In a recent Scriptnotes podcast, "Game of Thrones" showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss gave some details about the show's notorious pilot — the one that was so bad it had to be almost completely re-shot.
"Thrones" is now one of the most successful shows HBO has ever produced, but to hear Benioff and Weiss tell it, it was almost derailed completely by Episode One.
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