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Lannister, Targaryen, Baratheon, Stark, Tyrell.

They were just spokes on a wheel. I'm not going to stop the wheel.

I'm going to break the wheel.

Dracarys!

I remember my village burning.

The masters speak only one language.

If we want them to hear us, we must speak it back to them.

I was never the biggest, never the strongest.

I was bravest. Always.

Now I have fear.

I fear I will never again see Missandei from the Island of Naath.

There's a beast in every man.

And it stirs when you put a sword in his hand.

I'm sworn to protect you.

She's not our queen

because she's the daughter of some king we never knew.

She's the queen we chose.

I have been sold like a broodmare.

I've been shamed and betrayed.

Do you know what kept me standing through all those years in exile?

Faith in myself.

Please welcome the House of Targaryen!

Iain Glen, Nathalie Emmanuel, Emilia Clarke, Jacob Anderson.

Hi!

Good to see you.

Emilia!

When you're auditioning, and I find this very hard to believe,

you were really opposite of what the producers were looking for.

How did you change their minds?

You're literally the opposite of what they were looking for.

Yeah, I don't know. I'm really not joking. I don't know.

They were looking for willowy and... I'm now blonde, but I wasn't then.

And tall - not tall.

Many other attributes that are just not me.

So I don't really know is the answer.

Do you think that maybe the fact that you probably thought,

"I'm not what they're looking for" relaxed you a bit in the audition?

No, I didn't know I wasn't what they were looking for.

I kind of went for the audition...

This was a huge audition for someone who was a year out of drama school.

And... Yeah, called in sick to my job and went hell for leather on Wikipedia

to figure out what Game of Thrones was.

And then I turned up into the audition.

But it was only later on that I went, "Oh, I'm nothing like the character."

- Not what they wanted. - Good!

Your character has grown... We've been talking about this is the theme,

the journey these different characters take.

It's a remarkable part of the show.

Did you know that your character was gonna take that kind of journey?

No. No. I genuinely didn't know.

The audition, the two scenes that I had,

one of the earlier scenes, and then one of the later scenes.

So I had an idea that she got some power

throughout the first season. And it was only when

after the first audition I went back and read the book

cover to cover for like three times...

'Cause I had no other job. Nothing else to do.

So... It was then that I realised the intensity of Daenerys as a character.

And I realised where she... the possibilities.

And the truth is she always has that will. She just has to find it.

It's a great character for women.

Just to see she's kicking ass and she might be the most...

In this very male-dominated world, she's the most powerful person.

No part of the enormity of the show has ever quite landed, I feel,

personally, 'cause you're too close to it.

It's very much a job and you just wanna do it as well as you can.

And it's only in the other jobs that you do that you realise more and more

how lucky we are.

The calibre of the writing, of every single person who makes up this show,

and I get emotional,

is just the highest calibre of person and of talent, and of skill.

And to be a part of that just keeps getting better and better.

Nathalie, you had this interesting experience

where you were a Game of Thrones fan. Huge fan!

And then you were brought on to the show. So what's that experience like?

There's a lot of people here who came on to this project

and it was just beginning.

You had the feeling of... You're a GOT fan.

If anyone was like, "You wanna go for dinner for my birthday on Monday?",

I was like, "Sorry, no. Game of Thrones is on. I can't be there."

I was a huge fan and it was...

It was nerve-wracking coming for the audition.

I remember I'd been phoning my agent a lot saying,

"See, there's a show. If there's ever anything that I'm right for..."

And she was like, "What's Game of Thrones?"

She wasn't following it at the time.

And then I heard about the breakdown for Missandei

and I was like, "That's me." And so...

Why is Missandei you?

I think the breakdown said, "actress, 18 to 25, non-white."

So...

- So much more than that! - They've got no other choice.

I was like, "Wait, that's me! I can do that."

"I'm doing that already."

But also, a big part of your character,

is you are the khaleesi number one fan.

