LOL: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Featurette From ‘SNL’ Shows The Magic Behind The Dragons
Last night,Game of ThronesstarPeter Dinklagemade his hosting debut onSaturday Night Live, and you just knew that the late night sketch show was going to do something parodying the popular HBO fantasy series. Thankfully, they did not disappoint with a faux featurette from behind the scenes of show that illustrates how they’re bringDaenerys Targaryen’s impressive dragons to life for the forthcoming sixth season. Sure, there’s visual effects involved, but there’s also an impressive motion capture performance that helps.
Watch theSaturday Night Live Game of Thronesfeaturette after the jump.
Here’s theGame of Thronessketch from last night’sSNLfromHulu:
Kudos to the producers of this sketch for making it look just like a real featurette that you would see between movies on HBO. Sure, the presence of Peter Dinklage makes it feel that much more authentic, but futureGhostbustersstarKate McKinnonas Emilia Clarke deserves plenty of credit as well.
The sketch really brings the laughs though thanks toBobby Moynihanas motion capture performer Randy Carnival, who is the man behind Drogon the Dragon. It’s the piercing screech that Moynihan makes as the dragon that makes this immediately hilarious. Then it just gets funnier as Moynihan creeps out PeterDinklage with one of his intense stares and interrupts a scene by working the title of the show into a line of dialogue from another cast member.
Sadly, the sketch doesn’t reveal any secrets from the sixth season ofGame of Thrones. But if you’re looking for something to old you over, make sure you check out themost recent trailer for the series, which teases plenty more death in store for the characters of Westeros. There’s also a big gallery of new images from the sixth season right here,and a real featurettethat takes us behind the scenes without spoiling anything.
Don’t forget that this season ofGame of Throneswill venture intoterritory that is uncharted by the books, as authorGeorge R.R. Martinis still struggling to finish the next book in the series. The good news is that the showrunners say that this seasonwon’t spoil the books too much. You’ll just have to tune in later this month to see what that means.
