As cool as they look on screen, battle scenes are pretty difficult to film. Actors have to learn and repeatedly execute very complex choreography, and usually, there are a lot of horses or other animals that need to be managed. Well, Game of Thrones just set a record for the show: They spent 55 consecutive nights filming one single battle sequence. The shoot has finally come to a close, after months of night shoots at the Moneyglass set in Toome and the Magheramorne green screen set. After the shoot was finally wrapped, the crew went on social media to share a thank you note by the “producer types,” like the one below, shared by Jonathan Quinlan, assistant director in 20 episodes, reports Watchers on the Wall. The picture has since been taken off his Instagram.
Thank you note by the producers. Photo: Jonathan Quinlan’s Instagram (now removed)The 11-week shoot is more than double the previous record for a Game of Thrones battle shoot. Unless the upcoming King’s Landing shoot dethrones it, this battle of Winterfell will be the biggest, most expensive action scene that TV has ever seen. It might not be the longest battle scene on the actual show, since shooting time doesn’t necessarily translate to screen time, but it will certainly be the most elaborate.
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