The showrunner for HBO’s Game of Thrones spinoff has revealed the reason for pivoting away from the show’s iconic opening music and diving into a shocking season opener that left fans and the original creator shook.
“That was a bit of a surprise,” Martin, author of the books that inspired the Emmy-winning HBO series and its prequel A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, told The Hollywood Reporter about a scene in which a young knight interrupts the opening theme with graphic projectile defecation.
Ser Duncan, portrayed by Peter Claffey, is first shown grieving the death of his mentor before deciding to enter a jousting tournament. The moment of his decision is set to the Game of Thrones theme, which is abruptly cut off as Duncan begins to defecate.
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