--- title: Game of Thrones Cast Gets Real About 'Intense' Season 8 description: The stars of Game of Thrones are shedding some light on what happened behind the scenes of the beloved HBO drama's eighth and final season. canonical: https://time.com/5441079/game-of-thrones-season-8-filming/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-01T14:24:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:06:14.949Z og:title: The Game of Thrones Cast Discusses 'Intense' Season 8 og:description: Emilia and Kit tell you what it's like behind-the-scenes og:url: https://time.com/5441079/game-of-thrones-season-8-filming/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5303bce290d7ca5d/6988db768fd2ee16ce3589ce/game-of-thrones-the-dragon-and-the-wold-03.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-s7-e7 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Game of Thrones Cast Discusses 'Intense' Season 8 twitter:description: Emilia and Kit tell you what it's like behind-the-scenes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5303bce290d7ca5d/6988db768fd2ee16ce3589ce/game-of-thrones-the-dragon-and-the-wold-03.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Everything Feels More Intense.' The _Game of Thrones_ Cast Discusses Ramped Up Season 8  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 1, 2018 2:24 PM UTC  HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 1, 2018 2:24 PM UTC Fresh off the news that [Naomi Watts will star](https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/game-of-thrones-prequel-pilot-naomi-watts-hbo-1202977630/) in the as-yet-untitled [_Game of Thrones_ prequel series](http://time.com/5308458/george-r-r-martin-game-of-thrones-prequel-title/), the stars of _Game of Thrones_ are shedding some light on what happened behind the scenes of the beloved HBO drama’s [eighth and final season](http://time.com/4913247/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date/). In an interview with [_Entertainment Weekly_ ](https://ew.com/tv/2018/11/01/game-of-thrones-season-8-ew-cover/)that was published on Thursday, both the King in the North and the Mother of Dragons revealed how shooting season 8’s six episodes was different from the previous 67 episodes. “It’s relentless; scenes that would have been a one-day shoot five years ago are now a five-day shoot,” Kit Harington, a.k.a. Jon Snow, told _EW_ during filming. “They want to get it right, they want to shoot everything every single way so they have options.” Emilia Clarke also spoke to this point, explaining how every aspect of the show was ramped up a notch. “\[Camera\] checks take longer, costumes are a bit better, hair and makeup a bit sharper—every choice, every conversation, every attitude, has this air of ‘this is it,’” she said. “Everything feels more intense.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5441079/game-of-thrones-season-8-filming/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5441079/game-of-thrones-season-8-filming/"},"headline":"'Everything Feels More Intense.' 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