‘Game of Thrones’ Battle of the Bastards Behind the Scenes Videos

Game of Thrones Season 6 episode 9 Kit Harington
Kit Harington in ‘Game of Thrones’ season 6 episode 9 (Photo: Helen Sloan/Courtesy of HBO)

HBO’s released two behind the scenes videos from one of the best episodes of Game of Thrones: season six’s ninth episode titled ‘Battle of the Bastards.’ The first video features interviews with Kit Harington (‘Jon Snow’) and Iwan Rheon (‘Ramsay Bolton’) – the bastards referenced in the episode title – as well as series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Benioff and Weiss talk about staging the riveting battle scene at the center of the episode, and actors Harington and Rheon discuss how they approached the action in the pivotal episode.

The network also released a six minute video with Weiss and Benioff discussing the critical events that took place in season six episode nine. Season six of Game of Thrones will finish up on June 26, 2016 with episode 10 titled ‘The Winds of Winter’.