It’s hard to imagine a world where Game of Thrones isn’t the massive hit we know and love today. But actually, it could’ve just as easily gone up in Melisandre’s flames if HBO had aired the infamously disastrous original cut of the pilot.
Though it was never released to the public, those who saw the scrapped version of Episode 1 called it nothing less than a “piece of shit.” Showrunners D. B. Weiss and David Benioff openly talk about its transformation, which entailed recasting Daenerys and Catelyn as well as reshooting about 90 percent of the original material.
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