Why The Original Game Of Thrones Pilot Massively Failed #shorts

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00:00Game of Thrones is one of the biggest shows of all time, which dominated television during

00:04its 8th season run. But did you know the original pilot was so bad, it was never publicly shown?

00:11In an interview with Variety, showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss confirmed the writing of

00:16the original pilot didn't land, and many plot points were easily missed after a private showing

00:21with their friends. Quote,

00:23Jamie is lying with his sister, Cersei, and none of our friends realised that Jamie and

00:28Cersei were brother and sister.

00:29In the oral history, Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon,

00:32the cast detail how unbalanced the original pilot felt.

00:36Nikolai Costa-Waldau noted, quote,

00:38Nobody knew what they were doing or what the hell this was.

00:41Mark Addy shared, quote,

00:43Nobody kneeled when the king arrived in the first pilot. You can't play being the king.

00:48Lena Headey recalls, quote,

00:50I look like a Vegas showgirl in the pilot,

00:52furs and massive hair, like a medieval Dolly Parton.

00:56Now that I wanna see.