Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3: These Facts About the Filming of 'Battle of Winterfell' Will Blow Your Mind
The third episode of Game of Thrones is special for many reasons. Apart from being the longest episode of not just the season but the series, here's what else you must know about this episode.
Game Of Thrones Season 8 is all set to air one of its most important episodes from the final season, the third and the longest episode. Titled as the 'Battle of Winterfell', we can gauge from the name itself, it is going to be the highlight of this season as the White Walkers have finally reached Winterfell and the most important battle is now upon the Starks and their allied forces. In the midst of the discussions of which characters will survive and who will we bid goodbye to, we have learned some interesting things about this episode. Ever since the run-times of all the episodes had been revealed by HBO, we knew the third episode will be key and well it is indeed for many more reasons. Game of Thrones 8 Episode 3: Sophie Turner Aka Sansa Turner Asks Us to Prepare Ourselves for Battle of Winterfell but Fans Aren’t Ready! Read Tweets.
As reported earlier, the third episode of Season 8 is 82 minutes long, which makes it the longest ever in the series across seasons. What's interesting is that it also leaves us half way from the series finale since the sixth episode will be marking the end of Game of Thrones. We saw a teaser of the third episode last week and while all the character who have now gathered in Winterfell apart from Cersei and her army of the Golden Company, looked all set to fight the Night King. While we await to see if the makers offer us one of the best battle scenes from the series, here are some interesting facts about this episode. Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3: ‘Winter Is Here’ and These Pictures Will Give You the Chills.
1. Filming of the third episode:
'Battle of Winterfell' took nearly 55 days of shooting. Yes, you heard it. We know about films getting wrapped up in this much amount of time but given the dedication and level of detailing that goes inside a Game of Thrones scene, this pretty much suggests why we can expect to be wowed by this episode.
2. Actors involved in the scene:
With many of us fearing to see some of our favorite characters being killed off on the show in today's episode, it is going to be an emotional journey. This episode was shot with 750 people on the scene and that's got to be one of the most challenging shooting sequences on the series. Well, we'll just say prepare yourselves to bid adieu to at least a dozen of characters in this battle.
3. Longest battle sequence ever put on film!
According to the producers of the show, this is the longest battle sequence ever put in a film/TV show. Director Miguel Sapochnik told Entertainment Weekly that he tried to find a longer battle scene in a movie but the closest they found was the 40-minute siege of Helm's Deep in 2002's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. It is till today considered to be one of the best battle scenes ever shot and now it seems like Game of Thrones is all set to give it a tough competition.
Episode three of the series is all set to air today on HotStar Premium from 6.30 AM onwards. Brace yourselves for the longest episodes as this is going to be a nail-biter. Stay tuned for more updates on the 'Battle of Winterfell'.
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