Of all the shows on television that boast about dangerous things happening on set Game of Thrones ranks way up there, if not the highest of any show on television. Not only do the actors undergo rigorous weather conditions to perform their scenes, there are also tons and tons of dangerous stunts performed on the show. And since this is a show that’s got plenty of dragons in it, you know there’s going to be plenty of fire. However, did you know that Game of Thrones is now claiming to have set the most people on fire in any show during season 7 shooting? According to EW
“In one battle scene we set more stuntmen on fire than have ever been simultaneously set on fire,” showrunner David Benioff tells EW. “Our stunt coordinator really wanted to get in the Guinness Book of World Records for this.”
Sadly, Guinness doesn’t track movie and TV productions setting people on fire, according to a spokesperson for the organization. But we spoke to Thrones‘ Emmy-winning stunt coordinator, Rowley Irlam, whose credits include many James Bond, Marvel, and Harry Potter films, about what went down on the set.
“One sequence has 73 fire burns and that itself is a record,” Irlam said. “No film or TV show has ever done that in a whole show, let alone in one sequence. We also set 20 people on fire at one time, which is also a record. I think in Saving Private Ryan they had 13 on a beach, and on Braveheart they had 18 partial burns. Because of the nature of our attacking animals, we had the liberty to expand on that.”
I’m not 100% sure if the show should be proud of this or not but one thing is for certain, Game of Thrones isn’t short on drama or continuing to prove it’s one of the best shows on television. I think it’s safe to say we’re all just waiting for July to appear.
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