[caladanbrood]

The problem with this, is that the last fantasy tv series the BBC was involved with was Merlin... and look how that turned out


On a more amused note, Alfie Allen. HAHAHAHA!

This post has been edited by caladanbrood: 22 August 2009 - 10:21 PM

[Werthead]

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The problem with this, is that the last fantasy tv series the BBC was involved with was Merlin... and look how that turned out

Well, it was a kid's show aimed at eight-year-olds. I thought it worked quite well on that level (and the Season 1 finale was quite amusingly twisted on that score). It was certainly better than ROBIN HOOD, that's for sure.

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On a more amused note, Alfie Allen. HAHAHAHA!

That is an amusing one, but he has gotten good notices for his role in Equus. He's never going to live down being Lily Allen's little brother 'sitting round the house all day smoking weed' for the rest of his life though

Plus, hopefully that means Keith Allen in a cameo as Balon Grejoy. Providing he does his 'scary psycopath' acting rather than 'camp Fat Les/Sherrif of Nottingham' thing, of course.

[Werthead]

Lena Headey, fresh from playing Sarah Connor in The Terminator TV show and Queen Gorgo in 300, has been cast as Cersei Lannister.

Interesting choice. She has the cold, haughty and conniving air needed for Cersei. She's quite a recognisable name, to the point where I thought she was going to go off and do a big film career after Terminator finished. But OTOH Cersei is a hell of a good role for an actress to sink her teeth into. And she can hold her own against Sean Bean quite well, plus I'd buy her and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Peter Dinklage as siblings.

[lokiman]

Man I can't wait for this, it's sounding to be coming along nicely!

[Abyss]

Werthead, on Sep 1 2009, 09:29 PM, said:

Lena Headey, fresh from playing Sarah Connor in The Terminator TV show and Queen Gorgo in 300, has been cast as Cersei Lannister.

Interesting choice. She has the cold, haughty and conniving air needed for Cersei. She's quite a recognisable name, to the point where I thought she was going to go off and do a big film career after Terminator finished. But OTOH Cersei is a hell of a good role for an actress to sink her teeth into. And she can hold her own against Sean Bean quite well, plus I'd buy her and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Peter Dinklage as siblings.

For no good reason, in my head Cersei was always younger looking.
Anyhoo, she's a solid actress and a 'name'. I actually thought her 300 work was better than most of TSCC, but the weaknesses of that show weren't really her fault.

- Abyss, will now hold out for Cersei to whip out a shotgun.

- Abyss

[Mushroom]

Dye her hair and she would be perfect I reckon.

How she could be much younger than that I don't know considering Joffery is about 12(?) years old, which puts Cersei in at about her late twenties but probably early 30's considering they had kids pretty early in the books.

[Werthead]

All castmembers cast so far (courtesy of the Liftingfaces blog):




1. Sean Bean as Lord Eddard Stark
2. Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
3. Jennifer Ehle as Lady Catelyn Stark
4. Tamzin Merchant as Daenerys Targaryen
5. Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister
6. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister
7. Mark Addy as King Robert Baratheon
8. Kit Harington as Jon Snow
9. Richard Madden as Robb Stark
10. Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Bran Stark (unconfirmed)
11. Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark
12. Maisie Williams as Arya Stark
13. Jack Gleeson as Prince Joffrey Baratheon
14. Ron Donachie as Ser Rodrik Cassel (unconfirmed)
15. Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont
16. Harry Lloyd as Viserys Targaryen
17. Joseph Mawle as Benjen Stark (unconfirmed)
18. Rory McCann as Sander Clegane
19. Alfie Owen-Allen as Theon Greyjoy
20. Jamie Campbell Bower as Ser Waymar Royce
21. Richard Ridings as Gared
22. Bronson Webb as Will
23. Esme Bianco as Ros*

* A new character for the TV show, Ros is a prostitute working in a brothel in King's Landing.

