Overview

• Castillo emphasizes his character’s defining loyalty to Robbie as the core lens for the episode’s turning point.
• He notes the outcome of the pivotal sequence was planned from early drafts with minimal changes during production.
• The battered look required a head cast in Atlanta and a roughly four-hour prosthetics application on the shooting day.
• Staging the scene demanded careful choreography and strict safety for technical beats that included plastic wrap and close-quarters action.
• HBO airs new episodes on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET, with streaming available on HBO Max.