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Not very, but he's too old anyway. Gregor is supposed to be over 7 1/2' tall, so you're looking for someone of or around Shaq's height, and he dwarfs Richard Moll who's the last "Freakisly Tall" white guy I can think of. (Other than the guy who played Lurch in the Addam's Family movies.)
There will be camera trickery and post production effects to truly portray Gregor. Like they've done for Hagrid in the Harry Potter flicks.
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Yeah, Hagrid was who I was thinking of when I asked. Gleeson always seemed to be a huge intimidating man in most of his roles that I can easily remember(Gangs of NY,28 days later,Braveheart). I also confused the character Sandor for Gregor,I thought McCann was playing Gregor. Id imagine that since Gregor has mostly an ancillary role in the books and most of his "close ups" would be him in his monstrously huge armor it shouldn't be that big of a deal. Could let the character be only seen in his armor and not lose anything. Im not sure how much older Gregor is but its probably a good 5-6 years and McCann is 40 or so.
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If he weren't dead, Trevor Goddard would have been perfect for the role IMO, with camera angles and whatnot.
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Hehe andre the giant if you could have found a horse that could lift him.
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Tyler Mane + camera shenanigans
Though I always imagined The Mountain as being more fat than buff. Possibly I just didn't read closely. Andre the Giant would really have been the best fit, if he could act his way out of a paper bag and didn't seem so friendly (and was still alive).
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Tyler Mane + camera shenanigans
Though I always imagined The Mountain as being more fat than buff. Possibly I just didn't read closely. Andre the Giant would really have been the best fit, if he could act his way out of a paper bag and didn't seem so friendly (and was still alive).
I'm sure there's a few professional wrestlers that wouldn't mind taking a year off. They already act for a living and it's probably not hard to speak like Gregor who roared half of his lines. edit: Holy shit, Kevin Nash is 50. |
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I'm not a big fan of Jon or Robb in the casting. Still, not bad.
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Dany looks the most likely to fail to me. Judging at a glance as I am.
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If they cast Rory McCann as Sandor, who the hell are they going to find that's bigger than him to play Gregor? Yes, I know this was already discussed.
I just didn't really think of Sandor as a giant guy. Always pictured him as more a wirey/lanky guy.
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Heyyyy Mark Addy.
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Heyyyy Mark Addy.
I still think Brian Blessed would have been perfect (if he was a bit younger), but Mark Addy is a good second choice. |
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I don't know shit about Game of Thrones, I just liked him in Knight's Tale.
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I just didn't really think of Sandor as a giant guy. Always pictured him as more a wirey/lanky guy.
Nah, several times GRRM makes a point to note that Sandor is huge, just dwarfed by his brother. Gregor is probably going to have to be mostly camera tricks but when I lived in Cali there was a guy I would see on the street every now and then, he would wear a shirt that said, "7 foot 2" just to preempt the question. He would have been perfect for the part as long as he could just stand around in the armor and look menacing. Also, Jaime needs to be blonder and younger looking IMO. |
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Jamie and Cersei are in their low 30s, the age seems fine and the blonde thing is easily fixable. I thought he needed to be more pretty boyish rather than rugged though, like maybe an older Orlando Bloom that didn't suck.
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Jamie is almost exactly like what I expected.
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They could have that wrestler guy, Paul Wight. (Not sure what his 'stage' name is these days, but he is ginormous).
Only white guy I can think of that is mountainous.
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They could have that wrestler guy, Paul Wight. (Not sure what his 'stage' name is these days, but he is ginormous).
Only white guy I can think of that is mountainous.
The Big Show? Anyway, here: http://www.cruzan.info/tall.html |
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That list is lose. No Tiny Lister.
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It looks like the only former/current pro wrestler that they have on there is Andre the Giant. Even though a lot of them have been in a number of movies.
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It looks like the only former/current pro wrestler that they have on there is Andre the Giant. Even though a lot of them have been in a number of movies.
Glen Jacobs 6-8 "See no evil""WWF wrestler"born in spain. AKA Kane. It's not an exhaustive list. It doesn't have Nash on there and he's been in several things and is over 7'. |
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Damn.. Kristanna Loken is 5'11? Now she's more hot.
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I read the first three books and I enjoyed them a lot. I won't read anymore until the series is finished which should be just in time for my retirement in 30-40 years.
TV show should be cool though. I bet Spartacus is still better though.
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I dunno. If Lena Headey pops a boob, its gonna be a tough tough call.
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I really don't have much interest in this. I do wish it great success, though, just to open the door for other fantasy adaptions. An HBO adaption of Zelazny's Amber books, Gaiman's Sandman or American Gods, or Cook's Black Company would be soooo amazing. |
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Not a fan of Ice and Fire?
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Not a fan of Ice and Fire?
It's alright. I'll still buy the next book (whenever it finally comes out  ) in hardcover. I just don't think it's that amazing, which is blasphemy in some quarters. Part of it might just be that by the time I had read ASOIAF I had already read Wolfe, Cook, Zelazny, Brust, and a host of others. There are just so many other fantasy series I'd love to see serialized, especially by a TV studio that doesn't mind giving us nasty, evil or flawed protagonists that you still love. I'm really hoping that the adaption will open the door for other authors to get in there. |
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They recast Caitlin as well, according to that article. Michelle Fairley instead of Jennifer Ehle.
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Hmm, what's the TV equivalent of vaporware? Why are actors dropping out at this stage?
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Hmm, what's the TV equivalent of vaporware? Why are actors dropping out at this stage?
Not dropping out so much as being recast after the initial pilot/greenlight was given. Happened with True Blood as well, and I'm sure more than a few other shows. |
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It's very common for even principal roles to be recast after a pilot is filmed/shown to the programming people. Sometimes the pilot is aired before they change the cast around.
Most major series in television history have had it happen, it is not something to be concerned about.
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That's good to hear. I worry that the TV show is going to be 'in production' much like Mr. Martin's final book(s).
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Yeah, the show got green lighted for full production by the top brass, so it has the funding. It's not in limbo at all at this point.
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