March 6), and it involves the show’s famed horse heart-eating scene. My sun-and-stars Emilia Clarke (Daenerys), who ate said heart, and other members of the “GoT” crew discuss the intricacies of filming such a bloody, chewy spectacle. In great detail, like:
For the scene, in which Clarke wound up eating several pounds of a horse heart made of gummy bears that the actress notes in DVD commentary tasted of bleach, director Dan Minahan told the actress that it was a “make or break moment” for Daenerys, where she’d either be accepted or not by the Dothraki.
Propmaster Gordon Fitzgerald worked with the EPs to find the right mix of material, look, and consistency. “It really needed to provide some visible resistance when she bites into it,” Weiss says. “We settled on the same mature of gelatin gummy bears are made of and it worked wonderfully — right up until the moment Emilia almost threw up.” (Hollywood Reporter)
1) “Game of Thrones” propmaster has to be the greatest job ever (“I need a throne made out of jagged iron and a sword that looks like it could decapitate someone, and I need them now!”); and 2) Any conversation that mentions “horse hearts” and “gummy bears” is automatically awesome. Know what else is awesome? Someone made a drinking game for the show, as seen below. (Note: might be slightly spoiler’y.) “Sansa Stark: do nothing.” Haha, she does nothing a lot.
Can it be April 1 yet?
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