Westeros Blog: Belfast Trip Detour: The Moot

[Westeros]

This is a detour from my set visit reports. You can get to the last segment before this by going here to Part 3

I had made grand plans to go out for dinner at a well-reviewed restaurant after getting back from Magheramorne ... but after witnessing the traffic and realizing just how much I wanted to share with Linda (including uploading some photos for Linda to oogle over), I grabbed a quick bite at the Subway near my hotel instead. A couple of hours later, refreshed and ready, I took the short walk to Robinsons Bar where the Brotherhood without Banners had taken over the basement bar, dubbed BT1 (after the street code for the City Centre). Outside, I saw HBO’s representative with a reporter and cameraman from UTV who were waiting for George. A slight miscommunication led to a little delay prior to his arrival, and I soon joined Parris and some of the other BwB members to collect decorations and prizes for the charity raffle which the BwB was holding.

We got things set up just in time for George’s arrival, with many cheers and applause from the crowd. There were many extras present, many fans, and one very noticeable actor: Kristian Nairn, who plays Hodor. I ended up meeting some of the fellow GoT-watching fans, who were all very hospitable and pleasant! Among them was Joe Campo, an American actor/filmmaker and Belfast resident who’s made a quest of getting cast on the show, and it sounded to be like he was getting closer thanks to advice from GRRM. At some point in the evening, a number of actors started to arrive, and after this point I sort of start to get fuzzy on the conversations I had and their order. So what I’m going to do is just try to run through the actors I spoke to, and my impressions of them, as well as anything interesting regarding the production they mentioned. This will be in very rough order:

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[Jack Sparrow]

Hey Ran, I was just curious what the status was of your set visit reports? Still waiting on something? Or did the moment just pass? :P

[Ran]

I'm still working to get them resumed. HBO has gotten involved in vetting some things, but there's the possibiltiy they'll now allow me to publish some of my set visit photos, so... hopefully the delay shall be worthwhile. :)

I had heard that after this week, there may be some forward movement on the topic. I'll poke them again after the weekend, I think it's likely I'll want to rewrite some of what I've written based on what we see in "Inside Game of Thrones".

[Jack Sparrow]

Cool.