Comments on: Game of Thrones Cast (So Far)

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By: david

david — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:21:56 +0000

i think jon and robb should be switched. dany is wrong also.other than that,awesome choices!i have not been this excited by a book adaption since lord of the rings,even more so!

By: Low

Low — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:27:37 +0000

No one else thought the choice for Joffrey is terrible? :S I know the character is horrible and everyone hates him.. but still, he is supposed to be very handsome… and the kid they’ve chosen… *cough* *cough*

By: margaet carolan

margaet carolan — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:06:20 +0000

Hi i played the chicken plucker,kitchen staff loved every second of it,played of lot of extra roles for Scottish T.V but that was the best to date hope it really takes off and i am asked back to do more scenes as an extra.
Thanks every one involved.
Margaret.x

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:40:32 +0000

@ Janos

I was actually thinking of her too, but i think shes too old.

Thanks for the headshots. This is going to be great.

By: Janos

Janos — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:39:30 +0000

Ohh just had a thought…

What about poor little Rickon?

By: Janos

Janos — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:36:54 +0000

Have to say, I am waiting in anticipation for a air date.

Admittedly, I cringed when I read that Mark Addy was playing Robert Baratheon as I always pictured Brian Blessed when reading GoT.
But thinking it over, he might actually pull it off as he seems to be taking more serious rolls these days.

I don’t see any problem with the Lannister twins, they are just as I pictured them.

Just checked IMDb again and see Brian Thompson has been added but doesn’t stated who he’s playing. Maybe Gregor Clegane at the tourney perhaps?

As for Brienne, hmmm…
Missy Pyle from Dodgeball comes to mind. lol

By: Bas

Bas — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:54:34 +0000

Ron Perlman for Barristan Selmy!
I so hope this gets greenlighted, though with the cast, budget and the general popularity of fantasy series these days I’d be surprised if it didn’t.

By: Bruno

Bruno — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:19:11 +0000

Was able to guess most of them, so pretty good casting, although, if I’m not mistaken, aren’t Jaime and Cersei supoosed to be blonde. I guess some hair colour will fix that. Can’t wait for this to come out, love the series.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:01:28 +0000

Brienne will be hard to cast. In the books she is thought of as ugly, but I have to wonder if part of that perception is simply because Brienne is a masculine tomboy. And during medieval times women were thought of as very unattractive if they liked masculine hobbies, etc.
I thought of Katie Sackoff, who is very pretty but very tall and well built muscular. Someone like that. Or Katie Holmes, maybe. Even though Katie is pretty, too.
So, this one will be one of the hardest roles in this series to cast, in my opinion.

By: David

David — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:00:43 +0000

The picture of Nikolaj doesn’t do him justice. No still image of him does. But anyone who’s seen him on screen knows he’s perfect for Jaime. He’s sex-on-a-stick. There’s something cat-like and graceful about him, yet also cocky and smokin’ hot. I’m thrilled by his casting.

Same thing for Cersei–I was confused at first by Lena Headley, but put a blond wig on her, and she has that icy arrogance down. She can also play crazy really well, and Cersei is certifiable in my opinion.

I’m also thrilled about Maisie as Arya. PERFECT casting. She’s definitely not a “horseface,” but there’s something wickedly precocious about her, and she’s not classically beautiful. I can totally buy her as Arya.

Also love Alfie Allen as Theon. Alfie was born to smirk, and that’s all Theon is.

FANTASTIC casting. Mark Addy is my one question mark, but considering how well the producers picked everyone else (all the way down to Maester Luwin), I’m going to trust them on this one.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:10:16 +0000

I am actually in the middle of GoT right now and having such a good time with it that I thought I would look on line for any movie that may have been made. Glad to see a series coming out. It is quite funny that as I have been reading the book, I have been visualizing the characters and I’ll be damned if I could not get Peter Dinklage out of my head for Tyrion L. Well whadya know…who coulda thunk. Well I guess given dwarven roles in Hollywood (and outside Hollywood), Peter tends to be a one man show. Not so surprising afterall. The cast looks great and I plan to have the book wrapped up this weekend. Thanks for this web page.

By: darlene

darlene — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:18:56 +0000

Gary Busey as Barristan Selmy!
But, are Americans off limits? There are lots of American actors who could really do a great job in this series.
Who is going to play Maester Pycelle? Maximillian Schell would be a good choice, I think.

