Yesterday, we reported that several members of the Game of Thrones costume department had posted pictures of themselves near the Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon in Iceland, suggesting that the show will make good on several hints that it’ll spend time in the country shooting scenes for Season 7. (Those crew members have now removed those pictures from Instagram, but the internet is forever.)
Now, it looks like Kit Harington (Jon Snow) has shown up in the area.
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According to crew member Katy Taylor, the production will be in Iceland for “a couple of weeks.” The show visited Iceland in Seasons 2 and 3 to film scenes beyond the Wall, but not in January. Harington may be in for a uniquely cold experience.
From here on out, we talk SPOILERS.
What will Harington film in Iceland? We don’t know for sure, but given the snowy environs and what the show has shot in the country before, we’re probably looking at an area beyond the Wall. Also note that the show previously spent three weeks filming a big action scene at Wolf Hill Quarry, a snowy set it constructed near Belfast.
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Big fat SPOILERS indicate that the crew filmed a huge action scene on that set. The scene involves Harington, Kristofer Hivju (Tormund Giantsbane), Rory McCann (the Hound), Iain Glen (Jorah) and 300 extras playing wights. It looks like the four of them head north of the Wall and run into big trouble.
It seems reasonable to assume that, while Wolf Hall Quarry stands in for the area where this action scene happens, other parts of Iceland will stand in for other legs of the group’s journey beyond the Wall. We’ll look out for more details.