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Game of Thrones director David Nutter tells fans to “get ready and hang on” for season 8

By Richard E Preston

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Game of Thrones director David Nutter is a show veteran, having filmed iconic episodes in several seasons, including the infamous Red Wedding in “The Rains of Castermere.” He’s helmed three of the six final episodes in season 8, so you know he’s loaded with inside information. In the video below, Cheddar News asks him questions from Reddit. Let’s see what he spills:

Nutter is, of course, guarded with his answers, which only makes sense when you consider how tight security on set was for season 8. “[Season] eight was a very, very tight ship,” he said. “There wasn’t a lot of paper on the set at all, like none … It got much more serious than it had before in the past.”

Reddit/Cheddar also asked Nutter how directing the first episode of a season differs from directing other episodes; this is Nutter’s first time helming a season opener. “It’s very different from directing any other episode because you have to reset the table, you have to where everybody is at emotionally and you have to kinda bring the audience right back into the story as when they finished the season prior.”

LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 06: Director David Nutter, winner of the award forOutstanding Directorial Achievement inDramatic Series for “Game of Thrones” (episode: “Mother’s Mercy”), poses in the press room during the 68th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on February 6, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 06: Director David Nutter, winner of the award forOutstanding Directorial Achievement inDramatic Series for “Game of Thrones” (episode: “Mother’s Mercy”), poses in the press room during the 68th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on February 6, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) /

Here’s a fun celebrity encounter: after the season 5 finale, Nutter ran into President Barack Obama, who asked him if Jon Snow was really dead. Nutter replied that Jon was “deader than dead.” Did you lie to the president, Mr. Nutter?

"I did not lie to the President about Jon Snow’s death. […] What was important to me was that I didn’t want to read beyond season 5. I was basically directing season 5 and that was it. I didn’t want to know what was happening next as a fan of the show. […] When they came out with him surviving the next year I was worried I’d get audited or sent off to Guantanamo or something of that nature but I survived it."

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“As far as season 8 comparing the The Red Wedding,” Nutter says, “I would tell you that, get ready, hold on sit down and hold yourself in your seat because it’s going to be special.” Gulp.

Finally, Nutter talked about the mood on set when it set in that the show was ending.

"Well it was interesting. It was a season where a lot of characters had a chance to work together that hadn’t worked together before, or hadn’t worked together in a long time. It was a sense of discovery, of appreciation,. There was a real family sensibility to it, knowing the family would separate at some point, and there was a lot of sadness and a lot of tears, and it was something really special."

Season 8 premieres April 14.

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