奧巴馬將能搶先知道雪諾的命運範例
“Mr. President? The fate of Jon Snow is about to be revealed in the screening room.”
“總統先生？雪諾的命運將在放映室揭曉。”
At the Game of Thrones premiere event in Hollywood on Sunday, showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss confirmed rumors that Barack Obama wanted – and will get – episodes of their ultra-secret show ahead of their debut on HBO.
17日在《權力的遊戲》（第六季）好萊塢首映禮上，該劇製作人大衛•貝尼奧夫和丹•韋斯證實了一個傳聞，即奧巴馬想在這部高度保密的劇集在HBO臺首播之前搶先一睹爲快，而且他的願望實現了。
During HBO’s Facebook Live stream from the event’s red carpet, interviewer Veronica Belmont asked the Emmy-winning team if they had any “ah-ha … we’ve totally made it” moments coming into season 6.
在HBO臺首映禮紅毯的Facebook流媒體直播視頻上，紅毯主持人維羅妮卡•貝爾蒙特問這個獲得艾美獎的創作團隊做到第六季是否有過“啊哈，我們完全做到了”的時刻。
“I think, for both of us, finding out the President wanted advanced copies of the episodes was an ‘ah-ha’ moment,” Weiss said. “That was a very strange moment.”
韋斯說道：“對我們倆人來說，發現總統想要提前看《權力的遊戲》是個‘啊哈’時刻。那一刻有種非常古怪的感覺。”
And did they say yes?
那麼他們答應了嗎？
“Yes,” Weiss replied. “He’s the leader of the free world.”
“是的，”韋斯答道，“他是自由世界（美國）的領導人嘛。”
Benioff added: “When the commander-in-chief says, ‘I want to see advanced episodes,’ what are you gonna do?”
貝尼奧夫補充說：“總司令發話了，‘我想提前看到劇集，’那你能怎麼做？”
HBO is remaining mum on the subject, but if Obama gets advanced copies, he’s the only person outside of HBO to do so. In an uNPRecedented move, HBO decided not to send any screeners to journalists or industry insiders. The move was to maintain the secrecy of the show’s season 6 storylines, which are expanding beyond the scope of author George R.R. Martin’s novels for the first time.
HBO臺對這一話題一直保持沉默，但是如果奧巴馬能預先看到劇集，那麼他將是HBO臺以外唯一一個能這麼做的人。這次HBO臺決定不向記者或業內人士發放任何宣傳帶，這是史無前例的。此舉的目的是對該劇第六季的故事情節保密，這是該劇首次不完全按照喬治•R•R•馬丁的原著小說來編寫劇本。
Last month, Thrones actor Liam Cunningham told Vulture that Obama gets advance copies of the show, though it wasn’t clear at the time if he was referring to season 6. “Did you know he gets advance copies? POTUS. He gets DVD copies before we do. And we’re in it!” the actor said.
上個月，《權力的遊戲》演員利亞姆•坎寧安告訴《Vulture》雜誌說，奧巴馬得到了該劇的預覽版DVD，儘管當時不清楚他指的是不是第六季。這名演員說：“你知道奧巴馬拿到了預覽版DVD嗎？美國總統。他比我們還先拿到DVD。我們都知道的！”
Obama has previously said Thrones is one of his favorite shows. And he had apparently once expressed concern about the fate of the Night’s Watch Lord Commander. As Thrones director David Nutter told EW last summer: “Three weeks ago, I was the in the company of the President of the United States. He turned to me, put his hand on my shoulder, and said, ‘You didn’t kill Jon Snow did you?’” Nutter said he replied: “Jon Snow is deader than dead.”
奧巴馬先前提過《權力的遊戲》是他最喜歡的電視節目之一。而且他顯然對守夜人總司令的命運表達過擔憂。《權力的遊戲》導演戴維•納特去年夏天告訴《娛樂週刊》說：“三個星期前，我正和美國總統在一起。他把臉轉向我，將手放在我肩上，說：‘你們沒把雪諾弄死，對吧？’”納特說他當時回答道：“雪諾已經死得透透的了。”
If Donald Trump gets elected president this fall, the Thrones team might not give him the same coveted access. In a New York Times profile of Thrones star Peter Dinklage this weekend, columnist Maureen Dowd said Weiss had a dim view of the Republican frontrunner: “Weiss … says Trump reminds him of Hodor, a gigantic dimwit who answers every question with one word: his name.”
如果唐納德•特朗普今秋當選總統，《權力的遊戲》團隊也許就不會給他令人垂涎的同等待遇。在《紐約時報》本週末對該劇演員彼特•丁拉基的人物專訪中，專欄作家陶曼玲寫道，韋斯看不上這個共和黨總統候選人。“韋斯說特朗普讓他想起《權力的遊戲》中弱智的大個子阿多，無論誰問他什麼問題，他都只會答一個詞，那就是他的名字阿多。”
For the rest of the world, Thrones returns April 24.
對世界上其他人而言，《權力的遊戲》將在4月24日歸來。
Vocabulary
showrunner: （電視節目）製作人
mum: 沉默的
POTUS: 美國總統（President Of The United States）
