--- title: Game of Thrones: Jaime Lannister Talks Jon Snow Prank description: Game of Thrones may be one of the darkest shows on television, but that doesn't stop its cast and crew from having fun behind the scenes. canonical: https://time.com/4949544/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-jon-snow-prank/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-20T14:49:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:24.908Z og:title: Jaime Lannister Reveals 'Funniest' Game of Thrones Prank Ever og:description: Here's how to pull one over on Jon Snow og:url: https://time.com/4949544/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-jon-snow-prank/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e4a284c14630048/6988d8a44ee262a06f30e792/game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-jamie-lannister-07.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Game-of-Thrones-The-Spoils-of-War-Jaime-Lannister og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jaime Lannister Reveals 'Funniest' Game of Thrones Prank Ever twitter:description: Here's how to pull one over on Jon Snow twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e4a284c14630048/6988d8a44ee262a06f30e792/game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-jamie-lannister-07.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jaime Lannister Just Revealed the 'Funniest' Prank Ever Played on the _Game of Thrones_ Set  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 20, 2017 2:49 PM UTC  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Game of Thrones Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Game of ThronesMacall B. Polay—HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 20, 2017 2:49 PM UTC [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/)may be one of the [darkest shows on television](http://time.com/3924852/every-game-of-thrones-death/), but that doesn’t stop its cast and crew from having plenty of fun [behind the scenes](http://time.com/4947903/game-of-thrones-arya-sansa-season-7-outtakes/). During a recent interview with [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2017/09/19/jon-snow-pranked-game-of-thrones/?utm%5Fcid=hp-n-2#FgieZ6JUbmqw), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau — who plays Jaime Lannister — spoke about a few of the pranks the HBO drama’s writers have played on its stars over the years. The 47-year-old actor revealed that his personal favorite revolved around a good old fashioned roast of Jon Snow…literally. “I think the funniest one I remember was the writers, they gave Kit Harington a script where he — where Jon Snow was in a fire,” he explained. “And he survived the fire, but his whole face had been burned off. And Kit believed it and he was like, ‘Oh man, that’s just ugh. I’m going to be in prosthetics for like every day. F—k. Oh God.’ And that was funny.” **MORE:** **To stay up to date on everything** **_Game of Thrones_** **, follow our all-encompassing** [**Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook)[ **page**](https://www.facebook.com/WiCnet/?utm%5Fsource=time&utm%5Fmedium=article&utm%5Fcampaign=wicfacebook) **and sign up for our** [**exclusive** ](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)[**newsletter**](https://pages.email.ew.com/game-of-thrones?utm%5Fsource=time.com&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=gameofthronesnewsletter)**.** ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4949544/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-jon-snow-prank/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4949544/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-jon-snow-prank/"},"headline":"Jaime Lannister Just Revealed the 'Funniest' Prank Ever Played on the Game of Thrones Set","datePublished":"2017-09-20T14:49:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:24.908Z","description":"Here's how to pull one over on Jon Snow","url":"https://time.com/4949544/game-of-thrones-jaime-lannister-jon-snow-prank/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","Kit Harington","TV","Jon Snow"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e4a284c14630048/6988d8a44ee262a06f30e792/game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-jamie-lannister-07.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e4a284c14630048/6988d8a44ee262a06f30e792/game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-jamie-lannister-07.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Game-of-Thrones-The-Spoils-of-War-Jaime-Lannister","caption":"Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Game of Thrones","creditText":"Macall B. 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