Funny how D&D pushed for realism for the most inconsequential things that endangered the cast and crew but not for the writing.

D and D treated the female actresses like props, even the leads. Emilia has also spoken about how they wanted her to be naked ALL the time and Jason Mamoa had to protect her. He was like, "Bring her a goddam robe!" Then Nikolaj Coster-Waldau had to put his foot down and demand that Gwendoline Christie have breaks from wearing her armor that weighed 30lbs.

Jesus this is awful. It’s been popular to hate on D&D for how bad the ending was but this is absolutely atrocious. I hope she wins the case

Respect to Liam Cunningham for standing up to D&D like that. Honestly, not enough people talk about how amazing his portrayal of Davos was

D&D wanting to "verify" the Baby's gender is really horrifying. That alone would be enough of a reason to hate them, but then they literally torture their actors for "art". I hope they never find work at directing or writing again

Worst shooting day on GoT: almost beheading, waterboarding, torturing babies Worst shooting day on Breaking Bad: they had Anna Gunn sing the "Happy Birtday to you" song multiple times!!

when you find out Emilia Clarke was going through all that quietly, while still giving her best, we cant appreciate her enough.

"D and D were known for giving out fake scripts." They did it so often that for two whole seasons they forgot to replace the fake ones with the real ones!

This book sounds like it's trying to be the "Haha wow remember those interesting stories from LotR, like Viggo kicking the helm and breaking his toe? Crazy, right? We have stories like that." And then there are outright abusive and unsafe working conditions scattered about.

Wait, D&D made Cersei pour a carafe of wine BECAUSE it was WHAT THE FANS WOULD EXPECT?!?!? What about subverting expectations, guys?

Although the fandom despises D&D for how they botched the delivery of GOT in the later seasons, I love how people really respect and appreciate the actors and actresses who put so much into their roles. It’s like there’s a general understanding that the issues were beyond their control, and we appreciate what they did to make this show happen

I can’t believe they released this book, they really didn’t know how bad it made them look

What kind of psychos are they that they put a baby on freezing ice for a completely unnecessary scene that adds only a little to the plot?

David and Dan are horrible people, honestly don’t know how they weren’t questioned

That battle of winderfell hurts. Imagine going through all that trouble and pain only for the footage to be damn near unwatchable

Actually, injuring your balls is the first thing I would imagine could go wrong when riding a dragon.

How in the fucking hell did they need 74 takes? That's the kind of number you get from Jackie Chan doing the pure luck stunts in his movies, like catching a pencil he kicked into the air, and the only reason he needs so many takes for those stunts is because they're pure luck as to whether he'll get them or not. So how the fuck do you need that many takes for a shot of carrying a character down a hall

I feel so bad for Emilia in season 1. I didn’t know she had brain surgery. Also remember how many nude scenes Emilia had during season 1 then had none in season 2? She had to sign something after season 1 so she wouldn’t be nude nearly as often. During season 1’s filming David and Dan literally told her “You wouldn’t want to disappoint your fans would you?” when she talked about being consistently nude on set

Brienne closing the "Book of Brothers" before the ink had dried, left me pretty disturbed...

It’s criminal seeing how much incredible effort the cast and crew put into making this show, and then the writers are just like “Dany kinda forgot about the iron fleet”.

It sucks that the actors had to go through so much stuff to film the long night, only for it to be one of the worst episodes in the show.

If anything this proves that the wankers never bothered to storyboard. Insisting on carrying Isaac, using real ice, carrying a real person for the wight...that's the sort of thing you work out in preproduction what shots you're going to need realism and which shots you can use a dummy for. DND didn't know what they were doing so they just put the actors through hell and filmed it all

The bit with the baby is pretty annoying and unsettling because of how easily the situation could've been written around. Lay the baby down on fake ice so it doesn't feel uncomfortable. The audience isnt going to notice that it is fake. On that shot when the Night King is picking the baby up simply replace the real baby with a fake baby but still have the focus be on the Night King's face which still occurred anyways in the show except now the baby wouldn't be scared 🤦‍♂️

I remember Sophie Turner talking about when she found out that Sansa would be involved in the Ramsey storyline - and D&D told her that Sansa was finally getting a love interest, so she thought they were introducing Harry. When the scripts came out, that was when she found out Sansa would be brutalized.

I was thrilled to hear that David and Dan will not be apart of House of The Dragon, I was also reading that they kept George R.R Martin out of the loop with seasons 5-8, whereas the show runners for House of The Dragon are relying on him heavily.

