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“It’s lavish this year,” Harington said. “We hear on set in previous years, ‘Can we afford that?’ and they say, ‘No, no you can’t afford that.’ And this year there was, ‘Can we afford that?’ and they were like, ‘Yeah, you can.’ They’re throwing money at it, and they have to because we’re on Season 5 and coming towards the real peak of the story.

Bluebottle wrote:Even with two books the size and scope of aDwDs and aSoSs, finishing in two books seems a bit unlikely, if in no way impossible. I think a book 9 seems a bit far fetched though. He must be in better control than that, surely? I read the Wheel of Time series, and how Jordan managed to pushed that to 15 books is actually quite astounding. There are two three books in the middle there that's basically people travelling from one place to another and not getting there.  

Yeah, I think he likes to talk of dividing the story thematically in two. So, we had the War of the Five Kings in the first triology. And the final books will handle the showdown with the Others. So, so far we've got.

The War of the Five Kings: Book 1-3
5 year gap: Anbandoned and covered in book 4-5
Showdown with the Others: Book 6 and 7. Perhaps the end of aDwDs fall under this part?

Eldorion wrote:You mean like AFFC? (I kid, but only somewhat.)

Bluebottle wrote:Well, here it is.

Spoiler:

Bluebottle wrote:The memories.

Bluebottle wrote:The memories.

Folks don't last long in the GoT world. If you had to write an obituary for Oberyn what would it say?
Lived it. Loved it. Bye.

Fuck, marry, kill: Cersei, Ramsey, or the Red Priestess? Be specific with your reasoning.
My God. That's hard. To be obvious, I'd have to kill Ramsey because that guy's just wrong. I would never want to cross paths with somebody like that. Fuck the Red Priestess. And then I would marry Cersei because that's Lena Headey, and I love Lena Headey. I'm going to try and marry her, anyway.

GQ: No one can ever just go to a wedding in Game of Thrones.
Or in life! No one can just go to a wedding, in life. So I guess the show is a reflection of reality: You get totally wasted. You get laid or you don't get laid. You have a good time or you have a bad one. Weddings are endless in their possibilities.

So what really brings Oberyn to King's Landing?
He has really bad blood with the Lannisters. His sister was raped and murdered in a typically brutal Game of Thrones fashion. Oberyn Martell blames the Lannisters, particularly Tywin and his dog Gregor Clegane, The Mountain. It's a fortuitous opportunity for Oberyn to attend Joffrey and Margaery's wedding, representing House Martell. Of course his true agenda is revenge.

Tell us more about the kingdom of Dorne.
It's very "Other." I think [show creators] David Benioff and Daniel Weiss see the opportunity to usher something new into the series now that everyone has become familiar with so many different regions and styles. The characters of Oberyn and Ellaria Sand, his paramour, definitely bring in a different flavor. As a fan before the audition even came around, I was struck by how different he was from everyone else and the way he shoves himself into the center of it all.

He's ballsy!
He doesn't give a shit! He doesn't consider the consequences of his actions, or, if he is considering the consequences, he looks forward to the confrontation.

Game of Thrones isn't exactly sex-shy, but Prince Oberyn may be the first pansexual character we meet living in this quasi-medieval world.
He's this person who does not regard these medieval morals that control most of this world. He doesn't behave the way he does to prove a point—it's simply what makes sense to him. To live life to its fullest and to never deprivehimself of experience. I think that goes into every element of his life: loving, hating, eating… and drinking!

A total epicurean.
Of course people want to live. Some of us—most of us, generally—want to live long lives. Maybe that life won't be as long if you spend it doing what you want, whenever you want, how you want. But Oberyn refuses to limit himself, and I think that's kind of brilliant. His behavior is not deviant or shameful, as it has often been depicted—not on Game of Thrones, but generally. It's not alternative for him; it's just logic. He takes pride in it. It's simple and it makes sense.

Oberyn tells Cersei Lannister and her father Tywin, "bastards are born of passion. We don't despise them in Dorne." Are Prince Oberyn and Ellaria immune to the daddy-issues that plague other characters?
Yes. They're protected obviously because in the culture of King's Landing it is so stigmatized. But I also think they are uniquely pioneers of their own morals. They're just punk rock!

How do "bastards" factor into the Game of Thrones universe?
The bastards in this story really highlight societal hypocrisies and these regulations that shape the way people are supposed to be living their lives. It's all so corrupt and controlling—a reflection of the powers within our reality, I find. People, love, and life are messy. Oberyn says that "bastards are born of passion" because so often life comes from lovemaking. And lovemaking and love relentlessly exist outside of the rulebooks. That is why bastards are such a marginal element of society. They're reflections of passions that can't be controlled.

What are Tywin's motives behind his appointment of Oberyn to the small council?
At the end of the day being on top is what's important at any cost. The Lannister name is what's important to Tywin—the power of sitting on the throne. Oberyn definitely has some bad blood with them, so to bring him into his inner circle—in order to continue moving his own agenda forward—is so typically Tywin. Oberyn participates because for him it's a game. He's enticed not so much by being in a position of power, but by getting closer to his enemy. The nugget that Tywin presents to him is the opportunity to face The Mountain.

Spoiler alert! We know—and got a peek in the trailer—that Oberyn will get his fight with The Mountain.
It was a lot of fight choreography that was stuff I'd never done before. I have mostly stage experience. So I've never done anything as challenging as this. We filmed in Croatia at the Hotel Dubrovnik, which is basically abandoned—it was destroyed during the war. There was this amphitheater right over the water that the crew set beautifully. It was the most insane production team I'll probably ever work with. It was thrilling and scary, grueling and beautiful, and delicious, and fun. David and Dan, in their adaptation, still refuse to completely betray the books, but they keep surprises hidden.

Folks don't last long in the GoT world. If you had to write an obituary for Oberyn what would it say?
Lived it. Loved it. Bye.

Fuck, marry, kill: Cersei, Ramsey, or the Red Priestess? Be specific with your reasoning.
My God. That's hard. To be obvious, I'd have to kill Ramsey because that guy's just wrong. I would never want to cross paths with somebody like that. Fuck the Red Priestess. And then I would marry Cersei because that's Lena Headey, and I love Lena Headey. I'm going to try and marry her, anyway.

Martin revealed at the Writers Guild of America Awards on Saturday that all fans are in for big surprises in "GoT" Season 5. “People are going to die who don’t die in the books, so even the book readers will be unhappy," Martin told Showbiz411. "Everybody better be on their toes."