20 Amazing ‘Game of Thrones’ Facts You Never Knew

Richard Brake, the actor who plays the terrifying leader of the White Walkers, also played Joe Chill in Batman Begins. Unsurprisingly, that character actually killed Batman’s parents.

Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen, actually has a clause in her contract about how many times she can appear topless in a season.

One the show he plays the tortured and castrated little brother, but in real life Alfie Allen is the singer’s little bro. She actually wrote a song about her brother called “Alfie.”

We hate his character because he’s the one that executed Eddard Stark, but the actor, Wilko Johnson, is a rock guitarist that we can totally get down with.

You may also remember him from the hit holiday movie, Love Actually, in which he plays a lovelorn little dude intent on impressing his woman.

Oona Chaplin, the actress that played Robb Stark’s wife, has a long family history in Hollywood.

Who knew that Cersei Lannister and the guy who plays Bronn had such bad blood? Rumor has it that the pair once dated, and now they don’t speak at all on set.

You might be still crying about Hodor’s untimely departure, but Kristian Nairn, the guy who him, is actually a professional D.J. in real life. He plays at raves called “Rave of Thrones.” Someone get us a ticket ASAP.

Sophie Turner actually adopted the same dog that played her direwolf in the show. Sure, he’s not so big, but he’s still as adorable.

He actually placed third in a world strongman competition, and we’re not surprised. However, we can’t say we’ll ever forgive him for killing Oberyn.

Sibel Kekilli, the girl who plays Shae, has a natural allure that might be attributed to the fact that she used to work in German adult film.

Things get a little bit gory on the show, so we’re assuming that the actors have to come up with some slightly disturbing coping mechanisms. Wonder what it would be like to play soccer with your own head.

Who can blame him? Even if he’s a knight and the King’s Guard, that s**t must be really, really hot — especially under all of those studio lights.

We’re assuming that he didn’t read the books and find out what went down at the Red Wedding. There’s something comforting about the fact that Robb Stark was as shocked as we were. That one really hurt.

And Coleman played the companion on Doctor Who. Yup: This is what’s known as a nerd power couple.

Clarke was in Terminator Genisys and Headey was in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. They’re both total bosses, so this isn’t hard for us to believe.

Confidentiality is of the utmost important when it comes to preserving the plot, and that means that sometimes the writers even have to throw the actors for a loop.

Peter Vaughan lost his sight years ago, and that led to his utterly convincing performance on the show.

If you’re not watching Game of Thrones on Sunday night, that means you don’t have an HBO subscription (or live outside of the United States). That means that each week, millions of people are illegally downloading the show. We don’t blame them.

They had to cover all of their bases, so Martin has revealed the entire stories to the directors. Of course, it’s top secret — and we’re hoping that Martin releases the next book soon so we can get that much closer to the truth.