00:00Game of Thrones is one of the biggest shows of all time, which dominated television during its
00:05eight-season run. But did you know the original pilot was so bad, it was never publicly shown?
00:11In an interview with Variety, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss confirmed the writing of
00:16the original pilot didn't land, and many plot points were easily missed after a private showing
00:21with their friends. Quote, Jamie is lying with his sister, Cersei, and none of our friends
00:26realized that Jamie and Cersei were brother and sister. In the oral history, Fire Cannot Kill a
00:32Dragon, the cast detail how unbalanced the original pilot felt. Nikolai Costa-Waldau noted, quote,
00:38nobody knew what they were doing or what the hell this was. Mark Addy shared, quote, nobody kneeled
00:44when the king arrived in the first pilot. You can't play being the king. Lena Headey recalls, quote,
00:50I look like a Vegas showgirl in the pilot, furs and massive hair, like a medieval Dolly Parton.
00:56Now that, I want to see.
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