18 Things You Didn't Know About Game Of Thrones
7. The Terrible Fate Of Ser Pounce
The rule in film and television is never work with children or animals. Game of Thrones had both, and one in particular caused no end of problems for the short scene that he was in.
Following Joffrey's death, the wheels are put in motion to have Tommen crowned and married to Margaery Tyrell. Margaery sneaks into Tommen's room one night to twist him over to her side and is confronted by one of the boy's cats, Ser Pounce, who jumps on the bed for a fuss.
In real life, the cat (whose name is Womble) was an utter pain for the entire shoot, never going where he was supposed to and constantly missing his cues. Benioff and Weiss wrote that following his sole appearance, Ser Pounce was given a fate was than death by Cersei who hated the cat more than anyone, one so terrible and gruesome that they wouldn't dare be shown on screen.
Thankfully, Womble is still alive and well, waiting for the next film shoot he can torment with his presence. Although cats are notoriously difficult to work with anyway, so why did they expect any different?