“Battle of the Bastards, episode 9 of the latest season of Game of Thrones, required 25 days of filming, with 500 extras, 600 crew members and 70 real horses – so difficult to control in a battle sequence that they are only used in the most lavish productions.
“Although only 60 minutes long in its final cut, the expense behind the pitched battle scene was on a par with big budget war films.
“Episode director Miguel Sapochnik, who last season helmed the stunning “Hardhome”, told Entertainment Weekly:
““David and Dan [showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss] wanted to do a thing of spectacle … [that] they hadn’t had the resources to do back in season 1 or 2. I was particularly interested in depicting both the horror of war and the role of luck in battle.””
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