With Game of Thrones, a fantasy joy fire for spectators was lit: Inside, how the dragon Drogon could not have sparked it better personally. However, there was one before the generally known series start unpublished pilotswho could hardly heat the test audience. Hidden in it, a camo appearance by template author George RR Martin.
The first Game of Thrones series pilot failed at the test audience
As not unusual in the series area, a pilot sequence was produced before the first episode of the HBO winning series Game of Thrones known to us, which was only shown in a selected circle of spectators: inside. But this test audience was apparently Not enthusiastic about the first fantasy attempt at all With NED Stark (Sean Bean), Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and Jon Snow (Kit Harington).
The script of the pilot sequence in question came into the hands of curious fantasy fans via detours (and a reporter of the Huffington Post). They found some differences between the unpublished and the published version. For example, there are survivors in the first version of the night watch who encounter the white hikers beyond the ice wall. These eavesdrop on the hikers while they talk in their own language. A language that never appeared in the series.
A rare insight into the original series pilots of Game of Thrones
In 2020, George RR Martin reported a picture of the filming of the painted Game of Thrones pilot via Twitter (now X), which shows him in his cameo costume:
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Here is another look into the past and the original pilot film from Got. We turned the wedding of Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo in Morocco. Ian McNeice played Illyrio Mopatis And I played one of the wedding guests, probably another master.
Probably the improvements that were made for the 1st episode (winter seam) did well for the series. Nevertheless, it is a shame that the Cameo appearance of the Game of Thrones inventor completely disappeared into the sinking.