When you think about it, you were in real life, too, as a fan of the show.

I was such a fan of you, babe. Seriously. No, I really was.

But I phoned my agent and I said,

"Have you seen it?" "I've seen it, you got an audition next week."

I was like, "Great." And then I went into the audition,

and didn't hear anything for five weeks. Five weeks!

By the way, thanks for that. It was a long time to not hear anything.

And then I got a phone call, and I was like, "Oh, my God."

And then the anxiety set in. "I might ruin my favourite show."

"I need to do really well at this." And I got really nervous.

Then I remember my first read-through in Belfast

and like all of these guys started filing in, and I was like,

"Oh, my God."

In a corner... I was so terrified. And then...

I think we were sat together.

Then Emilia was like, "Hey!" And I was like, "Hi!"

And then we were just friends and she was lovely, everyone was lovely.

- It's been really great. - It's been great.

Iain, Ser Jorah is hopelessly in love with the khaleesi and...

Are you aware that the internet has dubbed you "Ser Friendzone"?

- Yeah. - Did you know what that meant?

No, honestly, and I still don't. Is that a good thing?

That's why you were in the friendzone.

I could tell you a lot about the friendzone.

I've spent many decades in the friendzone.

- Is it kinda pathetic? - It's pathetic.

No, it's not pathetic!

Listen, listen.

It's sweet. Your devotion to the khaleesi is very sweet.

It's great, but at the same time,

there's a lot of men here that can relate just being

trapped forever in the friendzone.

Did you draw on any personal experience?

No, I got the girl every time.

It was a big stretch.

I feel like I have to explain this to you. What is this?

You're a man that immediately... I see... Interesting.

I think that with Ser Jorah,

he is a romantic and he made his...

I always adored Emilia, from day one. She is the most

most lovely person and she's a fantastic actress,

and her great gift is that she has no idea how good she is.

She's completely clueless about it. And will probably remain that way.

- Not after that speech. - No.

I remember my first day was with you on horseback, in the rain.

And as I've made clear, still am everyday petrified.

Then was like petrified on crack. It was insane.

And I'm on a horse which I've just learned to ride. Just!

And Ian's there and I'm looking to him clearly, with sheer terror in my eyes.

"There's a camera!"

I'm on a horse and it's raining, and what do I do?

And Iain... You were was so amazing.

He was calming the horse down and calming me down.

And calming the horse down, and calming me down.

I knew, from then on, I'd be genuinely, I as an actor

would be safe every single day that I was working with you.

Jacob, you told me the story once before, but I want to hear it again,

especially with everybody here.

The first time that you got recognised,

for your part in Game of Thrones. 'Cause it's sweet.

You're playing this part.

I think at the time you were trying to be sort of under the radar in NY.

I'd kinda of... I'd never expected anybody to know who I am.

This was season 4, just after season 3...

And I was in the subway in New York, I'm just minding my own business.

And I just hear: "Fuck yeah, Grey Worm!"

"Did I hear?" And I looked up

and there's just this one guy who had like his newspaper upside down.

There was just something about him.

But I just wanna say quickly that a bad thing happened the other day.

I went to a gig with my girlfriend and some of my friends.

We were walking out, there's like a filling out gig...

Everyone's pushing you forward...

A group of lads looking at each other, looking at me,

started walking forward.

And I just hear: "Where's your dick?"

"Where's your dick?" And it got louder and louder.

I was like, "Okay."

It's very nice to see you laughing and smiling.

You're always so stoic, and you're so strong.

And you're always standing.

I don't think I've ever seen your character sit.

Am I right about that? I didn't know you could bend in the middle.

Because I can't, because of the costume...

I think, early on, we both stood a lot.

I remember when Missandei started getting chairs. I was like...

Why does she get to sit down?

It is stunning.

I have respect mad for everyone here who has to act with green screen.

I've never had to do that. I can't imagine what it's like

to be the mother of dragons. And we see the result.

