Game of ThronesstarPeter Dinklagehosted NBC’sSaturday Night Livelast night, the show’s first episode following a three-week hiatus. As expected, the late-nightcomedy seriespoked some fun atGame of Thrones, which returns for its highly-anticipated sixth season on Sunday, April 24.Huluhas released a sketch from last night’s episode, wherePeter Dinklageand several SNL cast members tease how the iconic dragons are brought to life on the show.
SNLstar Bobby Moynihan is featured in this sketch as an intensemotion captureactor who portrays one of Daenerys Targaryen’sdragons, Drogon, who gets a little too close for comfort in a scene withPeter Dinklage.Game of Thrones. This sketch also featuresKate McKinnonas Daenerys and Taran Killam as Jorah Mormont from the hit series. While it seems unlikely that this is how the actual dragons are created on the show, this sketch is quite hilarious nonetheless.
Unfortunately, none ofPeter Dinklage’sGame of Thronesco-stars joined him in New York this weekend, and this sketch sadly didn’t give fans details about these secretive new episodes. Last night’s episode comes just three weeks before theGame of Thrones Season 6premiere on Sunday, April 24 at 9 PM ET on HBO. It isn’t known if HBO plans on releasing more trailers before the premiere, but stay tuned for more fooage.
We last saw Tyrion at the end ofSeason 5, shortly after Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) fled the city of Meereen after another assassination attempt by the Sons of the Harpy. In the season finale, it was agreed that Tyrion stay in Meereen and rule the city, with help of Lord Varys (Conleth Hill) and Missandei (Nathalie Emmanuel). At the same time, Jorah Mormont (Iain Glen) and Daario Naharis (Michiel Huisman) take off on a journey to find Daenerys, but we saw in the latest trailer that they only found the ring Dany left behind, before she was captured and enslaved by a group of Dothraki soldiers.
ThisGame of Thronesparody offers a humorous look at what it takes to bring the mystical land ofWesterosto life, and the challenges of being a motion capture actor. We’ll be sure to keep you posted with newGame of Thronesdetails as soon as we have more information, so stay tuned. In the meantime, visitHuluto check out this hilariousGame of Thronessketch that aired on last night’sSaturday Night Live.
