Balerion's Whiskers Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Charles Dance is a great Tywin and now I can't picture him any other way...he just oozes Alpha Lannister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holy Goat Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 The voices (those Charles Dance, Maise Williams, Nikolaj Coster-Waldeu, Patrick Malahide mainly) of the HBO characters sometimes affect how I imagine their tone and sound, but the actors looks and those of other real individuals have never affected how I imagine their apperances. That's simply not possible for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatCrow Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Not like "The Dark Knight" Harvey Dent, since it would be impossible for anyone to survive with those.Still that's how I picture him in my head.Also someone like Tawny Kittain for Catelyn she's supposed to be hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamoDega Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I make such a serious effort not to picture or hear aidan gillen as littlefinger I don't, he's a great littlefinger imho, as for Tywin TV version is become my image of the character :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamoDega Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Also after Hannibal, Mad for me is Roose Bolton http://whoandwhom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Mads-Mikkelsen-profile-5.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicticus Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I have not watched the show, but i still have to keep reminding myself that Arya is the only Stark child with non-auburn hair. No, Jon does not count. He's a trueborn, born of wanton and lust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death to all Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I'm curious about how you guys imagined the characters when reading ASOIAF? What kind of mental image did you have of them and what kind of voice did you give them? Some of the characters that come to my mind as distinctive are Stannis, Roose Bolton and Jaime Lannister. For Stannis I always seemed to picture his head mainly, and his jaw specifically. This is probably because Martin always talks about him grinding his teeth. I also imagined him with a voice similar to Chris Hemsworth as Thor for some reason. Roose Bolton I imagined sort of as a cartoon. I'm not sure why. I thought my picture of him was pretty similar to the show version of him though surprisingly. It was difficult to imagine the voice though because he's always described as talking very quietly. I'm not sure why either, but I also couldn't see a real person as Roose. He is more a severe looking cartoon in my imagination. Kinda like this: http://sir-heartsalot.deviantart.com/art/The-Boltons-feat-Reek-261756335 The Ramsay in the pic is kinda how I see him too. -Inigo Montoya from Princess Bride, imagine him bald and stacheless, switch spanish accent to italian and you have a perfect Syrio Forel :D I know all the jokes about Inigo-Oberyn, but no :D http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationsbook/pb/inigo.jpg http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/7/78486/2193294-inigomontoya1.jpg He's immediately who I imagined as Oberyn as well. Johnny Harris-Stannis Baratheon ,If you've seen Welcome to the Punch, you'd know what I mean, seeing as he has the short beard, the strong jaw & the thinning hairline that matches the book description. I think it's funny you should mention that, since Mark Strong was also in the movie and he is almost exactly how I imagine Stannis. And funnily enough Agent 47 from the Hitman games, who he dressed similarly to in the beginning! In fact, the Stannis of my imagination is a morph of Mark + 47. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordStoneheart Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 No joke, I pictured Roose Bolton as Dill from American Dad (that is, like Truman Capote.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annara Snow Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I tend to see a lot of Michael Dunn, who played Dr. Miguelito Loveless on the original television version of The Wild, Wild West, in Tyrion, but with some Armin Shimerman (Quark on Deep Space 9) and a lot of former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich mixed in in the voice. I can't think of any real person as Tyrion while I'm reading the book, I have to turn to fanart for a more accurate depiction, since I can't think of anyone in real life who's that ugly as Tyrion is described. Plus, you have to imagine the lack of nose from the BW onwards. Generally, some actors from the show have affected the way I see characters, but only those who more or less look like their book descriptions. So, I picture, for instance, the Jaime, Varys, Jaqen, Sansa (aged down a bit), Tywin, Oberyn from the show, but I definitely don't picture the Renly, Jorah or Tyrion from the show, since they don't look anything like their descriptions. In some cases, the two are mixing in my mind, for instance, I can picture Sean Bean's or Maisie Williams' body language and facial expressions, but I have to change their facial features to how their characters are supposed to look like in