But you're with a green piece of foam on a stick.

You're emoting your brains out.

You're really creating... instilling this thing with life.

The first time that I flew on the dragon

we were in Spain and it was like, "Oh, my goodness, it's gonna happen."

There had been major milestones with the dragons

and that was obviously the biggest one.

I remember getting just so excited,

and we were there, in Osuna, and it was beautiful.

Get on the back of this green thing.

And like in an old railroad, they had those things that people...

- Push car, yes. - Yeah.

Because it was back then, we were kind of figuring it out,

I was on this thing, with someone at the end

just sweating profusely cause it was very hot, going...

And then there was someone, with like a hoover type thing

whoo in my face.

And you're like...

"Yeah, this is like the most badass moment of my entire life".

Cause, you're like... being spun around.

So, occasionally, when that happens, just, like, go with it.

- Just go with it? - Just go with it.

And then when they put it all together later on...

And then... Now I'm on this insane mechanical bucking bronco

that is truly frightening. So, yeah...

- So, the fear is real now? - The fear is real now, in a good way.

You weren't just the Dragon House,

you were also the house of a million languages as actors.

That's gotta be incredibly tough.

Let's take a look at what is like learning Dothraki.

You're speaking this made up language.

You've got to walk and talk, ride a horse with one hand,

fight somebody, punch somebody at a certain point

and speak a language that is completely new to you

and completely alien.

It's a challenge.

When you get it right it's amazing. When you don't, it's frustrating.

It's a nightmare.

When you come across it in the script and it says: "I'm speaking Dothraki"

you just... No, please! Please, no!

Emilia listens to it rhythmically... We'll clap it.

I make it into... like a song.

Sometimes we beatbox it.

We like...

I'll be beatboxing and she'll be singing along like...

like a rude girl.

If you got like the right rhythm, then it stays in your mind

and you remember the rhythm.

Fuck!

Fucked up all my Dothraki!

I've been very serios about wanting to learn Dothraki,

so I actually got myself a proper tutor.

Let's get him out here. Jason Momoa.

Thank you!

- Yes! - Anyone want a beer?

Hi, guys!

I've been wondering in Belfast for two days

and everywhere I go people stop me and say they've just seen you

five minutes before,

and it's like a sighting of a Norse god.

It's just an amazing... People are blown away here in Belfast.

"I just saw Jason Momoa. He went that way!"

As if I'm supposed to know, care, be your minder...

It's absolutely... People think... "He went that way!"

- You're probably looking... - No, I'm not looking for Jason.

Not looking for him at all.

It's funny, cause when I was actually here for the first season

no one really knew what we were shooting,

so I'd walk around with this...

You get off work, and it's hard to get...

I've never put mascara on before,

but playing Drogo, you got all the stuff...

You can't quite get it off and they just kinda accepted me

as a big drag queen walking around with a fucking...

Now I'd be out of the bar, and they're just like: "Just leave him alone".

Jason... Curious about something.

When you left the show they... one of the producers said:

"Well, there goes the life of the party".

I'm told that you were legendarily fun on the set.

- True? - Yes.

Yeah, I think I'm the biggest fan.

I'm playing fuckin' Khal Drogo. You know what I mean?

I was so excited to be there

and it was really hard to get the job.

There's not too many Americans. Just...

Just us, buddy.

So it was...

That's not something Americans do, by the way.

I've lived in America my whole life. I've never been like that...

- Just us! - Well you're Irish, bro.

Yeah, so... But, apparently you like to have a good time.

- You enjoy yourself. - I do.

And you like to keep it fun.

Yeah. I mean, that's the thing...

These guys are just going, most of them are going from the UK...

They're just going from London over to here,

but I'm coming from... I'm excited, I'm in Belfast.

Nine months, I got my family, I'm hanging out in Ireland...

I heard, that, of course, you wear very little clothing...

much of the time, I've watched the scenes countlessly.

