jamal99 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Also rumour has it that Conan Stevens is a bit of a wanker and a nightmare to work with, aggressive etc...which would explain why he was essentially dropped from two major productions. That's why he's perfect for the Mountain role lol. Where else he got dropped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Of House Bucket Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 They must've used CGI to remove his tats. I was thinking makeup when I saw that, but ya, CGI was the first thing to pop into mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod The Impaler Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 The blood of peasants is a great moisturiser. Found in Harrenhal - "10 Simple Beauty Tips For Knights and Ladies", by Danelle Lothston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFP Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 On the bright side I suppose he's balding slightly at the front, and his beard is quite good. Further gripe I suppose is that they did such a good cgi job getting rid of the tats, seems daft not to have added a wrinkle or two to his face? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmis Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 It's okay that he looks younger, I don't care that much about that. The scene where he is reintroduced was moronic though. Why was he slaughtering peasant prisoners right outside the walls of King's Landing / Red Keep. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oierem Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 That's why he's perfect for the Mountain role lol. Where else he got dropped? Yeah, I imagine all of us would be glad to have a guy like the mountain as a co-worker.... I think the only mistake was to show him without helmet in the scene. He looks perfect in the duel, but shirtless he does look young. Doesn't bother me much though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dragon has three heads Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 He doesn't look like he can even come close to passing for Rory McCanns older broThis.One of the stories biggest villains finally enters the frame properly and it's in a piss poor scene that does him or his book counterpart no justice.Cannot. Even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Goodger Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 It seems like he probably won't talk that much either to hide the almost weirdly Jamaican accent he had... "who am ah faaaiitin'?" ...was weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Eh, he really does look quite young. However, the scene was worth it just for Cersei's appreciative facial expression and her nonchalantly walking over the blood and guts of peasants. God, I love her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aFeastForDragons Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 It's okay that he looks younger, I don't care that much about that. The scene where he is reintroduced was moronic though. Why was he slaughtering peasant prisoners right outside the walls of King's Landing / Red Keep. LOL. "You know the way we haven't bothered to give him any screen time since Season 2. Well here's that guy who is meant to be a giant evil c**t. Here he is just slaughtering prisoners because he is an evil man. Yeah that will make you hate him. No? How about The Hound reminds you of who he is. No? Small little history lesson from Oberyn. Well its the best we can do when we write ourselves into a corner constantly". I think this is the jist of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTN02 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 about why he was butchering peasants, maybe those where peasants who demanded trial by combat?its about the only reason i can think of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 about why he was butchering peasants, maybe those where peasants who demanded trial by combat? its about the only reason i can think of Same. Wish they'd made some little comment to explain though, because it was very jarring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hruod Berht Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 The actor who plays The Mountain, Hafþór JúlÃus Björnsson, is a 6'8" tall 400lb serial "World's Strongest Man" medal winner and the strongest man in Iceland.I wonder how he would feel if he knew that the main criticism die-hard novel fans have of him is that he's too "cuddly" "pretty" "young" "likeable" and generally not menacing enough. Amused I hope. He probably has people IRL looking at him all day thinking "holy shit that guy's monstrous". :lol: ETA Like others have noted his entrance scene is pretty jarring and felt to me like gore for the sake of it. It would have been awesome if they'd shown us the scene with him and his men in the alehouse. It could've been set in KL or even on his way to it and would have made a nice visual mirror to The Hound's fight a few episodes ago. But I guess slicing the guts out of some chained peasants is more succinct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Harbors Wrath Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 They must've used CGI to remove his tats. Probably makeup. Leana heady has a ton of ink, some of which iirc is on her neck, yet you'd never know it from any of her other roles (since Cersei is mostly covered). Doubt they spent CGI budget on removing tattoos. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/03/05/article-2573532-1C0B80EC00000578-483_306x477.jpg They cover tattoos all the time. Jason Momoa...you never saw Drogo w/ any of this and he was always shirtless....though most of the foreamr stuff was probably covered in the braces. http://peninajoy.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/jason_momoa_105_.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prince of Newcastle Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 He does look young I admit. I loved his voice, even though obviously it was "wrong" because Westerlands accents are not Icelandic. He's huge though, can hold a broad sword one handed and he didn't really look cuddly whilst disemboweling people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAndFullOfTurnips Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Same. Wish they'd made some little comment to explain though, because it was very jarring. Well I saw Gold Cloaks pushing them into fighting, and they'd laid down crude weapons for them to "defend themselves" with. I just assumed they were criminals to be executed but instead they made a little game of it to give Gregor some practice/fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankbuster Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 And procured him some moisturizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chebyshov Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Well I saw Gold Cloaks pushing them into fighting, and they'd laid down crude weapons for them to "defend themselves" with. I just assumed they were criminals to be executed but instead they made a little game of it to give Gregor some practice/fun. Torture, torture, torture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojam Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Probably makeup. Leana heady has a ton of ink, some of which iirc is on her neck, yet you'd never know it from any of her other roles (since Cersei is mostly covered). Doubt they spent CGI budget on removing tattoos. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/03/05/article-2573532-1C0B80EC00000578-483_306x477.jpg They cover tattoos all the time. Jason Momoa...you never saw Drogo w/ any of this and he was always shirtless....though most of the foreamr stuff was probably covered in the braces. http://peninajoy.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/jason_momoa_105_.jpg I knew about Lena. (In fact , did she do those when she was very young? Because even as artistic as they are, and as maverick as she is, does not seem to fit her personality, at least now.) Am not the least surprised about Jason... funny thing is , from the look of those tatoos they could have just let him keep em!... and given all the other Dothraki some tattoos! Fits the Dothraki tribal style anyway ... they are sort of nomadic bikers anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojam Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Also rumour has it that Conan Stevens is a bit of a wanker and a nightmare to work with, aggressive etc...which would explain why he was essentially dropped from two major productions. Where did you see that? Can you site a reference? Because saw an interview with him in 2013 and came of as a very intellegent and articulate person. On production in season 1 I heard of no complaints about him. Now he may be a hard biz man, but that's another matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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