Game of Thrones [SPOILERS]

[JWIV]

Pulling this thread back on topic


http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/38421510.html#cutid1



HBO is filling out the cast of its fantasy pilot "Game of Thrones" with the addition of former "New Amsterdam" star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and several others.

The group joins the previously cast lead Sean Bean as battle-weary Ned Stark, who leaves his home to serve the king. Mark Addy, Kit Harrington, Jennifer Ehle, Jack Gleeson, Peter Dinklage and Harry Lloyd also star.

In the adaptation of the George R.R. Martin fantasy-book series, Coster-Waldau will play Jaime Lannister, one of the king's guards and a ruthless usurper of the previous king. The actor, most recently seen in Ron Moore's Fox pilot "Virtuality," is repped by WME, Impression and Independent Talent Group.

Another addition is Tamzin Merchant (Showtime's "The Tudors"), who'll play Daenerys, an exiled teenage princess.

Also new to the cast: Richard Madden ("Hope Springs") as Stark's eldest son, Robb; Iain Glen ("Into the Storm") as Ser Jorah Mormont, a disgraced knight; Alfie Allen ("The Other Boleyn Girl") as Theon, Stark's young ward; Sophie Turner ("Doctor Who"), as Stark's eldest daughter, Sansa; Maisie Williams as Stark's young tomboy daughter, Arya.

The group joins the previously cast lead Sean Bean as battle-weary Ned Stark who leaves his home to serve the king, Mark Addy, Kit Harrington, Jennifer Ehle, Jack Gleeson, Peter Dinklage and Harry Lloyd.

HBO still has a few more roles to fill in the large ensemble cast of "Thrones," one of the more buzzed-about titles on the premium network's development slate. The pilot shoots in Ireland in October.

David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Guymon Casady, Carolyn Strauss, Vincent Gerardis and Martin are executive producing.

Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iebbbd387ec9a77d4420b06999a24352b

[Lucas]

Beside Sean Bean and Dinklage I don't know any of these actors, but Tamzin Merchant as Dany looks  .

[JWIV]

Beside Sean Bean and Dinklage I don't know any of these actors, but Tamzin Merchant as Dany looks  .

GRRM's got your back on this one:

Dany is very difficult role. She starts out vulnerable and scared, but blooms on the Dothraki sea, and becomes a powerful leader by book's end. It's no secret that HBO's Dany will start out older than Dany does in the book; that was a change that had to be made, if we wanted to keep the sex scenes, and David and Dan and I were all agreed that the sex scenes were essential. Tamzin can play much younger than her actual age (as she does when playing Katheryn) and her sex scenes on THE TUDORS were as hot as anything I've ever seen on TV. In her readings, she showed Dany's other side as well, commanding and charismatic after Drogo's death. I think she'll be marvelous.

[Tarami]

Please don't suck.

[Triforcer]

Please don't suck.

Don't worry.  Tamzin Merchant is no Chloe Sevigny. 

[schild]

David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Guymon Casady, Carolyn Strauss, Vincent Gerardis and Martin are executive producing.

What.

Is this Lucky Wander Boy D.B. Weiss? If so, I'll have to watch this.

Would still like to see Black Company as a TV show more though. I couldn't get into Game of Thrones at all.

D. B. Weiss was hired to rewrite the screenplay for a film adaptation of Bungie's game series Halo, based on the $1 million dollar script written by Alex Garland. The rewrite was during 2006 and planned for a 2008 release. [3] He also penned a script of Orson Scott Card's book Ender's Game.[4].

Weiss is currently working with David Benioff, the writer of Troy, on the HBO TV adaptation of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.[5]

Well. Shit. Benioff is crap, but hopefully Weiss can fix that.

[Lucas]

directly from Martin's blog, pictures of Maisie Williams (Arya)...:



...And Sophie Turner (Sansa):

[Engels]

They more or less work, appearance-wise, anyway.

[Tarami]

At first I thought they were the same kid a couple of years apart. That's a good sign I suppose. Appearance-wise, I mean.

[Paelos]

The blonde chick looks like how I thought Sansa looked. Also she annoys the shit out of me as a character, so I hope she can pull that off.

[Lucas]

Cersei Lannister, bitch extraordinare, has been cast:

Lena Headey, from "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" and "300":




Here is a collage of the happy (?) families thus far, courtesy of a visitor of Martin's blog:

Stark:
http://liftingfaces.com/uploads/thestarks.jpg

Lannister:
http://liftingfaces.com/uploads/thelannisters.jpg

[Ingmar]

They've managed to not cast a single blond Lannister, that's going to be hard to get used to.

[Rasix]

They've managed to not cast a single blond Lannister, that's going to be hard to get used to.

I guess we'll just have to wait for the invention of hair dye. 

[Ingmar]

They've managed to not cast a single blond Lannister, that's going to be hard to get used to.

