[quote name='Mike the Magnar' post='1635395' date='Jan 1 2009, 04.25']Just because someone has never been in a movie doesn't make them a good actor. By your line of logic, all I have to do is say, "Jean Claude Van Damme is a good actor, just look at his resume"...yeah fucking right. There are about a billion actors I hope never to see on the silver screen again. Benioff has written plenty and been around hollywood a long time. He is no stranger to cameras and his wife is a professional (not one of the above mentioned billion whom I despise) actress.
All I am saying is this: If he can act well, he already has the look, and his loyalty to the show, or understanding of the character will never be in question. How perfect it would be if every actor could know the character they were playing so well.[/quote]
That's some very reverse logic. So because you don't like some actors that eliminates the fact that the guy has no resume for what's supposed to be a fairly complicated role?
Look is nothing when you're pouring makeup on somebody anyway. If he's good, fine, great, let's have him. But I think we should all well know that we can find somebody better to play the Hound than someone without any experience acting.