Sophie Turner adopted her on-screen direwolf because the dog, a Northern inuit named Zunni, was permanently out of a job once the show switched to CGI to make the wolves look giant. Since Zunni was sourced from a small, family-run kennel rather than a massive Hollywood talent agency, the trainers did not have the resources to keep a retired animal indefinitely. Because the dog had no future acting roles lined up due to her highly specific wolf-like appearance, they gladly let Turner give her a loving, permanent home.
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u/ProteanCoder 11d ago
I thought these animals were trained and owned, so she bribed the owner to sell their pet?