AManofManyFaces Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I was wondering, does anybody have any idea if we'll see Tommen this year and if the same actor will portray him coming up. For someone that is going to become king, we haven't seen very much of him or had his character developed at all and I don't know if TV audiences will remember much about him when he suddenly becomes king... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior Queen Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I know! They should really give him a little more screentime this and next season. I was asking some of my friends that only watch the TV-show about this and they thought Joffrey only had a sister. The one that was shipped of they said haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Stark Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Ah crap. This is true. Come to think of it...I don't even remember what Tommen looks like on the show. I've read the books several times so I won't be thrown off when it happens, but non-book readers might be like, "who the hell is that kid?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetrebor Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 He was present in "Blackwater", in the throne with Cersei....that wasn't too long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dragon has three heads Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 He was present in "Blackwater", in the throne with Cersei....that wasn't too long ago.Exactly, he was in season 2 a lot, an older than his book counterpart.I think we'll see him later in the season, at the foot stool wedding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David of Kent Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I know! They should really give him a little more screentime this and next season. I was asking some of my friends that only watch the TV-show about this and they thought Joffrey only had a sister. The one that was shipped of they said haha.Strange they'd remember that and not the altogether more chilling "Mommy is going to make you drink poison" Blackwater battle scene. Entirely possible they change the actor around the time of the Purple Wedding, but if they don't factor that in until next season (as seems likely) then they've given themselves time to change the actor to whatever looks more suitable (or a bigger "name actor") at that time, as in Beric Dondarion and soon Selyse Baratheon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozeldatkm Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 And to be fair, he wasn't horribly developed in the books. That's kinda the thing, that this small kid comes around with practically no influence and no idea what he's doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin king Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I'm not sure what they're gonna do with tommen. He needs to be a little kid for his story to make sense, but they can't really recast him with someone younger or people will start asking questions about why Bran and the other Starks have aged and Tommen hasn't. I see some re-writes coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pain Yak Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I had to remind my mom that Jaime and Cersei had children other than Joffrey. She had forgotten both Tommen and Myrcella. To me, that suggests they would be wise to start giving both of them a bit more characterization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scurvy Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 And to be fair, he wasn't horribly developed in the books. That's kinda the thing, that this small kid comes around with practically no influence and no idea what he's doing.He did like kittens. Oh, and stamping things with the royal seal. He was only about 7-8 last year so a 9-10 year old coming into the thrown will still look very young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scurvy Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I had to remind my mom that Jaime and Cersei had children other than Joffrey. She had forgotten both Tommen and Myrcella. To me, that suggests they would be wise to start giving both of them a bit more characterization.Well, Myrcella is in Dorne and the Dornish aren't yet cast, so I think she's offscreen at least until next season at the earliest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pain Yak Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Well, Myrcella is in Dorne and the Dornish aren't yet cast, so I think she's offscreen at least until next season at the earliest.Yep, nothing that can be done about that.I will say that, unlike the other child actors, we haven't had much proof of acting ability from the two younger 'Baratheon' children. Whenever people gush about how surprisingly talented the child actors are in this show, they're referring to Maisie and Isaac and Sophie, not these two. Outside of the dinner scene with Sansa and Tommen on Cersei's knee in Blackwater, the two have practically been mutes. It makes me wonder if the show creators are worried about whether they can hold their own in important scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Jakkor Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 They should just throw in a scene of Joffrey being mean to Tommen while he's playing or something. Have Margaery comfort Tommen afterwards. I'm sure we'll see him a couple of times over the second half of the season. Season 4 will be when he's much more involved. they can always reestablish his character with the "Previously on Game of Thrones" segment. Myrcella just needs to be mentioned from time to time. Cersei remarking about her being shipped off to Dorne by her foul Brother or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urine Greyjoy Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 They should just throw in a scene of Joffrey being mean to Tommen while he's playing or something. Have Margaery comfort Tommen afterwards. I'm sure we'll see him a couple of times over the second half of the season. Season 4 will be when he's much more involved. they can always reestablish his character with the "Previously on Game of Thrones" segment.Myrcella just needs to be mentioned from time to time. Cersei remarking about her being shipped off to Dorne by her foul Brother or something.There was something like that in the scene where his sister is leaving for Dorne, he's sobbing, then Joffrey ridicules him.I have no problem with the kid who plays him, but I did notice that he's not fat or chubby at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CestWhat Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 We haven't seen the Freys since Ep. 1.09 which first aired on June 12, 2011 and they are suppose to be majorly important this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasrith Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Ah crap. This is true. Come to think of it...I don't even remember what Tommen looks like on the show.Which is not a problem... They introduce him when they need to, different kid actor or not, no one will remember anyway. "Here, this is Joff (may the Gods rest his soul) 's younger brother, heir to the throne." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mankytoes Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 He's very miner in the books. I remember thinking "surely Joff won't die, we aren't going to have that unknown Tommen be king...". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pain Yak Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 We haven't seen the Freys since Ep. 1.09 which first aired on June 12, 2011 and they are suppose to be majorly important this season.That's not really a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fightbringer Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 i hope that they either do change the actor, or give him some voice acting lessons, cos there's a scene in season 2 where he's says something to cersei and he quite blatantly has a scouse (liverpool) accent which is completely out of place and quite funny actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetickles Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Strange they'd remember that and not the altogether more chilling "Mommy is going to make you drink poison" Blackwater battle scene. Entirely possible they change the actor around the time of the Purple Wedding, but if they don't factor that in until next season (as seems likely) then they've given themselves time to change the actor to whatever looks more suitable (or a bigger "name actor") at that time, as in Beric Dondarion and soon Selyse BaratheonThey didn't replace Selyse's actor. Selyse just had't shown up yet. The Mountain is the other example of actor-switching, but it wasn't intentional as it was with Beric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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