It's kinda my MO.

You were comfortable in that situation.

- We all were. - You all were?

Thanks, babe!

You...

You not only enjoyed being almost naked,

you'd have fun with it. Is that true?

Yeah, I'm sure there's some crew members in here

that saw my buttocks.

When I'm uncomfortable, I like to make everyone feel uncomfortable.

- That's a very good quality. - Yes.

So I would definitely bend over,

and there'll be guy or a group there and I'd be like:

"Hey, what's up, buddy?"

It has helped me be comfortable.

It's my first time walking around with a bunch of dudes with clothes on 'em

me not having any clothes on me.

What was your relationship on set like?

We had some scenes to get to do together

that were awkward for people... my family watching it.

And there was one time where the camera got to see your bum,

I got to see a really pink fluffy sock

which was on the other side of him.

I just remember David and Dan going like: "Why is she laughing?"

And I'm like: "Fuck you, I'm the one that's naked in here!"

We need to do this.

The scene kept being pushed back to like the last scene of December.

It's freezing cold, you know? I'm friggin' naked.

"It's not that cold, you motherfucker".

But there I am, and, just, you know... I like to giggle.

But it sounds like you had a... pretty good...

What was your first meeting like? When you two met.

- Rugby-tackled me to the ground. - Is that true? Jason...

... screaming... I walked in, like: "I just got of the plane"

and then coming: "Wifey!"

Literally knocking me to the ground. Gone! And I'm like: "Hey, okay!"

That's how like we Americans do it.

And it's been beautiful ever since.

I have to say, I as a huge, massive fan of the show

I thought Drogo is going to go down fighting in an epic battle,

and then I think you got bronchitis.

I think you character got like a hangnail infection and died.

I didn't see that coming. Were you at all bummed out by that?

It wasn't you versus 900 armed assassins.

I was, but at the same time I thought it was brilliant

that he went out... You know...

It is a great curve ball.

It is a great curve ball.

He trusts his wife and then it happens and then she brings him back,

but he dies by a fucking pillow.

You know what I mean? The bummer.

- It's poetic. - It is poetic.

Obviously you've stayed up with the show, since with your departure...

I'm obsessed, yeah. I love it. A big fan.

I kinda got teary, I was in the back,

when they putting this whole thing together

and I was just watching the show and I'm like:

Oh, my God. It's beautiful. It's such an honour to be a part of this show.

It's also sweet that everybody who made it is here.

- It is beautiful. - In one room.

I don't think there's ever...

In show business, my experience is, all these people work really hard

to make something, and there's an award show

where hardly any of the people that made it are there.

I think this is a very beautiful idea.

We have the hardest working crew ever. Full stop! Ever!

Damn straight!

They put up with us. That's a hard working crew.

Thank you very much. House Targaryen. Let's hear it from them!

There are many stars in Game of Thrones that you never see.

The accomplishments of the production team

are nothing short of astonishing. Let's take a look.

Here we go... Ready!

Set.

And... Action!

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OVER 57,300 PROPS & WEAPONS

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OVER 700 CAST

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Okay...

Looking at what every actor has had to go through on this show

I feel like, Kit, possibly they ran you the most ragged. Is that true?

- How dare you say that? - It is! It is true.

In certain ways.

I was cast number 8 an the call sheet!

Don't do that here. That's embarrassing.

Is this true? Do you feel like you've been put through the wringer?

I...

Yeah. Worked more days than the rest of these guys.

- "Weah-weah-weah." - I got the heaviest costume...

- The heaviest costume. - Yeah.

- It's difficult. It's really tricky? - It's tough. And I can see...

I feel that there's dissension here, now... Anger...

Anyone feel like they had a rougher time with it?

No, but he complains about it all the time. Like all...

Every second of every day.

Yeah...

Instead of "Oh, aren't I lucky?" "What a joy to be here!"

- "Working with these good people!" - Yeah!

