Game Of Thrones Producer Reveals More Details On Season 2

Game Of Thrones Producer Reveals More Details On Season 2

Filming for the second season of HBO's acclaimed fantasy series has officially begun in Northern Ireland. Producer David Benioff chats to Access Hollywood about what we can expect, and reveals some ways in which the show will start to differ from the books..

By MarkCassidy - Jul 27, 2011 10:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Game of Thrones
Source: AccessHollywood.com

“There will be blood." Producer David Benioff tells Access Hollywood. And going by the events of George RR Martin's second novel in the Song Of Ice And Fire series(A Clash Of Kings) lots of it. Fans of the books that have watched the show will have noticed one or two slight alterations. Mainly things from the second novel appearing in the show's first season, such as Catelyn Stark's interrogation of Jaime "Kingslayer" Lannister. Benioff reveals that we will be seeing more of that in season 2..



“A few things from book 3 will be in [Season] 2 actually. It’s a
lot of journeys. Jon Snow is wandering north of the wall with the Night’s Watch to find out what’s going on up there, and Theon Greyjoy is traveling to his ancestral homeland.”

“We do introduce Stannis [Baratheon], the missing brother, who was often referred to, but never seen in the first season".


Benioff also confirms recent rumors that the character of Asha Greyjoy will be getting a name change due to sounding too similar to Osha, the Wildling woman who is currently Bran Stark's protector.

“We’re a little bit worried about the Osha/Asha sounding too close together, So it might be a slightly different name.”


I'm really not a fan of this carry on at all. Similar concerns were raised back when Peter Jackson was shooting Lord Of The Rings. Some felt that Sauraman and Sauron sounded too alike. Granted those characters play much bigger roles in the story than both Asha and Osha but a bit of word play would solve it imo. Anyway, it is what it is.










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AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 7/27/2011, 10:37 AM
Agree! No need to change names! It is what it is!
BizzyCrenespy
BizzyCrenespy - 7/27/2011, 10:48 AM
Thanks for the piece!

ps Osha is Rickon's protector
nordberg
nordberg - 7/27/2011, 10:56 AM
Whatevs... her name is a minor point. More important is who they cast in the role. Whoever it is, she better be H-O-T because Asha is supposed to be a looker.
Batman5
Batman5 - 7/27/2011, 10:59 AM
if ur too dumb to figure out that they are two different people, then u prolly dont need to be watching the show in the first place.
Gmoney84
Gmoney84 - 7/27/2011, 11:16 AM
I can understand the name change if they decide to do it. I'm cool with it as along as they don't actually change the character. She is a badass.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 7/27/2011, 11:39 AM
I'm with that.
soaponapope
soaponapope - 7/27/2011, 3:31 PM
they changed her name to "Yara" if i remember, although i suppose the casting call name could always change between now and then

not that i care, i never really gave two shits about Asha in the books. asha, euron, victarion,damphair... the whole iron islands thing really was boring and felt like a waste of time. which is like, half of book 4.

i hope they make changes to make asha more interesting in the show, like they did with theon
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