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Charles Dance really did skin a stag for his first scene.
Charles Dance told the Daily Beast the craziest thing he ever did on "Game of Thrones" came in his very first scene as Tywin Lannister back in Season 1, Episode 7, when his character was introduced while skinning a stag.
He said the showrunners approached him, asking, "Are you a vegetarian, Charles?” He replied, "No, why do you ask?" And then they told him about the deer. "So, this butcher arrived with a dead animal, and they gave me a little room to work in, gave me a sharp knife, and showed me how to skin it and spill the guts into a bucket," Dance recalled. "The next day, they gave me another dead animal, and we shot it. It was a bloody good time, but it took me two days to get the smell off my hands."
Charles Dance told the Daily Beast the craziest thing he ever did on "Game of Thrones" came in his very first scene as Tywin Lannister back in Season 1, Episode 7, when his character was introduced while skinning a stag.
He said the showrunners approached him, asking, "Are you a vegetarian, Charles?” He replied, "No, why do you ask?" And then they told him about the deer. "So, this butcher arrived with a dead animal, and they gave me a little room to work in, gave me a sharp knife, and showed me how to skin it and spill the guts into a bucket," Dance recalled. "The next day, they gave me another dead animal, and we shot it. It was a bloody good time, but it took me two days to get the smell off my hands."
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