Filming at Almodóvar continues, and a familar flag flies over Trujillo Castle

Trujillo Castle. Photo: Vegafotoswiki. License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Filming for Game of Thrones Season 7 began yesterday at Almodóvar castle. But after the rush of photographs from the first day of filming, this will be another waiting game, as security is “impregnable.” All the Spanish newspapers this morning rushed to the scene in hopes of getting a glimpse of actors, or filming, or anything really involved in Game of Thrones Season 7.

Fans waited outside hopefully. But, as Diario Cordoba put it (roughly translated): “The truth is that the castle of Almodóvar has become since this morning in an inaccessible and impregnable as a fortress of the Middle Ages.” Instead it was just endless shots of lorries and vans in the rising sun.

Note that fans have already assumed that yesterday’s flying of the Lannister flag means that the castle is indeed standing in for Casterly Rock. Not a bad place to be, honestly, except for that “mines being empty” thing.

At least the fans were well behaved and did not try to bypass security. The city’s security forces were appreciative.

(Roughly translated: “Thanks to the attitude shown by attendees at the @CastilloAlmodov to the filming of #JuegodeTronos. It made everything easier.”)

Still, Diario Cordoba managed to get a few new shots. Go no further if you don’t wish to see SPOILERS.

The Tyrell soldiers, looking worse for wear. The Lannisters, on the other hand, look pretty good.

Like yesterday, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) was on the set.

Over at the *other* castle where Game of Thrones is currently filming, in Trujillo, security is just as tight, as tourists are turned away without being able to see anything.

However, one photos gives us a clue as to what the castle will stand in for.

As at Almodóvar castle, there’s a Lannister flag flying over Trujillo Castle. That could mean that it’s standing in for Casterly Rock or Highgarden after the Lannisters take it.

Meanwhile, out in Malpartida de Cáceres, rehearsals continue for a major battle. The hotel reservations for the bulk of the cast reportedly begin tomorrow, so we should see most of the main principles who haven’t already made their way out there arrive.

Meanwhile, everyone wants to hang out with this James Faulkner (Randyll Tarly) and be disapproved of in person.

I’m curious to see how far his disapproving attitude gets him in Season 7. I have a feeling the answer is “not very.”