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Ser_Mushroom, on 12 April 2012 - 10:11 AM, said:

She sure speaks English with a dutch accent.

Well it's an accent, but does not sound Dutch to me.
Funny thing is van Houton can speak English with a flat Midwestern American accent.
Wlaschiha, who is German,is using the damnest strange slight inflections on his English as Jaqen.... van Houton has a weird accent too, all to the good in my opinion.

My only reservation is D&D have said they wanted to avoid a cliched 'witch' characterization, which is the right idea.
So they are having van Houton underplay with the pitch of her voice and demeanor , I don't think they found exactly the right note, tho, I thought van Houton did better in episode 2 than 1.

D&D's Melisandre  is less a stereotype than GRRM's (sorry George)...but I like that.
D&D have , however, have not found a way  to make that ruby glow so it does not look like some Hollywood hyped geegaw.
Keeping things subdued.
Some craftiness needed here, hope they can find it.

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cancerman, on 11 April 2012 - 08:11 PM, said:

I was rather perplexed to see a meek Melisandre on screen. In reading I had imagined someone more Amazonian in spirit and in features. Her glowing jewel was rather dark and dull as well. The costume, I felt, overshadowed and swallowed the actor and made her seem, well, diminutive which in turns makes for a comical Melisandre. It does seem Martin, in the latest book, is showing more of Melisandre's foolishness but in the beginning she read more mythical-fairy-like. Your thoughts?

I also didn't like Melisandre at all. Her appearance was ....underwhelming to say the least. Actress , surely does try and gives her best but her appearance is pale . I expected much stronger screen presence from Melisandre

P.S. And her hair was terrible (I don't know if it was a wig or a real)