the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annara Snow Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Still that's how I picture him in my head.Also someone like Tawny Kittain for Catelyn she's supposed to be hot. The original choice for Catelyn, Jennifer Ehle, would have been pretty good, and there's a certain resemblance between her and Sophie Turner (the only thing that doesn't fit is that Ehle's eyes are brown, I think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Doe Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Sansa remembered me of Kristen Stewart in Twilight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordStoneheart Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Still that's how I picture him in my head.Also someone like Tawny Kittain for Catelyn she's supposed to be hot. The result of deciding to stretch the timeline and age everyone up. I actually really like Michelle Fairley as Cat as far as her acing goes. She's amazing as Mama Stark. (There's no doubt in my mind that she could have done the RW scene right if they had actually written it right.) But yes, she's a lot different than the beauty that Catelyn is described as being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annara Snow Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Sansa remembered me of Kristen Stewart in Twilight. Urgh, no. Sansa is supposed to be incredibly beautiful, and everyone wants to get into her pants. That does not fit with Kristen Stewart at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Doe Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Urgh, no. Sansa is supposed to be incredibly beautiful, and everyone wants to get into her pants. That does not fit with Kristen Stewart at all. It's not necessarily the looks, it's more the attitude, if you know what I mean. And Kristen Stewart is hotter than Emilia Clarke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterRaven Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 I'm not sure why either, but I also couldn't see a real person as Roose. He is more a severe looking cartoon in my imagination. Kinda like this: http://sir-heartsalot.deviantart.com/art/The-Boltons-feat-Reek-261756335 The Ramsay in the pic is kinda how I see him too. Yeah Roose in that picture is pretty similar (not exactly the same though) as how I pictured him. Some other people that I didnt mention in the OP are Tormund Giantsbane who I sort of imagined as a dwarf with a long red beard. Sort of like this, but with red hair: http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20061210200530/wowwiki/images/2/20/Mountain_king.jpg I also imagined Balon looked sort of like Denethor from the The Return of the King movie. Patrick Malahide hit the voice that I had in my head dead on though. Lastly, Barristan the Bold I pictured as looking something like Sir Longarm from the game Stronghold. http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140913010615/steamtradingcards/images/b/b2/Stronghold_HD_Artwork_1.jpg Thanks for sharing everyone. Its neat to see how everyone imagines these characters and what the similarities and differences are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatCrow Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 The result of deciding to stretch the timeline and age everyone up. I actually really like Michelle Fairley as Cat as far as her acing goes. She's amazing as Mama Stark. (There's no doubt in my mind that she could have done the RW scene right if they had actually written it right.) But yes, she's a lot different than the beauty that Catelyn is described as being.I'm not really fancasting. I picture her that way when I'm reading the books. Michelle Fairly was beyond amazing in the RW scene. I sob every time I watch it. Just thinking about her voice and that catatonic look she had. Gives me chills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokymok Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 That I can think of.. When Eddard was said to be neither as large nor as handsome as his older brother I imagined him as Faramir and Brandon as Boromir of LotR. Jon Snow as Ben Barnes in Prince Caspian of the Narnia movies. Lean build, Dark hair. Roose Bolton as an older version of Cillian Murphy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaircat Meow Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I see a lot of characters (maybe about half) like their portraits by Amoka (such as Cersei, in my avvy). http://en.amokanet.ru/gallery/martin/ I don't like Amoka's Catelyn, Sansa, Jaime or Tyrion very much though. Not how I see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolves Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 It's not necessarily the looks, it's more the attitude, if you know what I mean.And Kristen Stewart is hotter than Emilia Clarke.Kristen Stewart always has a bored expression on her face and she's boring so no not Sansa at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annara Snow Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 It's not necessarily the looks, it's more the attitude, if you know what I mean. And Kristen Stewart is hotter than Emilia Clarke. The attitude is even worse than the looks and makes her even less hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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