“Game of Thrones” last week ended with Tyrion Lannister’s trial for the alleged murder of King Joffrey.
Tyrion eventually couldn’t handle the pressure any longer, and he said he would duel his father, Tywin, who is serving as a judge in his son’s trial.
Some alternate speeches featuring Tyrion, who is played by Peter Dinklage, were posted on YouTube this week.
Bryan Cogman, a “Game of Thrones” writer, spoke about the episode last week.
“The writing of that scene is the most fun I have had writing anything. I love the courtroom drama as a thing. It was a lot of fun playing with the tropes of a courtroom drama without making it into Law & Order: Westeros,” he told EW.com. “It was a tricky balance, and I know in my first draft I went too far — I never had the line, ‘Objection your honor!’ but I might as well have. At one point, I had a stenographer in a corner with a quill and paper. That said, it was a lot of fun. If you look at the Jaime and Tywin scene, it’s not unlike a counselor meeting with the judge during court recess.”
He added: “I have enormous respect for Law & Order doing it all these years — the technical aspects of shooting those scenes with all those people reacting, it was exhausting to shoot. We shot it over four days. Sitting that long and reacting silently while staying focused on what’s happening for hours on end is very tiring; almost as tiring as shooting in the rain.”
Cogman noted that the scene between Tyrion and lover Shae is heartbreaking in particular.
“That’s exactly right. He knew his head was gone anyway. He knew it the minute the trial started. It’s a nice surprise when Jaime comes in and offers a glimmer of hope, then it all comes crashing down. You’re right, it’s not about him anymore, it’s about them. Also, he loved a woman as a kid and that was screwed up by his family, and now it’s happening all over again,” he said.
