Fun facts to hype us up for the final season
It's still a while to go until April 2019, so let's have some trivia to tide us over until the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones airs on HBO. We don't mean testing your knowledge to name the family crests or Direwolves; we're talking about what happens on set and behind the camera. So many fascinating things have happened behind the scenes over seven seasons of the hit fantasy series. We've picked 10 little nuggets, and some might surprise even the huge Game of Thrones fans!
If you haven't seen all seven seasons (first of all, catch up now), the following may contain spoilers.
4. The actors who play Cersei and Tyrion Lannister are real-life BFFs
You probably can’t find two characters who hate each other as much as Cersei and Tyrion. Cersei has hated her younger brother since he was born, and the siblings have come close to killing each other multiple times. But in real life, their relationship is the complete opposite. The actors Lena Headey and Peter Dinklage are great friends, even before the show – Dinklage was the one who suggested to the producers to cast Headey for Cersei!
They have so much fun together even during the tense scenes that Dinklage says, “Sometimes we have to avoid eye contact so we don’t crack up!!”
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