On the Emilia Clarke point, not only did her character that she looked up to turned into a monster, but scripts given to the archive shows how deceptive it all actually was. From the original script, it makes it out like Daenerys accidentally set off wildfire, which burned up King's Landing, while completely melting the castle down. What we saw was Daenerys actually killing civilians, something not in the script. Emilia Clarke even said that it totally shocked her to see what was on screen in the same way the original script was due to how much worse they assassinated her character.

all this torture filming the Long Night just to end up being one of the most underwhelming episodes...

You also have stories about how two of the actors weren't given any direction on their characters so when they did scenes, they were slightly unaware of how to act.

I know a lot of people aren’t huge fans of emilia clarke’s acting (i think she’s overhated honestly. She’s definitely not emmy worthy but not awful) but you can’t deny she really put her heart and soul into this show and character, even enduring a serious injury that could’ve killed her.

This just makes the final season even worse. Not only is it an insult to all the hard work that lead up to that point, but it spits in the face of the many injuries and sacrifices made in the name of building toward and creating that monstrosity. Imagine knowing that your back injury, facial burns, testicular torsion, brain embolism, LITERAL TORTURE, and more would lead up to such a stinker of an ending that the show lost all cultural influence and momentum.

Honestly, some of this truly shocked me. They were going too far in some situations. Like with the baby?

Liam is awesome. If only every actor was like him and stood up to bad directors and writers for their characters.

I think most of those events could have been avoided with just a little bit more budget on special effects. The waterboarding, the baby, carrying the young actor or the dead man, or using practical effects. Realism is not an excuse.

During a Comic Con in the Netherlands I had the pleasure of meeting Ian McElhinney (Ser Barristan Selmy) and Ian Beattie (Ser Meryn Trant of the Kingsguard). Both spoke about how their character was butchered by D&D. Ian Beattie didn't want his character to be a pedophile, but just a nasty weak bully. And the way D&D wrote off Ser Barristan Selmy in the show, and D&D actually being happy about it after Ian McElhinney protested against it, just shows how bad these 2 "writers" really are as people as well...

One thing you didn’t mention… Sophie Turner ended up being traumatized by the “wedding night” with Ramsay… Iwan Rheon even said it was the worst day of his career… and that seen wasn’t in the books at all and entirely D&Ds creation… The actors should really sue them for unsafe and unhealthy work conditions And of course there was the time Ian McElhinney questioned them and told them they shouldn’t kill off Barristan for shock value as he is pretty key in the books… their egos where so massive that they basically killed him off out of spite.

5:10 in relation to this I'm pretty sure I heard or read somewhere that Richard Blake (the actor who plays nightking in this scene) was actually upset by seeing the baby in distress, especially because he knew it was himself that the baby was afraid of because of his full costume and makeup. I could be wrong though as I can't find anything to back this up.

I didnt think I could dislike D&D even more...

It’s kinda funny how the writers of the book thought it was going to be a fun little look into the background of the filming of the show but it ended up being a massive expose on the terrible working conditions throughout

Wow. The things that happened in lotr, Sean stepping on glass, Viggo breaking his toe and deflecting a dangerous blade were all accidents. Accidents, that is the key word here. The shooting was safe but alas sometimes unforseen things happen. Those scenes were in the movie because the actors turned it into a great performance (and by that I mean Viggo). This is completely different. This is the result of an unsafe working environment for the actors which is insane. The fact that they let people playing zombies fall down and risk injury is baffling when CGI should have obviously been used, not that anyone would notice it since it was so dark. I remember back in season 1 when I heard that when Tywin cut up the deer in front of Jaimie they were actually in an outside field and it was 10 degrees. He laughed at the fact that they could have just filmed it in a warm studio. At the time I thought it was funny and also cool that they were dedicated to authenticity even if the audience would never know the difference. Now I know that it just mean that D&D never cared about the safety and comfort of the actors.

Damn no wonder it had some pretty good acting. These people were legit worried about dying

Stories like these are precisely why actor's unions have to be so strong.

I think it’s pretty notable to point out that the horse heart that Emilia ate (actually ate in real life) was made of gelatin and colored to look like a heart using Red 40, which is very well-known to be the worst of all the dyes for your health, specifically your brain health. I’m not saying that having been forced to eat that contributed heavily to her brain issues…… but it certainly didn’t help.

Poor Hannah Waddingham. She deserves so much better. There's literally no excuse for that kind of treatment of a performer on set.

It's sad that it's thought that actors can give a good performance only when pushed to their limits. Surely there is a better way to, I dunno, treat them like a human???? Especially the Hannah Waddingham thing was so sad

This is a travesty. And to think that they went through all that hardship just for the S08Ep03 to be considered a joke is all the more sad for them.

