Production on Game of Thrones Season 7 is off and running, and more cast members are showing up in Belfast, long the filming hub for the show. The likes of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime), Sophie Turner (Sansa), and Maisie Williams (Arya) have already been spotted. We also reported that Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, aka Gregor “the Mountain” Clegane was in the area. According to his Twitter, he’s in makeup, too.
I've never been this hung over in my life Just kidding 😎 great work as always by the make up crew behind the scenes! pic.twitter.com/BLcPkmdJbB
— Hafþór J Björnsson (@ThorBjornsson_) August 31, 2016
FrankenGregor returns.
Also, FrankenGregor is hungry. One fan spotted him at the Boojum restaurant in Belfast, which specializes in burritos. What Mountain can resist a good burrito?
Also visiting Boojum: Aidan Gillen, aka Littlefinger. What would-be king of Westeros can resist a good burrito?
And then Maisie Williams tweeted about going to Boojum. What faceless assassin can resist…you get the idea.
boojum 4 days
— Maisie Williams (@Maisie_Williams) August 29, 2016
Note to self: Boojum restaurant is the place to go to bump into Game of Thrones cast members. But they have three locations in Belfast alone. Which one to stake out? Hard to say, but it’d be nice if they got a little bump in business because of all the Game of Thrones love.
I don’t know if he’s at Boojum, but Björnsson also put up a picture of himself having a steak dinner somewhere in Belfast. Note the hashtags.
John Bradley (Samwell Tarly) is reportedly also in town.
https://twitter.com/Claire152/status/771092514359083009
Entertainment Weekly reports that filming for Season 7 “quietly got underway on Monday.” That means that Bradley is in the area fairly early in the filming cycle. Does this mean that he’ll have a bigger role in Season 7 than he did in Season 6? Stay tuned.