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[jonsid]

Just been watching a very dodgy old BBC production of The Cleopatras there Ian McNeice Played  Ptolemy X Alexander I in a couple of episodes, and to be honest he was the best thing in it.

[Dornish Hen]

I was recently introduced to Doc Martin and while I was watching it this past weekend, I thought how he would be a great Wyman!  I'm glad to see I'm not the only one!

[Carne]

Ian McNeice. He played Illyrio in the dropped pilot, so there's a chance they might ask him back for a different role.

[Ser Dermett Corbray]

Dornish Hen, on 30 June 2012 - 05:32 PM, said:

I was recently introduced to Doc Martin and while I was watching it this past weekend, I thought how he would be a great Wyman!  I'm glad to see I'm not the only one!

You mean Martin Clunes? Not sure why but I find that guy very irritating, But I could see that yeah.

[Dornish Hen]

Ha ha!  No, sorry!  I was introduced to the show Doc Martin and while I was watching, it occurred to me that Bert would make a good Wyman.  I guess I forgot to mention that Ian McNiece is Bert.

Edited by Dornish Hen, 30 June 2012 - 05:55 PM.

[Ser Dermett Corbray]

Dornish Hen, on 30 June 2012 - 05:54 PM, said:

Ha ha!  No, sorry!  I was introduced to the show Doc Martin and while I was watching, it occurred to me that Bert would make a good Wyman.  I guess I forgot to mention that Ian McNiece is Bert.

Oooh, hah. Yeah McNiece would be much more preferable to Martin Clunes anyway!

[hombay]

I was actually watching Rome the other night thinking how great a Wyman the newsspeaker would be!

[The Smiling Eye]

GRRM as Wyman Manderly

Edited by The Smiling Eye, 03 July 2012 - 12:19 PM.

[Ser Dermett Corbray]

I just had a thought. How about Jim Broadbent? He can traverse the line between menacing and pathetic quite well. Would need the obvious prosthetics and fat suit etc to make him look the part of the fat Lord Manderly but it would be a good role for him I think. Important enough to warrant his acting nous but not to be seen so often that it would disrupt Broadbent's film career.

[AnotherHedgeKnight]

Richard Griffiths would be my choice allthough maybe GRRM wants to do a stan lee and star in a tv/film adaption of his works

[Housefires]

With both Finch and Gareth being cast, I feel it is only fair for RIcky Gervais to get in on the action.

"THE NORTH REMEMBERS OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH CHIMPANZEE THAT"

[pitakon]

Blutrabe, on 27 June 2012 - 10:42 AM, said:

That wouldn't make sense at all. Only the people from the Summer Islands are black.

This is what doesn't make sense. The TV show is a TV show, it isn't the book. For all intents and purposes the story wouldn't suffer one bit if they make some Westerosi characters "colored" or have a "colored" ancestor.

[Ser Dermett Corbray]

pitakon, on 11 July 2012 - 06:24 AM, said:

This is what doesn't make sense. The TV show is a TV show, it isn't the book. For all intents and purposes the story wouldn't suffer one bit if they make some Westerosi characters "colored" or have a "colored" ancestor.

Stop being so politically correct. The men of the north are pale skinned because it is friggin cold. Those of Dorne are of a darker complexion because it is hotter there. When they cast a black actor to play the originally pale character of Xaro, they changed his origin and made him a native of the Summer Isles, where it is always hot (hence the name) and the natives there have a black complexion. You know, just like in real life.

I know where you are coming from though. If a man is a great actor it shouldn't matter if the character was originally white. In a recent BBC production of Henry V they cast Paterson Joseph as the Duke of York. When I saw the publicity stills I thought "Well, shit, that's odd..." but that was soon followed by "But, shit, Paterson Joseph is fucking awesome!"

But if you cast a black actor in a role that should really a white character, it opens up a load of issues. How would a man of the Summer Isles attain a seat in the North? Are we to just pretend it is not an issue? Would those in the North and the rest of Westeros really not draw attention to the fact? I mean racial tension isn't a massive issue that the books seem to address but that is pretty much due to the fact there is little to none racial conflict. When you put white characters in foreign countries (as we see later in the series) the issue of race is never something used to provoke conflict.

It would just seem like a lame attempt to be overly PC.

/rant

[booknerd2]

I love it. Richard Griffiths as Wyman and Robbie Coltrane as Doran Martell.

Or is that too much Potterification?

[Robb_]

Brian Blessed - http://images2.wikia...ian-blessed.jpg

[Liammarksmiff]

Richard Griffiths (Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films). Enough said.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341743/

[Ser Dermett Corbray]

Liammarksmiff, on 22 July 2012 - 05:54 AM, said:

Richard Griffiths (Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films). Enough said.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341743/

Great shout.

[Goutless Martell]

That would be awesome.  Plus the fact that he played Vernon would be awesome in terms of misleading the viewers regarding his motivations.  They'd all assume he was evil!

Edited by Goutless Martell, 27 July 2012 - 01:09 AM.

[The Duke of J-Town]

Crispin Glover.

[UKS]

In my head, Book Wyman has always been Richard Griffiths.