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October 29, 2014

How Game of Thrones Producers Are Keepings Nosy Fans Away

By Nate Jones

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The producers of Game of Thrones are locked in a struggle as brutal and unyielding as the one they depict on Sunday nights: How do you keep fans in four countries away from the set of the most popular fantasy series on television? For the most part, you don’t, as the numerous posts we’ve written about the production of Game of Thrones’ upcoming fifth season attest. But that won’t stop these intrepid producers from trying! Here are all the ways they’re trying to keep their sets secure.

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Where: The Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland 
What We Found Out Anyway: There will be a wagon on Game of Thrones next year. The things inside of it are either very important or very fragile. (Image courtesy Paul Wyatt.) Where: The Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland 
What We Found Out Anyway: There will be a wagon on Game of Thrones next year. The things inside of it are either very important or very fragile. (Image courtesy Paul Wyatt.)

Where: The Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland

What We Found Out Anyway: There will be a wagon on Game of Thrones next year. The things inside of ...

Where: The Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland

What We Found Out Anyway: There will be a wagon on Game of Thrones next year. The things inside of it are either very important or very fragile. (Image courtesy Paul Wyatt.)

Photo: PaulWyatt94/Twitter
Where: Portstewart, Northern Ireland 
What We Found Out Anyway: Jaime Lannister will visit Dorne, where he will ride a horse. (Image courtesy @tallforagirl.) Where: Portstewart, Northern Ireland 
What We Found Out Anyway: Jaime Lannister will visit Dorne, where he will ride a horse. (Image courtesy @tallforagirl.)

Where: Portstewart, Northern Ireland

What We Found Out Anyway: Jaime Lannister will visit Dorne, where he will ride a horse. (Image courtesy @ta...

Where: Portstewart, Northern Ireland

What We Found Out Anyway: Jaime Lannister will visit Dorne, where he will ride a horse. (Image courtesy @tallforagirl.)

Photo: tallforagirl/Twitter
Where: Toome, Northern Ireland 
What We Found Out Anyway: Tyrion and Jorah will travel by a boat in a scene that, if the green screen is any indication, will require special effects. (Image courtesy Nicola Weir.) Where: Toome, Northern Ireland 
What We Found Out Anyway: Tyrion and Jorah will travel by a boat in a scene that, if the green screen is any indication, will require special effects. (Image courtesy Nicola Weir.)

Where: Toome, Northern Ireland

What We Found Out Anyway: Tyrion and Jorah will travel by a boat in a scene that, if the green screen is any indicatio...

Where: Toome, Northern Ireland

What We Found Out Anyway: Tyrion and Jorah will travel by a boat in a scene that, if the green screen is any indication, will require special effects. (Image courtesy Nicola Weir.)

Photo: nweir1/Twitter
Where: Osuna, Spain 
What We Found Out Anyway: There's going to be a lot of extras watching something go down in a bull ring. (Also, the extras need to watch out for sunburns.) Where: Osuna, Spain 
What We Found Out Anyway: There's going to be a lot of extras watching something go down in a bull ring. (Also, the extras need to watch out for sunburns.)

Where: Osuna, Spain

What We Found Out Anyway: There's going to be a lot of extras watching something go down in a bull ring. (Also, the extras need t...

Where: Osuna, Spain

What We Found Out Anyway: There's going to be a lot of extras watching something go down in a bull ring. (Also, the extras need to watch out for sunburns.)

Photo: Splash News
Where: Dubrovnik, Croatia 
What We Found Out Anyway: The next season will feature at least one Lannister guardsman. (Image courtesy Watchers on the Wall.) Where: Dubrovnik, Croatia 
What We Found Out Anyway: The next season will feature at least one Lannister guardsman. (Image courtesy Watchers on the Wall.)

Where: Dubrovnik, Croatia

What We Found Out Anyway: The next season will feature at least one Lannister guardsman. (Image courtesy Watchers on t...

Where: Dubrovnik, Croatia

What We Found Out Anyway: The next season will feature at least one Lannister guardsman. (Image courtesy Watchers on the Wall.)

Photo: Watchers on the Wall
Where: Seville, Spain 
What We Found Out Anyway: What the Dornish costuming and set dressing will look like. Where: Seville, Spain 
What We Found Out Anyway: What the Dornish costuming and set dressing will look like.

Where: Seville, Spain

What We Found Out Anyway: What the Dornish costuming and set dressing will look like.

Photo: © Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Where: Portstewart, Northern Ireland 
What We Found Out Anyway: Jaime and Bronn will knock out some Dornish guys and steal their costume, just like in The Wizard of Oz. (Image courtesy @JorahElAndalo.) Where: Portstewart, Northern Ireland 
What We Found Out Anyway: Jaime and Bronn will knock out some Dornish guys and steal their costume, just like in The Wizard of Oz. (Image courtesy @JorahElAndalo.)

Where: Portstewart, Northern Ireland

What We Found Out Anyway: Jaime and Bronn will knock out some Dornish guys and steal their costume, just like in...

Where: Portstewart, Northern Ireland

What We Found Out Anyway: Jaime and Bronn will knock out some Dornish guys and steal their costume, just like in The Wizard of Oz. (Image courtesy @JorahElAndalo.)

Photo: JorahElAndalo/Twitter
Where: Magilligan, Northern Ireland 
What We Found Out Anyway: As in every episode of Game of Thrones, there will be men. (Image courtesy Desmond Kelly.) Where: Magilligan, Northern Ireland 
What We Found Out Anyway: As in every episode of Game of Thrones, there will be men. (Image courtesy Desmond Kelly.)

Where: Magilligan, Northern Ireland

What We Found Out Anyway: As in every episode of Game of Thrones, there will be men. (Image courtesy Desmond Kell...

Where: Magilligan, Northern Ireland

What We Found Out Anyway: As in every episode of Game of Thrones, there will be men. (Image courtesy Desmond Kelly.)

Photo: Desmond_kelly7/Twitter
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