I guess we'll just have to wait for the invention of hair dye. 

But the eyebrows man, the eyebrows.

THIS IS TOM BOMBADIL ALL OVER AGAIN

[Tarami]

I feel moved to buy stock in a hydrogen peroxide producer.

[sidereal]

More importantly, there will be a carpet/drapes discontinuity.

[Rasix]

More importantly, there will be a carpet/drapes discontinuity.

This isn't on SyFy.  I'm sure changing the drapes can get written into the budget.

[Tarami]

More importantly, there will be a carpet/drapes discontinuity.

You sir, are not with the times.

http://www.bettybeauty.com/

[WayAbvPar]

They've managed to not cast a single blond Lannister, that's going to be hard to get used to.

I guess we'll just have to wait for the invention of hair dye. 

 

Lena Headey is about 10 years too old to play Cersei. And she will look really strange as a blonde.

[Threash]

They've managed to not cast a single blond Lannister, that's going to be hard to get used to.

I guess we'll just have to wait for the invention of hair dye. 

 

Lena Headey is about 10 years too old to play Cersei. And she will look really strange as a blonde.

She  would have made a better Catelyn imo.  I was hoping for Tricia Helfer for Cersei.

[Chimpy]

She does have the green eyes though.

Of course, blue eyes can be made green by contacts easier than hair can be made blonde by makeup.

I don't really mind the age thing, as they have already aged some of the other characters for non-pedobear reasons.

[Tarami]

Ehm, Headey is not to old too play Cersei, atleast not significantly. Cersei is not 22, she's more like 32. Mind that Joffrey is 13.

Also, Tricia Helfer is just as "old" as Headey is.

[Threash]

Ehm, Headey is not to old too play Cersei, atleast not significantly. Cersei is not 22, she's more like 32. Mind that Joffrey is 13.

Also, Tricia Helfer is just as "old" as Headey is.

I never said she was too old, i just imagined her looking more like Tricia than Lena.

[Tarami]

Yes, my bad; it was meant as a more general comment, since Helfer appears to be a very popular choice for the role among fans. Thus, if Headey is too old, so is Helfer.

[WayAbvPar]

Looking at her imdb page, I guess she is more like 6-7 years too old. I thought for sure she was in her 40s.

[sidereal]

She plays a mom of a 20-year old in Terminator.  Might mess with your perceptions.

[Lucas]

The Hound, Sandor Clegane, will be played by Rory McCann. Here is the related news entry written by Martin himself:

http://grrm.livejournal.com/109392.html

Yeah, now I'm curious about who will play the "Mountain that Rides" 

[Bunk]

Ehm, Headey is not to old too play Cersei, atleast not significantly. Cersei is not 22, she's more like 32. Mind that Joffrey is 13.

Also, Tricia Helfer is just as "old" as Headey is.

Based on the setting, if Joffrey is 13, I'd peg Cersei at closer to 28 - 29. Not sure if he ever actually stated her age in the books.

[Big Gulp]

And she will look really strange as a blonde.

Am I the only one who doesn't give two shits about hair color?  Just get a decent actor in there and I'm pleased as punch.  For that matter, hair colors can vary widely within families.  I've got medium brown hair, but my older brother's hair is so blond it's damned near white.

[sidereal]

What color is the mailman's hair?


IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

[Tarami]

Based on the setting, if Joffrey is 13, I'd peg Cersei at closer to 28 - 29. Not sure if he ever actually stated her age in the books.

I don't think he did, but I've been working off the assumption that Cersei wasn't in her early teens (contrary to GRR tradition, I guess) when she married Robert after the war and had Joffrey. So yeah, I agree on ~30. My point being, if you want someone to do a decent job with a character, 5 years too old (and totally "fixable" with make-up) is a better bet than 5 years too young. :)

[gryeyes]

Based on the setting, if Joffrey is 13, I'd peg Cersei at closer to 28 - 29. Not sure if he ever actually stated her age in the books.

Jamie/Cersei are twins,Jamie was 17 when he killed the king. Cersei was married around that time and the marriage lasted 15 years. So early 30's at the beginning of the books.

[Tale]

I'm a Jennifer Ehle fan, so I should explain her. She's best known for the role of Elizabeth Bennet in the superb 1995 BBC series version of Pride & Prejudice (with the iconic scene of Colin Firth emerging from the water).



But she's actually a natural blonde, an intelligent and sexy 39-year-old with a tendency to play highbrow English characters. With a tendency to get naked (NSFW).

[Merusk]

The Hound, Sandor Clegane, will be played by Rory McCann. Here is the related news entry written by Martin himself:

http://grrm.livejournal.com/109392.html

Yeah, now I'm curious about who will play the "Mountain that Rides" 

I've been curious about this as well.  I can't think of many really huge, buff white guys in the acting realm who aren't current or former Pro Wrestlers.

[gryeyes]

How big is Brendon Gleeson?