Game Of Thrones Creators Reveal Their Favorite Death In The Show
Creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss revealed what their favorite death scene is across the eight seasons and 73 episodes of Game of Thrones.
Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss reveal their favorite death scene from throughout the show. First airing on HBO in 2011, Game of Thrones adapts the work of George R.R. Martin, chronicling the lords and ladies of Westeros and their battle for control of the Iron Throne. The show was famous for just how ruthless it was, with countless characters dying over the course of its eight seasons.
During a recent interview with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Beioff and Weiss revealed that, of all the character deaths on Game of Thrones, the demise of Ramsay Bolton (Iwan Rheon) in season 6 stands out as a particular favorite.
The death of Joffrey Baratheon (Jack Gleeson) gets an honorable mention from Weiss before Benioff breaks down just why Ramsay’s death after the Battle of the Bastards was so memorable for him. Check out their comments below:
Weiss: “With Thrones, there was so much killing of good guys, and we finally got to really kill both Joffrey in season 4 and Ramsay Bolton in season 6. It was fun to go back to the old-fashioned joys of just killing off a really bad guy. It felt like it was balancing the scales a little.
Benioff: “I think for me, at the end of the Battle of the Bastards, when Sophie sicks the hounds on the bastard, she did a walk away. You don’t really see the death, you see some of it in the background. You don’t really see the death, but what you do see is Sansa’s smile.
“It was all in one shot and we did it seven times or something. I just remember standing there with Dan and when she finally nailed it on the seventh or eighth time, that’s so epic. Sophie was so good and when she got that shot I just felt like I can now die happy.”
Was Ramsay Bolton Worse Than Joffrey Baratheon On Game Of Thrones?
Why Ramsay Barely Takes The Edge
Game of Thrones features some of the most despicable TV show characters of recent memory, with Joffrey truly emerging as the show’s first iconic villain. Joffrey is essentially a spoiled brat who inherits power he doesn’t deserve or understand how to wield, and it is this power that gives him the ability to inflict pain on others. There isn’t really an empathetic bone in Joffrey’s body, and on many occasions it’s demonstrated that it brings him joy to hurt, torment, and torture others, including in his murder of Ros in Game of Thrones season 3.
Ramsay is the same in many ways, but he’s arguably worse because of how much time Game of Thrones devotes to showing him actually torturing people and gaining pleasure from it. Plus, Ramsay doesn’t need to be king to hurt others. While Ramsay is a bastard and is shown to desire the love and respect of his father, his actions cancel out any semblance of empathy audiences might have for him. In addition to torturing Theon Greyjoy (Alfie Allen) by physically harming him, Ramsay also ensures that Theon is tortured psychologically, even setting up elaborate games to toy with him.
While Joffrey is responsible for the deaths of many in the Game of Thrones cast of characters, including Ned Stark (Sean Bean), he never quite comes across as anything more than a twisted child with too much power at his disposal. Ramsay, on the other hand, ultimately seems more cunning and is proven to be a more proficient fighter, too. Both Game of Thrones characters, however, are truly despicable in their own ways, and their deaths represent some of the show’s most memorable.