By: Rudsgi

Rudsgi — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:21:21 +0000

I just wonder…
Who will get the doubtfull honour of playing Brienne?

*(assuming the series are sucsessfull enough to get enough seasons)

By: darlene

darlene — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:10:26 +0000

Gleeson Brendan Gleesons son? There is a resemblance. Brendan would be a terrific addition to GoT, too. Balon Greyjoy, perhaps?

By: Brigette

Brigette — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:25:03 +0000

My only objection to Sean Bean as Ned is that he will (SPOILER!) be killed off far too soon. He would have made a lovely Hound……

By: Ryan Dunn

Ryan Dunn — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:00:27 +0000

@Pol and Rous

Yes, a good idea. I will break them apart once the pilot is picked up. That way I can more easily keep it updated.

Thanks!

…ryan

By: Pol and Rous

Pol and Rous — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:36:48 +0000

This is the best page we could find with the character lineup! Congratulations! Keep up the good work!
If we may suggest something, when the list of people becomes longer it will be a little cumbersome to look up the names from the list. You could link the pictures to the names or just write names next to pictures…

By: darlene

darlene — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:29:43 +0000

On the ASOIAF board someone compared Littlefinger to the AntiChrist! Well, I think Gordon Currie who portrayed the sneaky, evil AntiChrist in the Left Behind movie would make a very convincing Littlefinger! Gordon, although Canadian, can do near perfect accents as well.

By: Dawn Mcmanaman

Dawn Mcmanaman — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:15:59 +0000

Love Mark Addy, but I can’t picture him as Robert. I’m sure he will do a fine job though. Jamie should have been played by Brad Pitt, but something about him makes me think that hes not smart enough to play Jamie. A perfect Jamie would have been a young Carl Elwes, but since he is older and has put on some weight, howabout Cary as Robert?

By: jb

jb — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:08:14 +0000

I was able to line up a bunch of these pictures with the right character, so I think these are fine choices.

I will actually pay for HBO if I must, just to see this series.

By: Ryan Dunn

Ryan Dunn — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:46:23 +0000

Re: Illyrio

Sometimes an actor is one character in a pilot, then re-cast as a different character when that show goes to series.

Just sayin’.

…ryan

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:42:52 +0000

I’d always pictured Ian McNeice as the spider Lord Varys. I was excited to see him cast, and I think he’ll do fine as Illyrio, but c’mon! He’s perfect for Varys! Oh well, our minds do tend to get set on things don’t they?

By: The White Viper

The White Viper — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:16:27 +0000

Don’t worry about whether they have “the look.” Especially stuff like hair colour that’s easily changed. This is Hollywood, people! I have very dark hair; I didn’t think it could be done, but I was once turned into a natural-looking blonde by the magic of stage makeup. (And that was just for a local stage production.) If it’s possible for me, I have no doubt that it’s possible for Lena Headey. Worrying about an actor’s hair colour being wrong is like complaining that the clothes s/he’s wearing in the photo are not genre-appropriate!

As for the age thing, I think they can probably do that too. There are very few physical features that can’t be faked impressively well. (Height is one that can only be fudged to a limited degree.)

What we should be speculating about is how well these actors will play their parts. I’m not familiar with all of them (some, of course, are newcomers, especially quite a few of the children) but I’m thrilled with several of the choices. As for the unknowns (and the unknown-to-mes), I have faith in HBO based on the casting for previous miniseries. They don’t need to get the most famous actors, the Brad Pitts and the Catherine Zeta-Joneses, to put together a brilliant cast.

[warning:spoilers below]
As long as we’re discussing how the actors look in these photos, though, I think Jennifer Ehle looks way too perky for Catelyn, with that smile! Catelyn’s all melancholy: she’s always grieving over this, that, or the other. If she ever smiles in the entire series, it’s probably fake. (And let’s not forget, Ehle will have to be able to morph into Zombie!Catelyn, if — as I hope — this is successful enough to breed multiple sequels.)

By: darlene

darlene — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:57:55 +0000

Kathryn Morris would have made a terrific, bitchy, and attractive Cersei as well.
Lena Headey will be great, however! She was a wonderful choice. Thumbs up on all the cast!

