Game of Thrones series 7 to break records for number of people set on fire

The new series looks set to be too hot to handle
Sizzling new series: Game of Thrones' seventh run will feature more fire than ever say showrunners
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Game of Thrones producers have revealed that the upcoming series of the show will break records for the most people ever set on fire in a production.

With only two series of the show left, the action is certainly heating up. Daenerys is blazing a trail to Westeros, taking her fearsome fully-grown dragons with her, so it’s only natural that series seven looks set to be the fieriest we’ve seen.

It’s not the first time the show will have earned recognition for its sizzling storylines - stunt coordinator Rowley Irlam won a prize back in series five for setting 20 people alight in a single day.

But show insiders have confirmed that the new series will unleash fire and flame like never before.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly writer David Benioff explained: “In one battle scene we set more stuntmen on fire than have ever been simultaneously set on fire.”

“Our stunt coordinator really wanted to get in the Guinness Book of World Records for this.”

With Irlam himself adding: “One sequence has 73 fire burns and that itself is a record. No film or TV show has ever done that in a whole show, let alone in one sequence.”

The show is due back on screens in July, with producers promising action-packed plotlines and an extended premiere to compensate for its late return and reduced number of episodes (the new series will have seven installments instead of the usual 10).

Game of Thrones series seven will air in the US on July 16 on HBO and in the UK on July 17 at 2am and then again at 9pm on Sky Atlantic.

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