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Just about a month before the premiere of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, the cast and crew offered Entertainment Weekly a sneak peek into the filming of the show, in particular the gruelling battle of Winterfell where characters such as Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Arya Stark, Tyrion Lannister and Brienne of Tarth take on the Night King and his army.
The publication also launched a special collector’s issue with different covers featuring the main cast members.
The battle episode was shot mostly at night over 11 weeks – which the cast termed The Long Night – in freezing temperatures with only a trailer and space heater for respite from the icy weather.
Iain Glen, Game of Thrones’ Ser Jorah Mormont, called the battle sequence “the most unpleasant experience” he’s had on the show. “You get to sleep at seven in the morning and when you wake in the midday you’re still so spent you can’t really do anything, and then you’re back. You have no life outside it,” he said.
Game of Thrones season 8 premieres on 14 April with the finale scheduled for 19 May.
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