700 cast members! He should be lucky that he's number 8.

- No support. There's no love. - I'm on your side.

I would like you to be my new best friend.

- Okay, great. - Yeah. And wingman. All right.

You know how many times I've sat in my trailer...

and Kit "accidentally" walks into my trailer?

Really?

You know why he "accidentally" walks into my trailer?

- I do not. - There's a number on the door.

Really? I understand. It's a simple accident anyone could make.

It's easy. It is simple, simple mistake.

Game of Thrones was filmed all over the world,

for that reason the filming conditions varied quite a bit. Let's take a look.

I love Croatia. One of the most beautiful places I've ever been.

Belfast is amazing! There's so much natural history there.

You kinda feel it.

Morocco is phenomenal. It's just natural beauty.

Shooting in Iceland has been so cold...

35 miles/hour winds and we were frozen.

We got to go to Almería which was amazing.

The landscape was insane.

Yeah, that was... That was cool.

Happy birthday to you!

It's glorious. Spain makes it feel like a holiday.

I had so much crap on my face...

Amazing tapas we've been eating... It's been gorgeous.

I would like to go on record that I have had more shit

thrown at me than any other actor on this show.

Every year. More and more shit. And this year had the most shit.

Sorry!

All right! I am...

That was so satisfying.

I'm officially so much on Kit's side right now.

I think you had it the roughest, I really do.

- I'm not gonna say that now. - Yeah.

- Everyone's had a tough time. - Everyone's had a tough time.

But constantly. I mean... Do you remember your hardest day?

Is there a day that stands out to you where you thought

"This is the height of absurdity" in terms of your discomfort.

There will be a few in he crew that remember this, and John as well.

We were in Iceland and... I think it was windchill minus 40.

And I remember... I remember like it being dangerous.

And John's face froze. Like literally froze.

If you look back, the continuity doesn't work at all.

It cuts away from him, and he's normal

it cuts back and he looks like Father Time.

Now, Emilia, let's face it,

there were days when you were in a stunning location...

Was it ever just a glorious day where you thought

"I'm almost not sure if I'm working or this could be a spa vacation."

- Anything like that. - I mean yes...

Croatia... We had a number of lovely days off in Croatia.

For sure. Actually it resulted in me getting sunstroke the next day.

Fainting on set the next day, but the day off was wonderful.

We sunbathed, we had a good time, I'm sorry, we had a very lovely time.

- Peter? Are you not a complainer? - Yeah...

He is!

Maisie is not afraid to tell you exactly what she thinks.

I'm an American...

That's what we do.

- And sometimes I voice an opinion. - Yes.

I love these people so much. They're insanely polite.

We're not raised that way.

It's a bit of a culture clash.

- It can be misunderstood at times. - Yes.

- Yes. - For sure.

Conleth is sitting back, 'cause he lives about 20 minutes away...

And he's just talking shit about everyone on stage...

He's on his fifth drink...

Oh, look at the fan!

Look at that! What a nice... What a lovely affectation.

Okay! All right...

Let's talk about the final table read. We should talk about that.

I do wanna know emotionally what it's like to...

The interesting thing was watching Kit.

Because Kit deliberately didn't want...

I don't know if it was deliberate,

but he didn't read any of the scripts before we got there.

So everything that happened were some pretty big twists for his storyline.

He read there and then, with everyone. And he even cried.

I did, yeah. The really emotional thing was...

We had a table read most years, I think.

And it was... end of episode one... Sorry, Season One...

End of Season Two... And this just said "End of Game of Thrones".

And it was just... you know. Kind of... that was a thing...

I cried many times that season. Seeing people wrap.

But that was the first time you went "Fuck, yeah, it's kind of finishing."

- And then we had a year of filming. - Yeah.

The New Yorker, everybody!

You had an emotional, cathartic moment, and then

you have to spend the year working to make that a reality.

But it keeps coming back!

