David Nutter, who directed half of Game of Thrones’ final six episodes, said the security on set was increased to the highest level for Season 8, to keep any secrets sealed shut.

In an interview with Huffington Post, Nutter said, “Well, sometimes there were paparazzi in amazing places ― on construction cranes and all kinds of crazy places, to try to get a point of view of things. They were all over, everywhere, trying to get in on what was happening.”

“But it was definitely a situation where there was no paper on the set, [that] type of thing,” he continued. “[The production team] wanted to make sure nobody knew what was happening, and they went to the nth degree, like they do on the show in general. They basically take it to the point where it’s like the Gestapo. It’s tough to get answers.”

When asked if Nutter knew which scenes filmed were fake, he responded with a definitive, “Oh yeah. Oh yeah, of course.”

Earlier in October, actor Liam Cunningham who plays Davos in Game of Thrones told IGN that he couldn’t even get his iPad unlocked to read the script and see his character’s fate, due to the security being so high.

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The final season of Game of Thrones will premiere in April 2019.

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