Eli Countryman The original pilot for “Game of Thrones” was virtually unrecognizable compared to the one shown to audiences in 2011.Everything from hairstyles to actors to major scenes had to be reconsidered after the initial pilot failed to land with HBO executives in the early stages of the show’s development.Entertainment Weekly published an excerpt from “Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon: Game of Thrones and the Official Untold Story of the Epic Series,” a book written by EW editor at large James Hibberd, ahead of its Oct.
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