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Behind the Scenes at the Game of Thrones SXSW Activation

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Winter comes to SXSW as "Game of Thrones" invades Austin, Texas, like so many White Walkers, and Young Hollywood is there to see if we're worthy of the Iron Throne! Surrounded by Dothraki bloodriders, Wildlings, and Unsullied, we navigate this impressive activation to celebrate the 8th and final season of the hit HBO series. Forging alliances, dodging oathbreakers, a praying to the Old Gods and the New in an attempt to survive The Great War...but will we bend the knee? Watch and find out!

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Young Hollywood

Young Hollywood, we are here at Bleed for the Throne in South by Southwest on the adventure to take the throne.

Guest

Who is your king?

Young Hollywood

Are you unsullied?

Guest

Oh, we're more than solid.

Young Hollywood

Do you want to be unsullied? Cuz I'm about to cut your ball if you don't band the knee to the king.

Guest

We will not bend to any king.

Young Hollywood

So, guys, follow us as we take the throne. Okay, here we go. They're playing the theme song to Game of Thrones. People are bending for the throne over here. Derek, we are not going to bend for this throne. What happens if you don't bend for the throne? Second guest: Nothing. You'll probably get kicked out.

Young Hollywood

Really? We won't get a pen. Second guest: Definitely won't get a pen.

Young Hollywood

That's a pen right there? Second guest: No, it isn't.

Young Hollywood

Okay, great. That's all I needed to know. We're going to get kicked out. Are you excited to bend for the throne? Second guest: I'm not bending. I cannot bend. I cannot bend.

Young Hollywood

We are not bending though. We still got it. All right, we're going outside. Let me show you. We got a lazy protector over here. This is why the throne's going to be so, Laugh. One more time. This is why the throne's going to be so easy to take.

Guest

I don't fight for the throne. I fight for the free folk in the living.

Young Hollywood

Get out of here, you subornut. Someone say you face him till the White Walkers come. That's scary. Who's your king?

Guest

You understand, you're now in the North, and I have a stark shield on my back, so I'm going to ask you a question.

Young Hollywood

We are from the South and we've come. We have come from the South.

Guest

You know what? I'm going to give you a pass cuz I don't feel you're going to last five minutes on the battlefield anyway.

Young Hollywood

He gives me five minutes to last on the battlefield out here. I'll step over your dead body and wave to you on the way to past. Hold on to that shield. You're going to need it. You're living, living, living like a white. Everyone's fighting. He's sitting on his ass. All right. Come on. Back off. back off. My god. Hold him down, left. Hold him down. They swam away. They swam away.

Guest

That might work when you're pillaging villages, but not when attacking an organized army.

Young Hollywood

No, let him go. We're going to stay here. Your team's falling apart. This is what happens. Un-sullied, look, look. Un-sullied, ho. Who are you guys? Un-sullied, ho. This one is brown beetle. Brown beetle? This one is yellow rats. Brown beetle, yellow rats. Are you a rat?

Guest

Un-sullied, formation, ho. Forward, ho. We're going to fight for the dead. You guys are on the wrong side of the history. You will forever be a slave to the dead. You guys are aren't jumping ship. You guys are going to die. Un-sullied, return, ho.

Young Hollywood

This one has lost his mind. He's right. No, I'm not going to be okay. I'll be okay when I kill that wildling.

Guest

We'll win the battle without him. That's why I'm saying, we don't need him. That's what I'm saying.

Young Hollywood

Young Hollywood is here to take over. Don't worry. Jump on the right team. Who are you fighting for?

Guest

Young Hollywood. You're going to be fighting the dead. We'll be fighting everybody. That throne's ours.

Young Hollywood

Not too loud. I don't I don't like what he's saying. I don't like what's coming out of his mouth. Don't worry. You're going to want to jump you're going to want to jump ship. Trust me. You're going to want to jump ship. Jump now before it's too late. Jump now before it's too late. That's how you do it. really fantastic. All right, I see a sword fight happening. We're going to go interject ourselves and maybe I can get a sword and maybe I could swing on some guys too.

Guest

Kill him. Kill him. He doesn't want to kill him.

Young Hollywood

I think my man over here needs to get inside this battle.

Guest

Listen, I've told both of them everything to know. This is why the kingdom's going to fall apart with this atrocity. Where will you be when the dead are alive?

Young Hollywood

Oh, we'll be on the throne. On the throne. We'll be on the throne, sir.

Guest

You're going to be ruling over the bones and ash. That's what they say. That's what I know. What's your name?

David

David.

Young Hollywood

Well met, David. Well met. Well met. We'll see you on the battlefield, sir. Soft man going to help us out. He says he's going for the throne, but I think I convinced him not to.

David

No, we're on that throne. We're taking it.

Young Hollywood

Can you fight?

David

Can I fart?

Young Hollywood

Can you fight? Fight. Fight, man. Oh, yes. Goodness. You know what? Better than this the display that I saw out here. I think so. Tough talk from a tough man. Talk from a guy with a sword. Yes, sir, head man. What's going to happen is they're going to take your head off unless I do it first.

David

I don't think you will. I don't think you got it in you.

Young Hollywood

I got no problem killing those right now. But we need every man we can get in the army of the living. Where's your sword at?

David

It's right here.

Young Hollywood

Are you ready to pull it out?

David

If I pull it out, it's going to be the last thing you see.

Young Hollywood

Oh, I can't wait. You're not going to be okay. I tell you right now, you will not be okay. Until you kill him, it will not be okay. This one runs his mouth a lot. He does. A lot. He does. He won't live. He does. He's already dead. No warrior. He's dead. You guys are dead. You're walking dead. We vote. I'm not walking dead. No. I'm going to have to kill you twice. You're going to have to kill me more than that cuz I'm going to keep coming back and back. I see you breathe back and back. Ooh, s-shut. That means shut up. All right, guys, I think we came, we saw, we conquered. We took the throne. We didn't bend for it and let's see what we got. Boom. We got this for not bending for the throne. We got some mean angry folks still trying to kill me. But we'll see him on the battlefield. Till then.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • David

    A man encountered at the activation

FAQ

What event was the Game of Thrones activation at?+
The Game of Thrones activation, called "Bleed for the Throne," took place at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
What was the purpose of the Game of Thrones activation?+
The activation was designed to celebrate the 8th and final season of the HBO series "Game of Thrones."
What characters did Young Hollywood encounter at the activation?+
Young Hollywood encountered Dothraki bloodriders, Wildlings, and Unsullied during their visit to the activation.

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