[quote name='The Blackfish' post='1589134' date='Nov 14 2008, 12.08']You also could do much worse with Sean Bean as Ned Stark. His looks, while spot on for the character, are secondary to his ability.[/quote]
You really think that Sean Bean wants to be typecast as "Noble-swordsman-who-dies-toward-the-beginning-of-the-story?" Been there, done that.