Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion, discussed the fraught and occasionally cruel scenes between Tywin Lannister and his son. 'That millions of people knew about the Red Wedding before it aired and so much of the audience was in the dark makes us so grateful.'
Michelle Fairley described the way she approached the emotional devastation of the scene as 'like a piece of music you have to work your way through it.' She mentioned the subtle, ominous moment where the festive wedding takes a turn, as the musicians begin to play the vengeful Lannister song ' The Rains of Castamere.' 'There was a key change in the music and it was like somebody walked over your grave.'īenioff also praised 'the incredible self-policing' of fans who had read the novels, noting that with the exception of occasional 'douches on message boards,' the fandom takes great care to protect the uninitiated from spoilers and the Red Wedding remained a surprise to most of the television audience. “I sat and cried all the way home, and rows of people were looking at me,” said Madden about his plane ride after shooting the episode. And the people in the crew weren't the only ones.