Jack Bauer 24 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 As the years go by and Bran continues to look older and older, do you think they'll have to recast him by Season 6/7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Frasier of House Crane Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I don't see why they would. At most, he'll be, what, 19 years old? He'll spend most of his screentime sitting/on his back, so it's not that much of a change, and I think that audiences will understand that a.) kids age, and b.) with all the things Bran has gone through, it's not out of the realm of possibility that he looks older than he is. It'd be more distracting if they did recast him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Carson Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj4iy Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Uh...no. Why would they? The show-only audience isn't expecting him to be a certain age at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojam Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I think I have said this 100 times. George wanted to have a 5 year 'progression' , but didn't , seems to me the show should just do it. The story fits older teenagers and even young adults. Some people say it changes the story, but to my mind , even on the page , that has been taking place while GRRM stubbornly gives numbers for characters ages, so far it has not hurt the story for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Not That Littlefinger Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 yeah, no way. they just try to make him look as young as possible, and people have to deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady of Butterflies Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 yeah, no way. they just try to make him look as young as possible, and people have to deal They are making it wrong. He looks older in show than in real-life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Bauer 24 Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 They are making it wrong. He looks older in show than in real-life.They are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelborn Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 They are? He does look older in the show than when he's doing interviews and such lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hielo y Fuego Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Unless I'm mistaken, time works differently inside the cave, doesn't it? If that's the case, then there's no need to recast Bran at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Cygne Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Bran is Bran. He's perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winds of Winter blow cold Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I think all the Kids are getting an age up anyway (I've said this on Sansa & Arya threads), so no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Bauer 24 Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 I think all the Kids are getting an age up anyway (I've said this on Sansa & Arya threads), so no.What do you mean the kids are getting an age up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonCon's Red Beard Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 What do you mean the kids are getting an age up? The kids in the story are much much younger. Bran is 9, Arya is 11. Sansa is 12 while showSansa was 14 during her wedding. But tbh, I think mostly people don't actually care about their ages as long as they are portrayed as "kids". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Cygne Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 The kids all got a bump of 2-3 years from the books and it's been 2+ years in story time... Bran 12-13 (Isaac 15), Arya 13-14 (Maisie 17), Sansa 15-16 (Sophie 18), Jon 19-20 (Kit 27)... so if they just stop saying their ages, that works, too. http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Differences_between_books_and_TV_series#First_season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojam Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 The kids all got a bump of 2-3 years from the books and it's been 2+ years in story time... Bran 12-13 (Isaac 15), Arya 13-14 (Maisie 17), Sansa 15-16 (Sophie 18), Jon 19-20 (Kit 27)... so if they just stop saying their ages, that works, too. http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Differences_between_books_and_TV_series#First_season I had not seen that before even though the info there has been posted in parts for the last 4+ years. I wish that summary had given the reasons for the age-up. HBO and producers absolutely had to age-up the characters because of UK, EU and US 'TV and Film' labor laws. First because of the adult nature of ASOIAF , certain adult adult scenes cannot have non-adult actors in them and even viewing adult scenes is restricted by age (I don't know what the cut off is). [That why D&D noted in the DVD commentary , first season, episode one, that Isaac Hempstead-Wright was NOT even on-set most of the scene involving Lena Headey and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the tower, edited in later, and there for the window push.) Sophie Turner has not looked her book-age even in season one! Also the labor laws restrict work-time for actors under a certain age. So I don't know why D&D have even mentioned ages on the show, especially when it got renewed and was success the 2nd season, just go with the flow of time, never mention a date. Seems , almost de-facto that George is doing the same in the books, in the Mercy WoW excerpt Arya is just flat aged up even if GRRM has pounded 5 years of story into a 2 year bag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Bauer 24 Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 Well how old is Tommen. Won't his relationship with Margaery be weird on screen because of the age difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Cygne Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I think Tommen likey Margaery on the show, too. Not in a bonding over Ser Pounce way. The actor is 16, so I just figured he was 16. I can't buy that he's 12. And even younger if a scene in season 1 is to be believed, they said he was 8, so he'd be 10. No no no no no... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnObsessedFan Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 No. That would be a disaster and would confuse/anger the audiences. Isaac has made Bran his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Bauer 24 Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 No. That would be a disaster and would confuse/anger the audiences. Isaac has made Bran his own. Yeah, but Dhaario was recast and he was in the end of Season 3/beginning of Season 4, so it's not like he was off camera for awhile to ease the transition. One episode he was one actor and the next episode He was a different actor. Granted, he has a small role and they had to recast him, but would it really be disastrous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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