The emotions keep coming back in different scenes,

when people wrap, I feel like everyone in the cast

has had a moment on set, before we finished, thinking...

"This amazing moment, this incredible thing that we get to do..."

- "This is the last time." - Yeah.

Then we said good-bye to sets, we said good-bye to people.

You say good-bye to sets?

I say good-bye to them. "Good-bye, set!"

"Bye-bye, now!" You know what I mean?

No, he's a heartless Dane. They don't know anything.

At that table read, Bryan Cogman, he's one of the writers...

He's also the guy who narrates the story.

The most incredible narrator.

He's amazing. He does it very quickly.

He does all of the stage directions. Beautifully.

What was beautiful was that he knew what was coming.

So there's this moment before one of the episodes...

And then he's doing... I'm sitting next to him and I'm looking

and tears are just falling down from his eyes.

Lena, we've seen you nodding

and feel that this has been an emotional time?

It's a weird one, because, as you say, we sort of did the read through

and you're like: "Fuck, this is the end of eight years of your life".

As an actor, I would never have expected to be part of something

where every single person cares so deeply about doing the best job.

And it's amazing to work in that environment.

It's a real honour and yeah, it's... as it gradually coming to an end,

like you said, sets keep disappearing, you are like...

"Fuck, we'll never gonna get the chance to be

in something that massive and beautiful ever again."

I saw the throne, by the way, like the throne.

The most iconic prop in TV history. Possibly.

Just dumped in the corner of the...

With a bag over it, saying "Please don't touch".

Where is it now? We could go get it.

- We could! Honestly. - Why wouldn't you walk off with it?

- Peter? You can put off a... - Handsome man.

You're a very handsome man. You have the loveliest eyes.

When we were aving drinks the other night,

I just fell into your eyes and didn't want to get out.

- Shall I leave? - You should go.

I think you should all go.

But you are... You're very...

Unsentimental-seeming, but...

I think this had to have been very emotional for you.

Just last week when I was working alone...

I wasn't alone, because...

I was on a set and then so many things were happening,

there were hundreds of people running by, and...

Oh, God... Stuntmen... They literally lit on fire these guys.

And I'm sort of in this scene with these guys, and...

And it sort of all depended on how quickly I walked.

How long they would be lit on fire...

So if I "acted" and I took a dramatic pause...

Now, there's a guy lit on fire. You can't really do that.

And I just had this moment of... "This is real..."

"This is never gonna happen again. Ever. In my life."

I knew it in that moment. It really won't.

It might happen again, but it won't be written by Dave and Dan.

It won't be all these elements coming together

to create this thing that's...

This huge scene, but it's kind of through my eyes.

My character's eyes.

And that's the story-telling that's so beautiful.

Because no matter, like you said before, no matter all the dragons...

It's not about the fucking dragons. It's about everybody in this room.

We've all worked together for so long now.

And I really feel like a family this year.

Incredible. We're all so simpatico, and...

- I'm gonna fucking miss it. - Yeah...

You have a heart.

We have one more film for you tonight.

It's a good-bye to the world you all occupied for a decade.

I've been thinking about it for a few years.

And here we are... and everything is wrapping up.

There's this bitter-sweet thing where we really don't want this to end.

This is such a huge part of all of our lives...

You don't get many of these.

If any.

Leaving this show is leaving a part of me.

It's made me who I am.

It's gonna be very strange without it. It's been eight years.

I'll miss it.

I truly believe on this show that starts just aligned

and it just made magic.

A lot of fantasy is heavy on the dragon and light on the character.

Those dragons are huge and they breathe some pretty fire,

but it's not their show.

It's our show.

It's so rare that you get to experience a success like this...

It just eats into you.

I always had it there. I've always expected the up ahead.

It's much more than a job, it is our way of life.

I had more spine-tingly, goose-bumps, punch the air "yeey days"

on this show than in anything in my life.

What a gift!