I bet George to D&D was like "I know I write alot fucked up shit in my books, but I don't want fucked up shit happening to the actors"

I had no idea that they actually did this stuff like actually. Riding jittery horses on the edge of cliffs and actually having the actors kicking each other to the point bones break. I thought it was all smoke, mirrors and CGI. Also. Live fire on set? The fuck?

The craziest thing about the Davos prank to me is he is Married, like the guy has a wife at home with his kids. Just seems like adding something stupid to make the guy seem like a scumbag for no reason.

A lot of these are from the last few seasons, which just shows that producers shouldn’t get this much control over a show, no matter how much their first couple of seasons were received. I’m not blaming D&D for all of the injuries and such, but it definitely feels like they half-assed not just the writing but production safety as well.

I love how the bit about the original director for "Blackwater" quitting is accompanied by clips of Joffrey ditching the actual battle. Also, probably not a full-blown "horror story", but apparently Kit hit Iwan Rheon (Ramsay's actor) for real by accident during the beatdown scene in "Battle of the Bastards". He bought him a beer to make up for it though. ;)

None of the actors will see this, but I hope they know their performances were phenomenal. It's not their fault that once the original source material ran out they were left with 2 unskilled writers with ego's too big to bring in real creative writing talent. The actors, animators, stunt doubles... literally everyone that worked on this show other than D&D had amazing talent, and they deserved so much better than what they got.

George RR Martin was actually upset that D&D didn't want the characters in Blackwater to wear helmets. Not just because of the inaccuracy, but because he witnessed an incident on The Twilight Zone where a stuntman lost his nose because the director insisted he keep his visor up.

My fav part of season 8 behind the scenes was that one poor guy who spent all day and night putting snow on a field. Only for the director to say we are not going to shoot that scene today.

What’s sad is you can tell these actors loved the characters and show just as much as we did. You just don’t ever see actors criticize something they are working on, ever. Unless they are massive stars. I honestly feel bad for them.

This just over-confirms in my mind how bad D&D are at making tv and film. All of this things are issues that I feel a competent producer or show runner would know how to make it simpler and safer.

D&D royally fucked this show’s production in more ways than one and it goes to show how absolutely incompetent they really are as show runners.

Greatest Horror Storry: Beeing in the same room as D&D.

I'm really uncomfortable with the baby part. That was absolutely so unnecessary. Also lancel and the bat faeces? That is extremely toxic...literally

It make so much sense that the end was on purpose written to anger the most people possible because these 2 writer are not just incompetent people but also evil. They are evil, vein, illbegotten creatures that get a perverse thrill from hurting and torturing people.

I usually don't say this, but after watching this I hope D&D never work again.

Fun fact to Michelle Fairely had a throat infection while they shot the red wedding sequence in just a week . She said the arrival at the twins to the Rex wedding was shot in a week . And she was sick and did not get to go to the hospital till later .

David and Dan seem to be better executing a story when they have a solid script, such as the books. It's when they lose the firm base of the books and they have to do a lot of writing on their own, they struggle. Especially with only a rough draft of what George R.R. Martin gave them to complete the final seasons, which would be understandably difficuly, they still missed many oppurtunities for writing.

I’m suprised nobody has sued D&D because this stuff is insane

Just when I thought I couldn't hate David and Dan more

Seems like a lot of the actors know how they should be written more than the directors.

Emilia Clarke being shocked about her character's ending is what happens when you strip the substance of the original character away in the adaptation. In the books Daenerys becoming a Mad Queen is far more realistic than in the show.

I appreciate the Skyrim music in the background of your video.

The worst part about the Davos situation is that I totally see D&D making it so the reason why Davos is so kind and nice with children is because he is into young women. I mean, considering how they assasinated Jamie’s character.

It's INSANE that they would do the wine shot more than 2 or 3 times MAX. The scene itself would probably need many takes, like usual, but there is no reason they couldn't have worked around that particular shot.

Liam Cunningham is a king. Davos is one of my favorite characters and he plays him so perfectly.

So their inexperience, incompetence and arrogance did not just hurt our petty emotions and feeling but literally caused the cast to have live long chronic pain and trauma.

