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From all the headlines coming from Game Of Thrones at the moment (read: Sophie Turner – AKA doomed princess Sansa Stark – is engaged to popstar Joe Jonas while Jason Momoa is wildly apologetic for stating one of the perks of the show is “raping beautiful women”) one stands out as particularly poignant. In an attempt to keep the show’s cliff-hanger spoilers from leaking onto the internet, cast members do not receive scripts anymore prior to their scenes. We repeat, they do not receive scripts – hard or soft copies – before they hit the set.
The extreme lengths were revealed by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau who plays Jaime Lannister in the fantasy thriller. In a new interview with Scandinavian talk show Skavlan, the actor recounted how for the first couple of seasons, the cast were sent usual hard copies in advance to study and learn their lines. As the show’s popularity increased and the episode endings became a highly valuable need-to-know, scripts were distributed via verified email accounts.
But as recently as a few months ago, HBO was hacked and various files were stolen and threatened to be leaked online if a ransom of millions of dollars wasn’t exchanged. Now, according to Coster-Waldau, for the final season of GOT, actors will wear an earpiece and be fed lines to deliver in each scene. “We’re not even going to get the script,” he said. If true, this of course will mean no ear-exposing braids for Daenerys Targaryen and some well-choreographed sex scenes. To be a fly on the wall in the hair and make-up trailer…