Don't call it a TV show? It's not!

It's an extraordinary achievement in technical terms.

Writing terms. Visual terms.

The bar has been raised.

You'll be sad that it's over, but that the journey is complete.

We started our careers together.

I think that the friendships that you form when you are a bit scared

they're the ones that tend to stick

because you cling onto each other for support.

The crew, the directors, the producers, the cast...

I don't know how we could have gotten on better.

It'd be sickly if we had.

It's a cliché to say it's family.

But it is. And we all want the same goal,

which is to put the best stuff we can onscreen.

Final words...

Not only a big "thank you" to our crew,

but I think a big "thank you" to our family.

Whose support, every single one of us, every single day...

We've taken everybody away from their families

and they missed a lot in order to make this happen.

And that's who I'd really like to thank.

We can't do without you.

Raise a glass, go ahead! Raise a glass!

The snows fall and the white winds blow,

The lone wolf dies,

But the pack survives.

Let's bring our producers up here! That's one last thing we have to do!

Please welcome the executive producers of the "Game of Thrones",

David Benioff, Dan Weiss!

Thank you.

The drinking portion of the night is about to begin,

but before that we want to make a toast.

We often say that making a television show

is like playing a team sport.

But writing novels is a solitary endeavour.

And this great epic began in the beautiful, deranged,

magnificent mind of George R.R. Martin.

Without George there are no Targaryens, no Starks,

no Lannisters...

Without George we would have never met Khal Drogo

or visited King's Landing.

So the first and last thank you always has to go to the man

who imagined it. George, thank you.

12 years ago, when I had no grey in my beard and no children

I went to pitch, with Dan, to HBO, to pitch George's books

and the lady we sat down with, Carolyn Strauss,

was notorious as the toughest pitch in town.

And somehow she decided that two schmucks

with no television credits and no producing credits deserve a spot

in the home of "The Sopranos", "The Wire" and "Deadwood".

Thank you to Carolyn Strauss.

And then we went off to make a pilot.

The result was bad.

We knew it was bad when we showed the pilot to some of our friends

and they said "Guys, this is bad."

So we also knew there was a really good chance

that HBO was not gonna pick up the show.

We got a phone call saying that Richard Plepler

is flying to L.A., he's going to watch the pilot

in the screening room at HBO headquarters in Santa Monica

and he would decide whether or not we're gonna move forward.

But Richard said "yes".

And in doing so he didn't just gamble on the two of us,

he gambled on everyone in this room.

He changed all of our lives forever

and for that we raise this glass to you. Thank you, Richard.

And here we all are, ten years later, finishing something

that none of us could have imagined when we started.

Something that has exceeded all our wildest hopes

and our hopes were pretty wild.

And the people in this room right here and now, are the reason for it.

These things on the stage,

all these things and all the ones who aren't here.

The people who took a bunch of words and turned them into real people.

Living, breathing, wonderful, horrible, complicated,

tortured people with amazing hair.

Some have claimed the most famous hair in the world.

Me.

Others would dispute this claim. It's not for me to judge.

Doesn't matter. You all made this show what it is.

And the people filling this room, the crew,

every set wall you went half blind carving and painting

made this show what it is.

Every invisible wig-line, every sword swing,

every horse jump, every crane shot,

every explosion, every dragon scale, every crate of heavy equipment

dragged onto a glacier at four in the morning made this show what it is.

Every beautiful costume you spent hours lovingly beading to shit

and covering in mud so you can put it on one of 500 extras

at 3:30 in the morning... made this show what it is.

You all put so much of yourselves into this,

words cannot do justice to the gratitude we feel towards you

or to the joy that's been to work with you all

and call you all our friends.

We'll all meet again, on other shows, on other films,

at dinner, at fan conventions 30 years from now.

We'll be the old men in the matching princess Leia's bikinis.

For now, we can only say "thank you",

it has been an honour, you are the best of the best.

To you!

Good night!

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