LOS ANGELES — Winter arrived in balmy downtow
LOS ANGELES — Winter arrived in balmy
downtown Los Angeles Wednesday, courtesy of the much-anticipated Season 7
premiere screening of HBO's Emmy-winning Game of Thrones.
With
a "Winter is here" theme, a frosty blue carpet and the chilling visage
of the icy Night's King on posters, sculptures and projected onto the
undulating exterior of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, HBO offered the
only advance screening of its hugely popular, Emmy-winning saga before
its TV premiere Sunday (9 ET/PT).
Many
cast members, including Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Sophie Turner (Sansa
Stark), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) and Maisie Williams
(Arya Stark), spoke to reporters on the carpet and guests were treated
to an orchestra's performance of Thrones music conducted by the show's composer, Ramin Djawadi.
Iain Glen, who plays Ser Jorah Mormont, marveled at Thrones' growth as a pop culture phenomenon.
"It
started strong, and then season-by-season got sort of ballistic," said
Glen, sporting a kilt with the Sutherland tartan pattern from his native
Scotland. "I think Thrones is a unique concoction in terms of
visual value, a vast range of characters, (author) George R.R. Martin's
extraordinary imagined universe and (producers) so brilliant at evolving
it."
Before the season opener was screened, HBO
cleverly invoked a no-spoilers clause with an audio warning all "lords,
ladies, wildlings … and CAA agents" to refrain from taking photos and
videos and sharing episodic spoilers," asking all to "pledge my honor to
the Night's Watch and all nights to come — until Sunday."
After
the one-hour episode, guests walked across the street to an open-air
party on the roof of a parking garage where White (Stilt) Walkers
towered above guests, white-clad dancers performed on a dance floor that
featured a map of Westeros and large white sculptures of the head of
the blue-eyed Night's King, the leader of the White Walkers, could be
seen against the downtown skyline.
Guests ate, drank and mingled as scenes of dragon fire and north-of-the-wall blizzards flashed above on the concert hall facade.
Other Thrones
stars in attendance included Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy), Jacob
Anderson (Grey Worm), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Gwendoline Christie
(Brienne of Tarth), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), Isaac Hempstead
Wright (Bran Stark), Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandei), Indira Varma
(Ellaria Sand), Aidan Gillen (Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish) and Conleth
Hill (Varys).
The screening and party drew other
stars, too, including Queen Latifah, Jimmy Kimmel, Amanda Peet, Patton
Oswalt, Mark Duplass, Rob McElhenney and Kaitlin Olson.
edited by alahjiquadri
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