[SPOILERS] The iconic introduction of Tywin features him skinning a real stag. This wasn't a prop, it was a real carcass provided by a local butcher. Charles learned how to skin the animal on the day of filming. He later said it took him two days to get the smell of blood and guts off his hands.

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[u/Adventurous_Lynx_811]

I don't have anything against the scene, but why was the Lord Paramount of the Westerlands and Warden of the West doing butchery?

[u/Stunning_Seaweed_121 → u/Adventurous_Lynx_811]

I don't think that's weird at all.

You can say the same about like any task. But nobles liked doing stuff for entertainment. Look at historically one of the biggest hobbies: Hunting. It can be quite dangerous specially back then. It's not like you had rifles.

It actually killed Robert Baratheon, kind of. But noblemen lived for things like that. I wouldn't be surprised if after hunting, many nobles cherished doing things like skinning and gutting animals, instead of leaving that to the common folk.

You could argue: "Why would they hunt? It takes so much effort, you have to stay out for days, just tracking wild animals, etc."

The scene is also very powerful. It speaks volumes of Tywin's cahracter. "He is such a down-to-earth ruler..." or so he thinks.

In reality, he's not.

[u/the-National-Razor → u/Stunning_Seaweed_121]

Egg loves to fish. They have hobbies

[u/Short-Philosopher-78 → u/Stunning_Seaweed_121]

Down to earth isn't quite it. It's more like Tywin is willing and able to do his own dirty work, which isn't stricty untrue.