'There was a real sense of this horrible tension': Sean Bean breaks silence on original Game of Thrones pilot we'll never see

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Sources from Fandomwire • Daenery Targaryen on Youtube • Published 2 months ago

Before Sean Bean left Game of Thrones, he watched the showrunners turn the tide against lady luck.

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Game of Thrones was once the biggest show on the planet, garnering record-breaking awards and viewership. But even the greatest shows aren't without their flaws, and before the final season's debacle, there was a real possibility that the series would never even take off.

The original pilot for Game of Thrones was very different from what we saw on TV. With several different actors and completely different scenes, it was a disaster. Sean Bean, who was present during the filming of Ned Stark, once recalled what he encountered on set during the original pilot episode.

Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss worked really hard to get the series on track and faced crushing defeat at first. Sean Bean, who played Ned Stark in Season 1, recalled filming the original pilot episode with EW:

'There was a real sense of this horrible tension': Sean Bean breaks silence on original Game of Thrones pilot we'll never see.
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