How big is the climactic Jon Snow vs. Ramsay Bolton face-off?
We’ve been told the Battle of the Bastards isGame of Thrones biggest battle ever.
But how big isbig, exactly?
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Visual effects were then used to expand the armies into the thousands.
160 tons of gravel
Heavy rain made the production’s field in Northern Ireland extremely muddy.
Horses don’t like mud.
So gravel had to be brought in to give the horses some traction.
Which leads us to…
70 horses
One of the most difficult aspects of making the battle.
Adding horses typically makes the process of shooting a scene take twice as long.
4 camera crews
This one is pretty self explanatory.
$$$ dollars
How much did this episode cost?
We don’t have an exact figure for you.
So go ahead and guess (and you might even be right).
Check outBOB photos and the trailer here.
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