Brandon Stark Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 I think he's just been too typecast for me to picture him as a midievil lord...but superficially I'd agree there's something there if he beefed up a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTarlyBoy Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Whenever I picture Cersei, I see Sharon Stone and Jamie is Matthew McConnnawhatever his name is. Tyrion is the little guy who was a friend of Kramer in Seinfeld. Robert Baratheon is always that red-headed friend of William Wallace in Braveheart. I guess he'd have to dye his hair. Varys always ends up being that priest from Kevin Costner's Robin Hood. Personally, I always have to attach a face to the characters to remember them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fyre Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 OK, after thinking about the whole Puss in Boots comment, another Oberyn occurs to me: Ralph Fiennes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mootastic Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Just a few Ed Harris - Tywin Lannister The Rock - Khal Drogo Morena Baccari (Inara from Firefly) - Melisandra Bruce Campbell - Dolorous Edd Half of me thinks that Tom Cruise would make a spectacular Littlefinger, the other half thinks that half is insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loras Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 This is probably some major typecasting but how about a blonde Polly Walker (A.K.A Atia of the Julii from Rome) to play Cersei. Walker is really really good in the role and I would certainly love to see her portrayal of Cersei. It's just a shame Atia's nemesis Lindsay Duncan (Servilia of the Junii) has no character to match with. Both are fantastic in their roles on Rome - the soul reason I watch the show. Keeping with the theme of stealing actresses from Rome - how about Indira Varma (Niobe) as Arianne or Ellaria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Stranger to Valyrian Steel Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Jonny Depp would make a great Jaime (he could pull off the attitude perfectly, I think), but it's take a LOT of bulking up to get him buff enough to pass as a medieval knight. Mickey Rourke would be a good Sandor (just rewatched Sin City and thought of him). He can do the raspy voice and uglies up well, and is also good at going on ax rampages. I always pictured Catelyn as a bit of a red-haired Jodie Foster when I read the books. Lady Merryweather could be done by Monica Belucci, I think. That's all I have for the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Oh, I've posted in this sort of thread enough times to be banned for it, but since my list is relatively short I'll post again. I do tend to mentally cast actors for the various roles, but I don't go so much by looks (since the imagination can fill in wherever there's an inaccuracy) as by the sorts of attitude I've known the person to perform particularly well. Thus, I've always gone with Peter Stormare for Sandor Clegane - angry, brooding, someone who really enjoys chopping people in half. Likewise, I can't help but see Varys as Paul Reuben - oily and sibilant but deliberate, conscious of every gesture, doing everything for effect. Alan Ford as Qyburn - grandfatherly, as the book describes him, a comforting presence to someone in a sickbed, but a person equally capable of turning around and doing the unspeakable. David Warner or Alan Rickman as Roose Bolton - soft-spoken, genteel, completely unhinged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddard Stark Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Just a few Ed Harris - Tywin Lannister The Rock - Khal Drogo Morena Baccari (Inara from Firefly) - Melisandra Bruce Campbell - Dolorous Edd Half of me thinks that Tom Cruise would make a spectacular Littlefinger, the other half thinks that half is insane. Ed Harris for Tywin is definitely a good call. Thinking about him from the Rock, he could totally play Tywin. DK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlord Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Ed Harris for Tywin is definitely a good call. Thinking about him from the Rock, he could totally play Tywin. DK Ed Harris would make a great Tywin. Whoever suggested "Sawyer" from Lost as Jaime, that's a brilliant casting suggestion. How about these: Johnny Depp: Littlefinger Maegery Tyrell: Kristin Bell The Reanimated corpse of Orson Welles: Robert Baratheon Brendan Gleeson: Jorah Mormont Angelina Jolie: Melisandre The Rock: Areo Hotah (I don't know why, but I envision the Rock...