The real war isn't between a few scabbling houses.
It's between the living and the dead.
And make no mistake, my lady...
the dead are coming.
♪ (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
LIAM CUNNINGHAM:
when I was asked to get aboard this project
was dragons,
shadow babies,
white walkers,
various forms of magic.
All that stuff was an extremely expensive backdrop
to a magnificent tale of legacy,
power, corruption, jealousy, and this wonderful soup
of these amazingly written characters.
SHIREEN BARATHEON:
Ser Onion Knight.
Princess.
-Gods, what are you doing here? -Shh!
LIAM:
I had a couple of scenes with Shireen that I loved doin'.
The most delicate and physically damaged person
who hasn't had any love
in her life, certainly from her mother and father.
And to have her level of humanity,
and decency and cleverness and brightness,
he just treats her as an equal, and I really liked that aspect
of the relationship that they had.
You're late.
I thought you weren't coming.
In a sense, they're almost like a husband and wife. (CHUCKLES)
'Cause she teaches him and scolds him.
You'll never read well if you move your lips.
That's how children do it.
And they're obviously drawn to each other.
I mean, I think, in a sense,
Davos would've most definitely be looking for a replacement
for the son that he loved and lost.
That was one of the most bizarre things I've ever filmed,
was in this freezing cold cave.
DAVOS SEAWORTH: Strange that this Lord of Light asks you to work in the shadows.
Poor ol' Carice.
She was down to her skin
and was delivering this shadow baby in this cave.
-(GASPING) -♪ (EERIE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
LIAM:
and seeing this beautifully lit picture of Carice
in this very strange setting and position.
And I was struck at how much like a Caravaggio it was.
Like a Renaissance painting.
It was regarded when it was seen,
as one of the bizarrest things you've ever seen on television!
It was pretty bizarre to film as well, I can tell ya.
I shouldn't imagine I'll be filming anything like that
ever again in my life.
-CREWMEMBER: Rolling. -ALL: Rolling!
DIRECTOR: Background. Action.
The last time I saw her...
I told I'd kill her if I ever saw her again.
LIAM:
It's very difficult to pick one out
because there's such a diversity.
DAVOS: Your Grace.
LIAM:
when I walk into the room,
and... and I attempt to kill Melisandre.
Death by fire is the purest death.
(GRUNTING)
LIAM:
She's the mother of demons!
LIAM:
is just when you think you've got a handle
on how it's gonna go or who's gonna take you out
or whatever it may, this curveball comes in
and smacks ya in the mouth.
I, Stannis, of the House Baratheon,
First of my Name, rightful King of the Andals
and the First Men, sentence you to die.
Bizarrely, if I said to anybody that the person who saves
Davos' life, having been condemned to death,
is Melisandre, you'd go, "What?"
You need him. He has a part to play in the war to come.
We kill off a lot of loved and not so loved characters,
usually when you least expect it, and yet,
Davos is one of the kind of few characters in it
that keeps appearing to be
sailing very close to the wind, almost getting killed,
and when you think he's gone, he comes back.
-SALLADHOR SAAN: I thought you were dead. -Heard you were dead.
SALLADHOR: Everyone thought you were dead.
I've always kind of liked the irony of that.
Do your knuckle bones bring you luck?
Well, life's been good since you hacked them off, Your Grace.
And it's four less fingernails to clean.
At the beginning of season three,
I said the one thing that I'd like to take away
from the show when I leave is the scrotum-like bag
that held my-- (CHUCKLES) held my finger bones.
I never understood why you had to wear them.
Reminds me where I come from and where I am now.
LIAM:
And Alex, our wonderful costume person,
came 'round to me and went, "Look what I found."
My daughter has it on her wall of awesome.
I nicked a little bit of obsidian,
a little bit of dragonglass, she's got that there.
I hope it doesn't get too hot 'cause it will melt.
Literally. It's a terror.
Of course, I've got the stag that I gave to Shireen.
I took that and gave that to my daughter.
I told her to hold it in her hand
when the scene was going on. I shouldn't have done that.
She was in floods of tears.
So, I got in trouble over that.
♪ (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
I miss the ensemble nature
of doing what we're doing.
The ensemble work which has been the most rewarding for me.
Every day was a joy coming in on this, you know,
being up at four o' clock in the morning
and your waterproof socks letting in and you're...
(LAUGHS) It's not-- It's definitely unglamorous.
(LAUGHS) It ain't the Caribbean.
-Follow! -(ARMY YELLS)
LIAM:
would like to be in something
that is the highest quality possible.
This show will be discovered by generations to come.
It's timeless, magnificent. It's just glorious.
It was great fun. We did a lot of laughing.
-Stop hitting me! You're on camera. -GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE: Why?
It was wonderful, wonderful time.
There's a decency and a mutual respect
that I've never come across on any other job.
We've been all blessed that we've bumped into each other.
I can't thank you all enough. Thank you very, very much.
(APPLAUSE)