Behind Emilia Clarke’s Heartbreaking GAME OF THRONES Scene

One of the toughest scenes to be shot for Game of Thrones‘ first season (which will be on Blu-Ray and DVD March 6^th) was a scene in the sixth episode, “A Golden Crown,” where Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) has to eat a fresh horse heart. Executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss discussed what made that particular scene difficult to capture on film, which turned out to be a problem with balance. It’s a very important scene for Daenerys, as she needs to prove herself and her unborn child to Khal Drogo (Jason Momoa). The ritual needs understandable without too much exposition. That’s a tricky thing to get right.

Along with the interview with Benioff and Weiss, The Hollywood Reporter had the first look at one of the special features exclusive to the Blu-Ray release of Game of Thrones Season 1. In the video embedded below you can see the Anatomy of an Episode feature. It’s essentially a behind the scenes look at a particular episode, in this case Episode 6. It offers picture-in-picture commentary of the entire episode, explaining set construction and other cool little tidbits of the film-making process. My favorite little nugget of information was learning the horse heart was actually made of the same substance gummy bears are made of.

It’s a great look at what goes on behind the cameras of GoT and has me exponentially excited for the Blu-Ray release. I can’t wait to get my hands on it and just absorb all of its knowledge.