60 Minutes: Inside Game of Thrones
Inside "Game of Thrones"
The stars and creators of "Game of Thrones" tell Anderson Cooper how the show came together, what they initially thought of their characters and their thoughts on the violence in the show.
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The stars and creators of "Game of Thrones" tell Anderson Cooper how the show came together, what they initially thought of their characters and their thoughts on the violence in the show.
As the final season of "Game of Thrones" begins, actor Kit Harington gives Anderson Cooper of "60 Minutes" a guided tour of the Castle Black film set, home to the Night's Watch, protectors of the Wall.
"So who do you think Jon Snow's real mother is?" was the question that "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin asked David Benioff and Dan Weiss before agreeing to allow them to make the HBO version of Martin’s book series.
While reporting behind the scenes of the hit series Game of Thrones, the 60 Minutes correspondent transformed into the iconic creature
As the final "Game of Thrones" season begins, Anderson Cooper and Kit Harington explore the warehouse containing a treasure trove of television artifacts
Kit Harington fondly recalls a "Game of Thrones" scene in which actress Rose Leslie "shoots three arrows into me." Harington and Leslie married in 2018
"I don't think Dan and Dave's ending is going to be that different from my ending," says author George R.R. Martin about the HBO series moving beyond his books
"Moments like that, she's never been happier," actor Lena Headey says about her "Game of Thrones" character, Cersei Lannister, watching the destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor
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Maisie Williams says that for a few seasons, her Arya Stark costume was tailored "to reverse puberty…while Arya was pretending to be a boy."
"You know, you're not dead," Kit Harington recalls being told by the "Game of Thrones" creators when his character, Jon Snow, was killed in Season 5
"Game of Thrones" scripts are delivered to the actors through an app "and then when we're done [with] the scene, they… vanish," says Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
"I don't want death to be just an act break," George R.R. Martin says about the impact he wants viewers to feel in scenes like the Red Wedding
"So who do you think Jon Snow's real mother is?" was the question that "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin asked David Benioff and Dan Weiss before agreeing to allow them to make the HBO version of Martin's book series
"One day, the first chapter of 'Game of Thrones' came to me: the scene where they find the direwolf pups in the summer snows," says George R.R. Martin
As the final season of "Game of Thrones" begins, actor Kit Harington gives 60 Minutes' Anderson Cooper a guided tour of the Castle Black film set, home to the Night's Watch, protectors of the Wall
Maisie Williams: "I didn't even know what HBO was." Isaac Hempstead Wright: "Getting to do stunts and… get pushed out a window was like a 10-year-old's dream."
The "Game of Thrones" actor discusses the father-son dynamic between his character and Charles Dance's character: "There's something beautifully Shakespearean about it"
"Game of Thrones" actress Emilia Clarke explains the challenges of riding a mechanical dragon and anticipating its moves — all while speaking Dothraki
"Moments like that, she's never been happier," actor Lena Headey says about her "Game of Thrones" character, Cersei Lannister, watching the destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor
Kit Harington fondly recalls a "Game of Thrones" scene in which actress Rose Leslie "shoots three arrows into me." Harington and Leslie married in 2018
"I don't think Dan and Dave's ending is going to be that different from my ending," says author George R.R. Martin about the HBO series moving beyond his books.
As the final "Game of Thrones" season begins, Anderson Cooper and Kit Harington explore the warehouse containing a treasure trove of television artifacts
While reporting behind the scenes of the hit series "Game of Thrones," the "60 Minutes" correspondent transformed into the iconic creature
Everyone wants to know how "Game of Thrones" will end. Some of the show's biggest stars told "60 Minutes" what they thought about the show's finale
Here's a sneak peek at how the final season of the acclaimed series begins
Anderson Cooper interviews the show's stars and creators and gives viewers a glimpse of the final season's premiere, Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CBS
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