17. There was no casting for the role of Tyrion

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Peter Dinklage did not even have to do casting to keep the role of Tyrion Lannister: from the beginning, the writers saw him in that role. And Dinklage not only accepted the role, but also recommended her friend Lena Heady, who played her sister Cersei.

16. Bush’s head was impaled

The head of George Bush is seen in one of the peaks of the door of the Red Fort, which almost provoked a scandal. The creators of the series did not deny the fact, they apologized but they affirmed that the head did not have any political meaning, it was simply what they found at hand.

15. “Game of thrones” has his rap album

The HBO channel recorded and uploaded to the network the official rap-style album “Catch the Throne”, dedicated to the “Game of Thrones”.

14. The creators of the series sold the Iron Throne

Before the creators of the series sold the exact copies of the Iron Throne to 20 thousand pounds sterling. The size of the copies impresses: its height is more than 2 meters, and its weight, 159 kg.

13. The sword of Gandalf on the Iron Throne

One of the swords of the “Iron Throne” is the famous Glamdring of the universe of the “Lord of the Rings”, the sword that belonged to Gandalf himself.