The plot turn in the "Battle of Winterfelle" struck everyone, and Macy Williams especially. The actress admitted that, after reading the script for this episode, was excited, because he knew what reaction could cause a scene with the king of the night. "It was incredibly exciting, but I immediately thought that people would wave this twist that Arya did not deserve such. The most difficult thing in any series is to defeat the villain, which you created invincible. It should be reasonably reasonable, otherwise the audience will be unhappy. They will say: "He could not be so bad so that some girl came and defeated him."
Screen Arya Stark admitted that even her boyfriend suggested that John Snow was supposed to fight the king of the night. Nevertheless, Williams took such a move due to the scene with Melisandra. "When we shot this moment, I realized that a conversation with a red woman reminded me of everything, what I worked on the last few seasons - since Arya reached the Black and White Temple. Everything was brought by this moment, "the actress judged.
The director of the third episode of Miguel Sapkelon told that his initial goal was to convince the audience that it was John who would kill the king of the night, and therefore the camera had previously followed the hero. However, at the last moment the character failed so that the Final History unexpectedly defined Arya Stark.