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:32:08 +0000

Jason Momoa as Khal Drogo???? Are you serious???? Nooooooooooo…

By: MikeyB

MikeyB — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:10:29 +0000

I just realized that Mark Addy was the dad from Still Standing. That’s an interesting development.

By: Tobi

Tobi — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:40:39 +0000

Great listing… thanks

Peter Dinklage… best choice ever!!! As well as Sean Bean, Lena Headey and Jennifer Ehle. I don’t like Alfie as Theon and Nikolaj as Jaime… but we’ll just have to see how they play the part.
Cant wait for the pilot to be released!

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:18:31 +0000

I always thought No. 3 should be Cersei Lannister and No. 5 should be Catelyn Tully instead of the other way around. I want Sarah Connor as the Wolf Mother! And No. 3 is blonde so she should be Cersei….

So why is it the other way around?

By: Jbug

Jbug — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:44:37 +0000

You mixed up your Stark girls. Sansa is the older.

By: darlene

darlene — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:47:04 +0000

I think Angus McFadyen would have made an excellent Robert, but Angus is too big a name, I guess. Dreamcasting is fun, but it does not hit reality alot of times.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:31:28 +0000

I know its early, but hope Colm Feore is cast in GoT as maybe Stannis or Davos or Kevan Lannister!

By: nil

nil — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:37:00 +0000

I’m not so happy with Mark Addy, his a great actor but I can’t see him as the king, he’s too jolly and baby faced.
look at his pic, you jast wanna sqees pinch his cheek.

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:44:05 +0000

Probably not a bad idea to be going with an older Dany than is in the novels (at least I hope they don’t intend to try passing a 22-year-old off as thirteen). Merchant does definitely have the right look.

The dude for Sandor Clegane looks awesome for the part.

Dawn, I totally feel you on the Sean Bean/Ned thing.

I can live with the Lannister twins not looking too much alike, but I agree that this Jaime doesn’t look “pretty” enough. Personally I like to picture Jesse Spencer, but that might just be my inner House nerd talking. Cersei should be a good, meaty role for Lena Headey, in any case.

By: Valtaya

Valtaya — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:50:06 +0000

Aren’t the Lannister twins supposed to be blonde? I’m assuming they will have to dye their hair.

By: Priyadarshini

Priyadarshini — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:51:58 +0000

The Lannister twins look nothing alike. And Nikolaj doesn’t do it for me. Too…rugged. Jaime is kinda more beautiful, in my mind.

By: sedeslav

sedeslav — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:44:44 +0000

I found that Goran Visnjic really look like a Khal Drogo. and Jennifer Ehle is very good actress but i will like to see in that role Catrine Zeta Jones…but…who ask me…and i don’t like Nikolaj as Jaime Lannister. He isn’t good looking enough (no ofense Nikolaj…) Born for Jaime is Brad Pitt. Eh…as I said: I love fantasy!

By: Dawn Mcmanaman

Dawn Mcmanaman — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:18:44 +0000

I think the actors playing Robb and Jon should be switched. And **SPOILER** why does Sean Bean always play characters that are going to die?? **SPOILER** Tim Roth for Little Finger!!! Gary Coleman as Hotpie!

By: WinterIsComing

WinterIsComing — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:40:08 +0000

AYH: Haha! Yeah he does. And Richard Madden looks like a young Guy Pearce.

By: About Yea High

About Yea High — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:44:58 +0000

Very cool. I’m forwarding this site to some friends; best cast grouping thus far. Excellent pictures!

(Is it me or does Jack Gleeson look a little like Geddy Lee’s unclaimed son?)

By: scottr

scottr — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:28:09 +0000

Wow! Great selections!. They all look like their characters in some way.
Even Tamzin looks like Dany, which should ease the minds of those who aren’t satisfied by the choice (I am not one of them).

I’m surprised more sites didn’t use these headshots.

By: invertebrae

invertebrae — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:00:19 +0000

@Cajunman

That really depends on which Theon we’re talking about here. I like this one.

…ryan

By: shadallion

shadallion — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:57:04 +0000

Great pics. Good lord Joffrey is an ugly little cuss. It will be easy to despise him.

By: Cajunman

Cajunman — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:56:28 +0000

I personally like the photo of Alfie Allen grinning with his dimples better than this one. It suits Theon’s personality better, IMHO.

By: blah

blah — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:14:53 +0000

Might want to look at your pictures for 11 and 12 again.