Producers can often be the absolute scum of the Earth and the bane of the industry. I had a producer shut me in a meat freezer for a commercial. He wanted me to actually be shivering instead of, you know, just act like I was cold which I did for the fucking audition that got me the role. Thankfully the assistant director quickly let me out of the freezer. There was no handle on the inside. The producer also wound up leaving about 10 minutes later. To this day I don't know if he told anyone that I was in there. I could have died. Speaking of people who died from producer's negligence, Helena Hutchinson. She was an incredible person with a deliciously dark sense of humor and an absolute love and Passion for the craft of cinematography. The executive producer of rust was aware that 2 live rounds had flown out of one of the guns 6 days prior to her being shot dead. The executive producer was also the lead actor and the only 1 in a position of unassailable authority. The director did not have enough credit's, Helena did not have enough credits no it's no 1 had the clout to avoid career suicide by speaking up. Only Alec Baldwin had the clout. He was executive producer. Her blood is on his hands.

the part where christian nairn's back is destroyed you can really see the pain in his face when he takes a knee in the scene

Just earned a sub. Awesome video dude. I’m glad you are one of the only people to put the video that you use in the thumbnail first. You also grasped the concept on how to keep the viewers attention but having a break in these long stories with this little ones. You also give your own opinions and commentary at very convenient times. Good on you made keep up the good work!

Just wanted to say i appreciate you covering your thumbnail as the first example as opposed to other list videos which feature the thumbnail either at the end or not at all. Thank you

Emilia Clarke is seriously amazing. I can't think about the fear and pain she went trough and yet she kept at it.

thanks because of this I hate D&D even more now, they really push the actors and the crew so hard in exchange for bad writing on season 8! respect to the actors and the crew who endured a sufferings

Kit: My right ball got stuck Literally every man in the world: 🗿

I would be genuinely stoked to see you do more videos about *behind the scenes* of GoT! Not necessarily solely about injuries…just interesting stories!

The background music never misses here. Skyrim, Witcher 3... beautiful

Honestly I cannot understand how two idiots like D&D were in charge of this show and were getting praise for it. GRRM was saving their asses the whole time until S6 and then the lack of source material exposed D&D as frauds. They rushed and ruined one of the best TV shows of all time (giving us one of the worst endings of all time) only to go to Star Wars and they ended losing the job. Poetic justice.

Remember set stories like this from Lord of the Rings. Apparently the battle of Helms Deep was known as Hells Deep among the crew and stunt people. It's insane that the industry still treats people like this. Workplace safety is important, no matter if you're in an office or riding on an animatronic dragon.

I was already delighted with a video of yours that I watched earlier. But putting the thumbnail video first was lovely, so I’m subscribing. Thanks

The cast of actors and staff are truly amazing a deserved so much more than what D&D gave them. I hope they're all doing well now.

I’m convinced D&D are cruel sadistic writers

Yess! Another banger by Supercut Delight! Edit: yes, it was great! Thank you

love the vid, especially with Skellige bangers in the background

Dang, kudos for you for putting the thumbnail thing at the beginning, was expecting to have to wait for that.

Conleth is one of my favorite actors of all time, and it's completely criminal what they did to Varys.

2:34 It's not partially his fault, rather it's not his fault at all. This whole situation is about power dynamics and the lack of agency or choice in being able to say no without any repercussions. It's called a toxic work environment with 0 labor rights. When we have no unions to help us stand up and say no, this is the end result. 1000% D&D's fault, don't ever make excuses for employers' shitty behaviors b/c they'll take advantage of you the worker, emotionally gaslight, or guilt trip you.

Honestly, knowing all of this is a gentle reminder that D&D aren't only incompetant: they are outrageously dangerous. The rest of the staff seemed pretty serious and top notch professional, though... That shows it all. A good show is made by the littlest hands

Wow David and Dan really are shitty people. I thought they were just shitty writers. Good on Liam for sticking up for himself to them. I honestly just feel so bad for Emilia though, those two hacks did her so dirty

D&D were hacks all along, made to look brilliant by the brilliant source material. The moment they went away from it (season 5) it all began to fall apart.

D&D are hella weird for this shit I swear any chance they had at being weird or creepy for no reason they did it. I haven't read the books but I'm pretty sure the Ramsay scene with Sansa was forced in like why? And they wanted to add another one in too at some point you have to question them, very glad HOTD has a better crew actually making the show

I think some of these could be excused as just bad luck or a normal risk of filming but with how many injuries or near-injuries there were on set it’s clear that the showrunners did not put nearly enough considering into the actors’ safety.

It would definitely be interesting if you did some vids on John Wick especially since the fourth movie is coming soon. Great video! I absolutely love your Game of Thrones vids.

The fact that Daenerys is pretty clearly going towards a madness arc in the books but people didn't see it coming in the show is a pretty big indictment on DnD's capabilities as showrunners. Like, the Bells was always going to happen. So why was Daenerys always shown in a positive light throughout the show up until Mid-Season 7? Every questionably bad thing she did prior to that she was praised for or shown to be right, even when she logically was wrong.

This was interesting to watch & I’ll have to pick up that book at some point.

Legends say Season 6-8 was just another prank from D&D, only they forgot to say "Sike" until shooting had wrapped up.

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