Official Casting: The North and the Watch

#1 Ran

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Post icon Posted 12 November 2008 - 03:53 AM

Rules for this topic:

1) No discussion! This is a thread to post your suggestion(s) for actors to play the roles of various non-Stark northerners, as well as members of the Night Watch such as Samwell, the Old Bear, Alliser Thorne, and so on.

2) Keep it brief. Provide an IMDB link, official webpage link, a brief explanation for why you'd think they'd be a good in a role, that sort of thing, but don't go overboard!

3) Keep in mind that we're interested in serious casting suggestions. $20 million a film stars will not be in the TV series as regulars. Think television actors NOT already involved as a lead in currently on-going series, Hollywood actors who've made forays into TV before and might do it again, and so on.

Eventually, we may run polls to figure out the "cream of the crop" and write nice, shiny official forum reports concerning these actors. But the main thing is, keep the ideas coming.

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#2 freakinmayhew

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 04:27 AM

Rufus Sewell as Roose Bolton.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001722/

It's all about the eyes. However, he is starring in his own series right now, so he may be too busy (unless the show gets canned).

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 06:28 AM

Alan Scarfe for Jeor Mormont.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769154/

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 06:35 AM

Peter Greene for Roose Bolton
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0338886/
I saw him as the main villain in The Black Donnellys, and I just got the creeps any time he was on screen.

James Jordan for Ramsay Bolton
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2028579/

Gerald McRaney for The Old Bear
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574468/
http://cache.daylife...5rn25Z/340x.jpg

James Cromwell for Master Aemon
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000342/

Stacy Keach for Donal Noye
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005078/

Billy Boyd for Dolorous Edd Tollett
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101710/

Ryan Hurst for Grenn
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0403652/

Ryan Devlin for Pyp
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1682673/

Steven Berkoff for Yoren
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000925/

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 10:53 AM

Abraham Benrubi- Greatjon

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072344/

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 11:00 AM

Max Benitz - Jon Snow

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1263131/

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 11:01 AM

Maester Aemon:

Roy Dotrice

he played Father on Beauty & the Beast, and his career is legendary. He did the reading for the first 3 audio books.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234541/

and George had a great relationship with him on B&B.

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 11:38 AM

I was thinking Mr. Dotrice for Grand Maester Pycelle, as another possibility. :)

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 11:52 AM

Ygritte - Amy Davidson

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203221/

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 11:53 AM

He's already been suggested for just about every other role but Christopher Eccleston would make an awesome Roose Bolton

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 12:26 PM

Andy Whitfield (still from the movie Gabriel) has the look of the North or perhaps even the iron islands.

And he is full of sumptuous, magical hotness.

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 01:36 PM

Patrick McGoohan as Jeor Mormont.

John Hurt as Roose Bolton?

I think Brian Blessed would be better off as Tormund these days. About 30 years too old to be Robert unfortunately.

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 02:21 PM

Bruce Campbell. Dolorous Edd.

You know it to be true!

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 02:56 PM

Odie, on Nov 12 2008, 14.21, said:

Bruce Campbell. Dolorous Edd.

You know it to be true!

:lol:

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 02:58 PM

Roose Bolton - Zeljko Ivanek - He probably doesn't look like anyone pictured Bolton, but he's definitely an unexceptional looking man who can certainly give off a very creepy and commanding vibe.

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 04:32 PM

Raoul Trujillo for Rattleshirt
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874232/
If I remember correctly, in Apocalypto, he had the shirt too. And he popped up in True Blood, so he's on HBO.

Liam Aiken for Jojen Reed
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0014582/
http://z.about.com/d.../o/5/lmny4b.jpg