Even Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) was initially a tad perplexed when she received her scripts.

When I first read this season I thought: Damn, I gotta learn some lines!

I dont know how thats happening.

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Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) was similarly struck by his characters increased visibility this year.

Ive worked more days this season than I have in quite some time, he told EW.

There are few factors that explain this seemingly impossible screen time vs. episode count paradox.

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Second, characters are coming together more than ever before.

Every since Tyrion crossed the Narrow Sea and met Dany thats been the general direction.

And having them on set together is a real privilege for us.

That all makes sense, right?

War has really started.

We all know theres no escape.

How are we going to run away from whats coming?

Everyone is going to get trapped.

The heat is on.

Also this week, HBO unveiled the trailer for season 7; see Darren Franichsdeep-dive analysis of every shot.

(The trailer has now surpassed 61 million views in just 24 hours).

Game of Thronesdebuts July 16 on HBO.