‘House Of The Dragon’ “fixed” George R.R. Martin’s least favourite scene
nme.comHouse Of The Dragon appears to have fixed a scene that author George R.R. Martin felt was underwhelming in Game Of Thrones.The author previously expressed disappointment at how a hunt shown in the first season of the original HBO fantasy in 2011 was portrayed, sharing in the book Fire Cannot Kill A Dragon that budget constraints at the time meant things were scaled down from how he envisioned it.“Where we really fell down in terms of budget was my least favorite scene in the entire show, in all eight seasons: King Robert goes hunting,” the author said (via The Hollywood Reporter).“Four guys walking on foot through the woods carrying spears and Robert is giving Renly shit.
In the book, Robert goes off hunting, we get word he was gored by a boar, and they bring him back and he dies.”Drawing attention to the fact he never wrote the scene in his original book, Martin noted that a royal hunting party would have been much more lavish.“There would have been a hundred guys,” he noted. “There would have been pavilions.
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