Barrie Gower

[on the Night King's (Game of Thrones (2011)) design] We designed his look a couple of years ago and the original sort of brief is that he is part of the White Walker family and is seen as their sort of leader - his character is the Night's King. We had to distinguish him from the rest of the White Walkers. The show's creators were after a look that gave him quite a regal sort of presence. So, one of the avenues we were sort of exploring - he didn't necessarily have long flowing locks of white hair - but he had almost a crown. Maybe the crown is incorporated into his head. We were talking about a crown of thorns and such, but maybe he has horns, which kind of grow from his skull and kind of give this crown impression - these sort of translucent icy looking, horns growing from his skull.