Behind the Scenes of The Battle of Castle Black
As the week progresses, more exclusive glimpses are coming out of the different extras packaged with Game of Thrones Season 4 DVD. Today’s clip, courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter, comes from the 30 minute extra dedicated to going behind the scenes of episode 9, “The Watchers on The Wall.” Behind the Battle for the Wall comes packaged with the Amazon version of the DVD set.
Below, Kit Harington and Yuri Kolokolnikov discuss their one on one fight.
I love how the fight choreographers are disappointed they couldn’t actually send Harington himself through the fire pit, lest he hurt his beautiful face. Also, it’s very interesting to watch how the apply the prosthetic to get the look of the ball-peen hammer embedded in Styr’s skull. But the real charm of this clip is seeing Yuri out of character, and what a nice sweet guy he is, and very concerned about how he wields his axe. Note how post “through the fire pit,” Yuri helps the stunt double up and brushes him off.
(On a side note, Kit Harington off-handedly refers to Ned Stark as Jon Snow’s father. Nurture over nature, perhaps.)
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