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| birthplace= Alaska USA
 
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| Appearances="[[The Bear and the Maiden Fair (episode)|The Bear and the Maiden Fair ]]"
 
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[[George R.R. Martin]] announced on his blog that Little Bart would appear in [[Season 3]].<ref>[http://grrm.livejournal.com/310379.html?thread=17206891#t17206891 Not A Blog], January 25th, 2013.</ref>
 
[[George R.R. Martin]] announced on his blog that Little Bart would appear in [[Season 3]].<ref>[http://grrm.livejournal.com/310379.html?thread=17206891#t17206891 Not A Blog], January 25th, 2013.</ref>
   
Little Bart appears in episode 7 of Season 3, the aptly named "[[The Bear and the Maiden Fair (episode)|The Bear and the Maiden Fair]]".
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Little Bart appears in episode 7 of Season 3, the aptly named "[[The Bear and the Maiden Fair (episode)|The Bear and the Maiden Fair]]", in which [[Brienne of Tarth]] is thrown into a [[Bears|bear pit]] to fight for the amusement of her captors from House Bolton.
   
Because there are various legal restrictions on international transport of large animals such as bears, Little Bart's appearances were filmed in Los Angeles, USA.<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/01/nikolaj-coster-waldau-confirms-two-more-days-of-shooting/ WinterIsComing.net], January 28th, 2013.</ref> As the in-episode guide explains, the sets and actors were still in Northern Ireland, and never filmed in Los Angeles. Rather, a stunt man in a green-screen suit stood in for the bear on-set in Northern Ireland so the actors would have the proper eye-line, while the actor-bear was filmed in his sanctuary in Los Angeles, while his trainer walked him through the required motions for the scene. The actor-bear's footage was then digitally integrated into the shots with the human actors.
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Because there are various legal restrictions on international transport of large animals such as [[Bears|bears]], Little Bart's appearances were filmed in Los Angeles, USA.<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/01/nikolaj-coster-waldau-confirms-two-more-days-of-shooting/ WinterIsComing.net], January 28th, 2013.</ref>
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As director [[Michelle MacLaren]] explained, she chose Bart out of three potential stunt-bears: one from Utah (Bart), one from Canada, and one from Europe. Bart was then flown from Utah to California, where a partial duplicate of the bear pit set at [[Harrenhal]] was built in a Los Angeles studio parking lot. Just the pit part was built: the extras crowded around the top of the pit were filmed on the full set in Northern Ireland. [[Gwendoline Christie]] ([[Brienne of Tarth]]) and [[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]] ([[Jaime Lannister]]) were the only cast members flown out to Los Angeles, to film on-set with the bear. The footage from within the pit was then digitally married with the footage of the extras crowded around the top on the duplicate set.<ref>[http://www.queensu.ca/alumnireview/woman-action-michelle-maclaren-artsci86 ]</ref><ref>[http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/game-of-thrones-star-nikolaj-coster-waldau-on-bears-hands-and-jaimes-journey ]</ref> Christie explained that she was actually with Bart the bear in the pit, though in real life the crew was being friendly to the bear and saying encouraging things to keep him calm. Christie said that she did every stunt in the bear pit - except for one, when she has to pretend that the bear is hitting her. A stunt double was used for that specific, brief shot, though in real life Bart was just playfully pawing at the stunt man.<ref>[https://youtu.be/10uyUJb5zHI?t=15m30s Calgary Expo 2015], starts at 15 minutes 30 seconds.</ref>
   
 
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==Also see==
 
==Also see==
* {{Imdb name|1212069|Bart the Bear}}
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==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 22:24, 14 May 2015


Bart the Bear (born 2000), nicknamed "Little Bart", is a trained Alaskan Kodiak actor-bear. Born in 2000, Little Bart is named after the (unrelated) Bart the Bear, who starred in several major films, and who died the same year that Little Bart was born.

Little Bart has appeared in Dr. Dolittle 2, CSI, Scrubs, and Into the Wild.

George R.R. Martin announced on his blog that Little Bart would appear in Season 3.[1]

Little Bart appears in episode 7 of Season 3, the aptly named "The Bear and the Maiden Fair", in which Brienne of Tarth is thrown into a bear pit to fight for the amusement of her captors from House Bolton.

Because there are various legal restrictions on international transport of large animals such as bears, Little Bart's appearances were filmed in Los Angeles, USA.[2]

As director Michelle MacLaren explained, she chose Bart out of three potential stunt-bears: one from Utah (Bart), one from Canada, and one from Europe. Bart was then flown from Utah to California, where a partial duplicate of the bear pit set at Harrenhal was built in a Los Angeles studio parking lot. Just the pit part was built: the extras crowded around the top of the pit were filmed on the full set in Northern Ireland. Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister) were the only cast members flown out to Los Angeles, to film on-set with the bear. The footage from within the pit was then digitally married with the footage of the extras crowded around the top on the duplicate set.[3][4] Christie explained that she was actually with Bart the bear in the pit, though in real life the crew was being friendly to the bear and saying encouraging things to keep him calm. Christie said that she did every stunt in the bear pit - except for one, when she has to pretend that the bear is hitting her. A stunt double was used for that specific, brief shot, though in real life Bart was just playfully pawing at the stunt man.[5]

Image Gallery

Also see

References

  1. Not A Blog, January 25th, 2013.
  2. WinterIsComing.net, January 28th, 2013.
  3. [1]
  4. [2]
  5. Calgary Expo 2015, starts at 15 minutes 30 seconds.