16. Benioff And Weiss Were Trusted After Guessing Jon's Mother
Before the show was even in production, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss first had to meet with George R.R. Martin to pitch their vision for the show. Understandably, Martin needed to know he could trust these two men with his enormous project. Weiss told Collider: "He asked us, Who is Jon Snows mother? We had discussed it before, and we gave a shocking answer. At that point, George didnt actually say whether or not we were right or wrong, but his smile was his tell. We knew we had passed the Wonka test, at that point."