00:00Game of Thrones is one of the biggest shows of all time which dominated television during a
00:058 season run. But did you know the original pilot was so bad it was never
00:10publicly shown?
00:11In an interview with Variety, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. White
00:15Rice confirmed the writing of the original pilot didn't land, and many plot points were
00:20easing.
00:20Quote,
00:21Jamie is lying with his sister
00:25Cersei and none of our friends realized that Jamie and Cersei were brother and sister.
00:30In the oral history, Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon, the cast detail how unbalanced the original
00:35pilot felt.
00:36Nikolai Costa-Waldau noted,
00:38Quote,
00:39Nobody knew what they were doing
00:40or what the hell this was.
00:41Mark Addy shared,
00:43Quote,
00:44When the king arrived in the first pilot, you can't play being the king.
00:48Lena Headey
00:49And he recalls,
00:50Quote,
00:51I look like a Vegas showgirl in the pilot,
00:53furs and massive hair.
00:54Like a medieval Dolly Parton.
00:56Now that, I wanna see.
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