The Poop Scene in the 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 Premiere Took 50 or 60 Hours to Shoot

If you sat down to watch this past Sunday's episode of Game of Thrones, you may have been slightly-to-extremely nauseated by the scene of Samwell Tarly cleaning out the bedpans, especially if you were chowing down on a late dinner at the time.

Here it is on a ten-minute loop if you're so inclined.

Well, as it turns out, that particularly putrid footage took five full days, and roughly 50-60 hours, to complete for the season premiere. We know that because the actor who plays Sam (John Bradley) sat down with the Hollywood Reporter and told them exactly that. So feel free to drop that nugget in casual conversation with fellow GoT fans.

From the interview:

Bradley also reveals that they didn't use real shit—which is good to know—but instead used fruit cake, which may or may not stop you from ever eating that again:

There are several more questions for Bradley, both poop- and non-poop related. Go check it out for yourself (or don't, kind of depends on how much poop trivia you need in your life) over at THR when you get a minute.