With anticipation built for the upcoming Season Finale of Game of Thrones, the series creators are but done dropping some alluring details about it.
Fresh details for instance reveal that the Battle of Winterfell that will be in Game of Thrones eighth season, is set to be ‘the biggest, longest battle ever seen in a movie or TV show.’ (Gasps).
The show-runners are said to have dedicated eleven intensive weeks of all-night shooting in harsh conditions so that everything comes out perfect.
The battle is apparently bigger than the 40-minute Helm’s Deep siege from Lords of the Ring.
It is directed by the same person who helmed Hardhome and the Battle of the Bastards, Miguel Sapochnik.
Sapochnik drew inspiration for the battle from the Helm’s Deep scene, which he studied to determine where the audience would get “battle fatigue.”
The director also explained how he went about filming the battle when it comes to major characters:
“The [GoT battles] I’ve done previously were generally from Jon’s perspective. Here I’ve got 20-some cast members and everyone would like it to be their scene. That’s complicated because I find the best battle sequences are when you have a strong point of view. I keep thinking: ‘Whose story am I telling right now?’
In the 90-minute episode, fan favorites like Jon Snow (Kit Harington), Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), Arya Stark (Maisie Williams), Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner), and Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) are fighting for their lives, impossibly outnumbered against a supernatural enemy.
Well, hoping the hype will actually materialise, it is safe to say that Game of Thrones will have managed to sustain the Herculean Task of maintaining the audience through suspense.