Yesterday, "Game of Thrones" ushered in the ultimate man-ghost battle that paved the way for eight seasons.
Arya Stark kills the Night King with a sword.
Arya Stark
In fact, as early as three years ago, the directors had already decided to give Arya the task of giving the Night King a fatal blow.
Director David Benioff says:
"She seems to be the best person. At that moment, no one expected her appearance. There are a lot of characters in this episode that people care about, like Jon, Dany, Theon, and Bran, so we can take people's attention away. We hope the audience will ignore it by this point, and Arya runs out of the castle with the sound of the drums. ”
In this episode, there is another 10-year-old girl, Lyanna, who kills the zombie giant.
Director D.B. Weiss says they choreograph it this way to "give the strongest young people a chance to defeat one of the strongest enemies." ”
Let's watch Arya play the Night King...
He tried to sneak up from behind, only to be ruthlessly discovered
Just when the audience thinks Arya is going to die,
She suddenly let go...
Night king,Graduated.
When this episode aired that night, "Game of Thrones" fans were about to overturn the roof of the bar...
Which character will eventually kill the Night King on behalf of humans has long been a hot topic among Game of Thrones fans.
Now, the mystery is finally revealed.
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The clues were buried from the first season to the present...
Back in the first episode of the first season,
Arya showed off her technique of sneaking arrows from behind
In the latest episode, she picked up her bow and arrow again
In the second episode of the first season,
Arya tells Jon that her strength is agility
And Jon gave Arya a sword "embroidery needle",
And told her the usage was "poke with the tip of the head"
This sentence appears again in a new episode,
It's just that arya teaches her sister Sansa, who can't use weapons
Arya's entire storyline is about becoming the ultimate Assassin.
After Jon, she studied under the swordsman Silio.
It was also from Sillio that she learned the answer to the god of death
"The hour has not arrived"
And in the new episode, facing the Army of the Night King, which symbolizes death,
Arya remembered the words that Sillio had taught by example:
In the third season, "Red-Robed Woman" Melisandre tells Arya that they will meet again.
And said that Arya will make a lot of people look away.
Among them are brown eyes, green eyes, blue eyes...
In the new episode, the two do reunite.
Melisandre said the line about the eyes again...
Guess what eyes the Night King is?
Later, Arya studied under the samurai "Hound".
From the hounds, she learned the art of finding gaps in armor and stabbing hearts
The Night King needs Valyrian steel to defeat.
Bran gave Arya a Valyrian steel dagger just before the battle.
The dagger was used to assassinate Bran in the first season.
And Arya's beautiful hand-changing attack,
It had already been revealed when she and Brienne were fighting
As for the tricks of sneaking up on the Night King,
Arya used to sneak up on Jon when season eight premiered
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Jon's actor reads the script "blown up"
This result was not expected by many people, including the actors in the play.
Emilia Clarke, who plays "Mother Dragon," says:
"My mental process when I read the script was: Oh! Did I kill the Night King! Eh, isn't it? After a while, ah! Was it Jon who killed the Night King? yes? Isn't it? When I saw that it was Arya who killed the Night King, my mind was blowing up fireworks and clapping like crazy, it was amazing! ”
Kit Harington, who plays Jon, said he was "blown away" when he read the script.
"Didn't I kill the Night King?" I can bet you a lot of money before reading the script, and I must have killed the Night King. And wasn't it still me chasing the Night King at the beginning? ”
But director David Benioff has his own reasons:
We want to be as unexpected as possible. Jon has always been a hero and savior, but in this case, we feel that he is a bit of a misfit.
"Just when you thought it was all over and Jon was going to be the hero who ended it all again, Arya came out of a fog."
Maisie Williams, who plays Arya, describes.
For the final blow given by Arya, the actors have their own feelings.
Jon, played by Kit Harington, says:
"I think it's a very wonderful step. You've been waiting to see what Arya's assassination skills are ultimately preparing for. Eventually you realize that it's for the most important goal. ”
Bran played by Isaac Hempstead-Wright lamented:
"At first this dagger was used to kill Bran, but in the end it saved him."
Emilia Clarke, played by "Mother Dragon", reacts very similarly to the audience:
"It's a highlight moment you need and you almost want to shout: 'Oh yeah!' ”
Arya, played by Maisie Williams, said:
"It's amazing to read what Arya will eventually achieve, and all the preparations she's been making for a long time to settle in this episode. I also appreciated that it was arranged for me instead of Kit"
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Another brave girl
In addition to Arya, there is a little girl who has left a strong mark in this episode.
Her name was Lyanna Mormont, and she was only ten years old, but she was the lady who ruled Bear Island.
Lyanna is calm and eloquent, and has no fear in the face of adults.
In the battle between man and ghost, Lyanna personally fought,
But encountered the enemy zombie giant.
Lyanna was knocked outright by the giants
But she stood up tenaciously,
And a man charged at the giant
The giant lifted Lyanna up,
And trying to pinch her hard...
In the dying moment,
Lyanna raised her sword and stabbed her enemy in the eye
The giant fell to the ground in an instant
Ten-year-old Lyanna also died...
Director D.B. Weiss said,
"The role of Lyanna Mormont was originally just one shot, but after meeting the actor Bella Ramsey we realized that if we didn't give the role a proper interpretation, we would be derelict. You can't let every character die violently, but if Lyanna is going to die, you must not rush through it. So we arranged for the zombie giants to appear. I think even if we deleted that shot, a lot of the audience wouldn't have a problem. But I think they can also understand why we give the strongest young men in the show a chance to defeat one of the most powerful enemies. ”
Lyanna once said that we bear island warriors, one top ten.
She didn't say anything.
This episode is the longest in the final season.
It's 82 minutes long, which is the length of a movie.
For this episode, they filmed 55 nights in a row.
It's been filmed longer than many movies.
According to the producers of "Game of Thrones", everyone started work at 6 p.m. and returned home at 5 o'clock at dawn, physically unable to eat at all, and later everyone was sad.
Moreover, shooting in the dark night of minus 14 degrees, even the snow machine was frozen and could not spray snow.
This man-ghost war, which had paved the way for eight seasons, ended in human victory.
In this battle, in addition to Lyanna, people also lost many beloved characters.
Jorah, who is dedicated to guarding the "Dragon Mother", Theon who completes the redemption, and Melisandre who appears at the last moment...
In particular, Theon once betrayed the Starks and died because of the people who saved the Starks, who said to him, "Thank you."
The director explained the intent of the plot by saying:
"This drama is not only people regretting their mistakes and moving forward, but also people's self-redemption. I think the most heroic thing is that every character is bound to die, and they may not be able to overcome fate, but what matters is how you face the final moments. Theon chose to charge, to choose a way of sacrifice that would make us proud of him and the long journey he had traveled. ”
Theon
The last thing left is:
Who will sit on the Iron Throne?
Maybe the ending will surprise many people.
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Resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3M0Xt97aFI&t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ1yC3yESLQ
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jennaguillaume/game-of-thrones-arya-stark-night-king-foreshadowing
Editor's arrangement: Cola Wang Yitong, parrot in the lineup