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loras Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Sawyer is played by Josh Holloway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Olaf the Courteous Viking Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 The Reanimated corpse of Orson Welles: Robert Baratheon Pure genious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am no one Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Ryan Philippe as Joff (the pouty worm-like lips) Dakota Fanning as Arya- with brown hair though like in that stupid movie with Robert de Niro - hide and seek, was it? Josh Haloway (Sawyer from Lost) as Jaime (great suggestion by someone else) Nicole Kidman or Gwyneth Paltrow as Cersei Cate Blanchet as Catelyn Diane Kruger as Dany Heath Ledger as Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobin Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 These are all great. I like this thread. Tell me this isn't Kevan Lannister exactly though (I'm probably crazy). http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800021540 Holy crap - this pic makes me think of Tywin (Patton) and Kevan (Hopper) -- not quite what you were thinking. I've been keeping a list and I update it now and then when someone impresses me for a particular character... HOUSE LANNISTER Cersei - Nicole Kidman / Sharon Stone Jamie - *EDIT Yeah, I like that Josh Halloway guy Tyrion - Warrwick Davis Tywin - Anthony Hopkins / Will Patton Kevan - Frank Langella Joffrey - Tom Felton Tommen – Jake Loyd Myrcella – Dakota Fanning Hound - Russell Crowe Mountain - Richard Kiel (Jaws from Moonraker) Bronn - Sean Bean Ilyn Payne – Tobin Bell (Albino from the Firm) Littlefinger - Kevin Spacey / Gary Oldman Varys - Glenn Shadix (Otho from Beetlejuice) HOUSE STARK Catelyn - Connie Nielsen (Lucilla from Gladiator) Robb - Heath Ledger Sansa - Anna Paquin Arya - Emma Watson (Hermione from Harry Potter) Bran - Haley Joel Osment M. Luwin - Ben Kingsley Septa Mordane - Judi Dench HOUSE BARATHEON Robert - John Rhyse Davies / John Goodman Stanis - James Woods / Ralph Fiennes Selyse - Fiona Shaw (Aunt Petunia from Harry Potter) Renly - Dougrey Scott / Brandon Routh HOUSE GREYJOY L. Greyjoy - Leonard Nimoy / Donald Sutherland Asha - Claudia Black / Carrie-Anne Moss Theon - Cillian Murphy Aeron “Damp Hair†- Christopher Lee HOUSE TYRELL Queen of Thorns – Vanessa Redgrave / Maggie Smith S. Loras, Knight of Flowers – Orlando Bloom L. Margarey Tyrell - Natalie Portman / Keira Knightly THE WALL: M. Aemon - Dolorus Edd – John Cusack L. Mormont - Sean Connery MISC. S. Jorah Mormont - Bruce Willis Kal Drogo - The Rock Q. Dany - Jennifer Connolly / Natalie Portman Mirri Maz Dur - Kathy Bates Prince Oberon, Red Viper of Dorne – Oded Fehr L. Edmure - Damian Lewis S. Brynden the Blackfish - Sam Elliot L. Walder Frey - David Bradley (Filch from Harry Potter) L. Bolton - John Malcovich Bolton’s Bastard - Ben Cross Weese - Richard O’Brien (Rocky Horror Picture Show) Syrio - Ray Parks (Darth Maul) The Great Jon - Brendan Gleeson (Hamish from Braveheart) Shagga – Robbie Coltrain S. Davos - Gabriel Bryne Melesandre - Catherine Zeta Jones Shae - Cathrine McCormick (Murron from Braveheart) Mance Rayder - Liam Neeson Qhorin Halfhand - Scarred Archer from 13th Warrior Jaquen H’Gar - Antonio Bandares / Hugh Jackman L. Beric Dondarrion - Ewan McGreggor Thoros of Mir – Kevin Smith Brienne - Lucy Lawless / Chyna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlord Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Sawyer is played by Josh Holloway Thanks. How about Ian McShane (Deadwood) as Balon Greyjoy; Viggo Mortensen as Bronn and Julian McMahon as Renly Baratheon. Diane Kruger as Daenerys (she even has a good accent!) and Russell Crowe as Sandor are brilliant. I think Sean Bean would make a good Halfhand...or even Randyll Tarly. Khal Drogo=Vin Diesel. If you re-arrange the letters in Vin Diesel's name, it spells out Khal Drogo's motto: "I end lives". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired_Irony Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 The only one I can think of is elijah(sp?) Wood as Littlefinger. I don't know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobin Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Thanks. How about Ian McShane (Deadwood) as Balon Greyjoy; Viggo Mortensen as Bronn and Julian McMahon as Renly Baratheon. I think Sean Bean would make a good Halfhand...or even Randyll Tarly. I actually like Julian McMahon as Tarly -- he's got the hard edges and the face that looks as if he would butcher his fat son like a deer. heh - Diane Kruger is only 10 days older than me, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overlord Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 I actually like Julian McMahon as Tarly -- he's got the hard edges and the face that looks as if he would butcher his fat son like a deer. I think of Tarly as balding and in later middle years, but McMahon would be a great choice to put in the movie/television show, period. One of the problems with visualizing Martin's characters (at least for me) is that their chronological ages are always about five years younger then I envision them (if the character is under the age of 30). I mean, does anyone really think of a 15 year old when they envision Robb Stark? Or a 13 year old when they envision Daenerys (if you do, shame on you!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoch Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 Or a 13 year old when they envision Daenerys (if you do, shame on you!). My my, aren't we making some assumptions? Okay, I admit it's a fair cop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S John Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 This guy would make an excellent Tom O' Sevens. Or Littlefinger if youve ever seen him in Ravenous he kind of reminds me of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Lady Ashalind Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 we should stick Mel Gibson in there somehwere Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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