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Our moderator is the man who writes the books himself: Mr. George R.R. Martin!
Mod: Wow, there are even more of you
than last year. Thanks for coming and
for watching Game of Thrones.
Cue highlights from last season!
3:01 p.m. Mod: The cast is getting bigger and bigger, so I'm going to have to start killing these characters off pretty quickly.
Intro cast and crew: Exec Producer Carolyn Strauss, Richard Madden, Michelle Fairelly, Alfie Allen, Rose Lesley, Emelia Clarke.
3:06 p.m. Mod: One of the things that I love is a gray characters. And I don't think anybody is grayer than Theon Greyjoy. How do you see Theon? /Allen: He's got issues, but i can relate to that. Everyone's flawed. Dark and more complex characters are more interesting.
3:10 p.m. Mod: You've got a sex scene too, Richard. Which would you rather do? Sex or violence? /Madden: Definitely violence.
3:12 p.m. Mod: Michelle, you've got a lot of dark material this season. As an actress, how do you approach it? Fairley: No, you get your script. Your script is your Bible. You read and read and read and read. Me personally, I really enjoy the really emotional stuff. This is my favorite stuff.
3:14 p.m. Mod: Rose, you were the only member of our cast raised in a castle. /Lesley: (laughs) It's definitely not Winterfell.
3:16 p.m. Clarke: It's an experience, this show. I was in an elevator and this woman turns to me and whispers: Kahleesi. (Laughs all around)
3:17 p.m. Mod: So Alfie, I understand you died this season. /Allen: I died? I just don’t know. It’s a mystery to me. For all I know, I may not be in here.
3:20 p.m. Mod: Introduces Hodor, Kristian Hairn, sitting in the audience. (Applause)
3:22 p.m. Mod: Was that CGI or was that a wolf this season? Graywind? /Madden: If it were real, I'd be terrified. It's a stuffed head on a wooden stick. They just tell me where to put my hand and I do it.
3:25 p.m. Mod: Saw the dream return of your husband. /Clarke: yes, walking into the tent, it was like... wow, a dream.
3:27 p.m. Fan: What was the most enjoyable scene to film this season? /Allen: I liked my last scene. Sort of the speech… getting knocked out… it was great. /Fairley: loved my scenes with Richard. /Madden: yes, I love my scenes with Michelle. We have a great time. In our tent. (laugh). /Fairley: Fully clothed. He is my son.
3:29 p.m. Fan: How do you enjoy wearing the amazing costumes on the show? /Madden: When I'm in all my armor and my leather, it affects the way I walk, so it makes it easy to get in character. It's a dream. One of the best thing I get to do.
3:27 p.m. Fan: What was the most enjoyable scene to film this season? /Allen: I liked my last scene. Sort of the speech… getting knocked out… it was great. /Fairley: loved my scenes with Richard. /Madden: yes, I love my scenes with Michelle. We have a great time. In our tent. (laugh). /Fairley: Fully clothed. He is my son.
3:29 p.m. Fan: How do you enjoy wearing the amazing costumes on the show? /Madden: When I'm in all my armor and my leather, it affects the way I walk, so it makes it easy to get in character. It's a dream. One of the best thing I get to do.
3:32 p.m. Clarke: I enjoyed the costume from Season 2. But we did change the costume, to make it more... warm.
3:35 p.m. Fan: Richard, you're beautiful. What's your favorite place to film and why? /Madden: Thank you very much. My favorite place to film was Winterfell. They burned incense when they're filming. Each part of the set has a different smell.
3:38 p.m. Mod: I don't think my books are any sort of veiled statements about what's going on politically or economically. The heart of the story is the characters.3:35 p.m. Fan: Richard, you're beautiful. What's your favorite place to film and why? /Madden: Thank you very much. My favorite place to film was Winterfell. They burned incense when they're filming. Each part of the set has a different smell.
3:40 p.m. Fan: I came all the way from Iceland. To George, I know you've got turtles on your hat. Was that related to your first work? Mod: Yes, in a way it is. The only pets I could have growing up were alternative pets... not dogs and cats... so I had turtles.
3:42 p.m. Fan; Have you read the books and added touches to the characters? /Fairley: Yes, we have read the books. /Madden: It's great source material. Try to make it honest to George's work. We really try to get into it as much as we can.
3:44 p.m. (Last question) Fan: For Emilia, so easy to root for your character, because she's so strong, but what do you see are her vulnerabilities? /Clarke: I think she has a lot of them. One of the biggest is self-doubt. She needs to be as strong as she can and not show her fear.
Closing with a last Game of Thrones treat!