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[LadyMTL]

Werthead, on Sep 3 2009, 11:22 AM, said:

All castmembers cast so far (courtesy of the Liftingfaces blog):




1. Sean Bean as Lord Eddard Stark
2. Jennifer Ehle as Lady Catelyn Stark
3. Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister
4. Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister
5. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ser Jaime Lannister
6. Mark Addy as King Robert Baratheon
7. Tamzin Merchant as Daenerys Targaryen
8. Kit Harington as Jon Snow
9. Richard Madden as Robb Stark
10. Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark
11. Maisie Williams as Arya Stark
12. Jack Gleeson as Prince Joffrey Baratheon
13. Harry Lloyd as Viserys Targaryen
14. Alfie Owen-Allen as Theon Greyjoy
15. Iain Glen as Ser Jorah Mormont

Numbers 5 and 12 so don't work for me and I'm not sure about 13. This Nikolaj guy doesn't fit my image of Jaime at all (umm...isn't Jaime supposed to be handsome? This guy has a strange face, ) but maybe it's just the weird picture with that mean expression. As for Jack Gleeson, I hope he looks less like an elf IRL than that head shot suggests. I sort of see Joff as almost like a young Leo DiCaprio, cute and sort of generic.

Harry Lloyd will probably work once they get him into hair and makeup, it's sort of hard to tell how someone would look with silvery hair and violet eyes when they're a brunette. The rest, tho...awesome! I especially love Sean Bean as Ned Stark.

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[Tiste Simeon]

There is going to be a lot of hair changes I imagine... I think Lena Heady could be a good choice, but I still can't get past her being the sexy police woman in The Parole Officer...

[Hinter]

I like Lena Heady but she's not at all how I imagined Cersei, not cold enough somehow.

Joffrey looks like a little t*** so thats perfect!

[Tiste Simeon]

For some reason every time I think of Joffrey now, I see the kid who plays Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies...

[Werthead]

This video shows the many acting faces of Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

One of the commentators on GRRM's blog is a member of NCW's gym and said he's already buffing up for the role as well, which for Jaime is quite important.

[alt146]

Does anyone else think 11 and 12 look like siblings? My first thought was Bran, not Joffrey. Cast looks damn awesome though, I'm glad someone with a bit of vision is steering this thing.

[Mushroom]

I like the way they make Sean Bean have the biggest picture there, seems kinda odd considering

Spoiler

he dies in the first book

Our of all those cast there Peter Dinklage and Kit Harington I would expect to have the longest and most reccurring roles. That is considering the amount of 'screen' time all the characters in the above post get in the series so far. But we'll see how the script writers (including George as well I guess) want to run it.


Also, for the most part I am pretty happy with their choices. Some are spot on I feel the rest are pretty close.
Sean Bean isn't quite the Ned I picture, I think taller and leaner when I think Ned. But it still works I think.
2-5 & 7 are Perfect I reckon.
Mark Addy is probably the most 'off' what I consider a character, but it still works I think, as long the guy can still be 'imposing' and have presence.
All the ones in the bottom 8-14 are fine to perfect as well.

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[Werthead]

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Our of all those cast there Peter Dinklage and Kit Harington I would expect to have the longest and most reccurring roles. That is considering the amount of 'screen' time all the characters in the above post get in the series so far. But we'll see how the script writers (including George as well I guess) want to run it.

Lena Headey as well, and Arya has the benefit of being the only character with POVs in every book, so she'll have a fair amount of screen time as well.

[Slum]

Well, that's not a good Joffrey, imo. Other than that, Mark Addy is the only other casting decision I have an issue with, really. I just don't see him as Robert.But hey, he played Fred Flinstone...he must have serious acting chops.

[stone monkey]

Mark Addy doesn't seem to my mind to have the huge physical presence that Robert requires. I'd always pictured him as a really big guy, like one of the big American footballers but gone to seed...

[HoosierDaddy]

Is it just me or is Cat hot? I'm interested in seeing who they pick up for Cat's sister and Tyrion's knight.

[Sixty]

HoosierDaddy, on 06 September 2009 - 08:56 PM, said:

Is it just me or is Cat hot? I'm interested in seeing who they pick up for Cat's sister and Tyrion's knight.

Is Bronn even in the first book? I'm not sure how long the series is supposed to go--after all, there's a reasonable chance it'll manage to catch up to the books before ADWD comes out.

[HoosierDaddy]

If that's Tyrion's stand in, then yes, he is if my memory serves. Eyrie scene.