iheartseverus Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Hmm.. Not how I imagined the Hound, but I guess he'll grow on me. :unsure:Check out this pic of him as Attila, maybe that'll help. Looks like pretty Hound-ish rage to me!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/jol...385_278740a.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smegma Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 YARP! Awesome choice, with his puppy dog eyes and all :)I just need to voice my support for the job the casting team is doing. I'm more than ecstatic about all the choices they've made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriele Posted August 30, 2009 Author Share Posted August 30, 2009 Check out this pic of him as Attila, maybe that'll help. Looks like pretty Hound-ish rage to me!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/jol...385_278740a.jpgI still like Gerard Buttler better as Attila, but McCann looks right as Hound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Yeah, that's pretty much the confirmation. Not sure how I feel about this one: I like McCann, but from what I recall of his appearances this role will be a major challenge for him.Did you see him in State of Play? He put in a really good performance in a relatively small role (as a police officer) and really showed some good acting chops. I thought he did excellently.I was less impressed with him in Alexander, although no-one really came out of that movie very well. He was funny in Hot Fuzz, naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 From Rory McCann's IMDB biography : "He divides his time between homes in London and Glencoe, Scotland, where he aims to have his own castle." If he wants to get his own castle and is therefore interested in medieval history then I can see why a role in AGOT might appeal to him ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartseverus Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 An interview with Rory McCann from the Scotsman in January. (Given his...reticence about women in general, he should fit right in as Sandor!)Rory McCann - What I know about womenDate: 13 January 2009 Actor Rory McCann is 39. He is based in Scotland, but spends most of his time travelling for work.WHAT do I know about women? I don't know anything. Basically you're asking the wrong person. I remember mentioning this interview to my male mates, and they laughed their heads off. Their joke is that I couldn't find a bird in a pet shop. It's true. I do live in a remote area, and I don't socialise much, so that maybe that doesn't help.I'm single because I move about so much that I can't really get attached. I spent the new year in Ullapool and all I was getting was "Oh my God, you're the Porage Oats man!" That doesn't really help the situation. I did better in Iceland. I lived there for a year and I'm not known there, so it was just regular. The women there are fantastic. They wear the trousers. They're the ones that point and go "Hey you. Over here!" and the men are the meek, quiet ones who are sitting there going "Who, me?" I liked that approach. I'd like someone quiet and not too much trouble. Someone very cuddly. Chatty, but not outspoken; I don't like loud women at all. In the business I meet some beautiful women, but to be honest, 80 per cent of them, are raving lunatics, and are to be avoided. It's just insecurity, actors are generally quite insecure. I wouldn't date, or I've never had a fling with an actress, and I'd quite like to keep it that way. But we'll see. I have the will of a flip-flop. If I had a long-term partner, I don't think I'd be an actor. It'd be too much of a strain; you have to work too hard to balance that life with a family and a mortgage and all that stuff, it would be too much. I don't think it would be fair.I've got to say my mother is the most important woman in my life and not just because she is a Scotsman reader. She's my one true believer, my No 1 fan. I've always been close to her. She's been very encouraging through the ups and downs of being an actor. It's not easy because there's long periods of no work and she's always been the one trying to keep me positive. I've managed to bring her to a few premieres – she met Angelina Jolie and that made her day.My sister is also a very important person in my life. She's three years younger than me and works in the business as well, she does costumes. She did a job on Alexander with me, which was great. It's good to have a confidante. On set, we speak a secret language from childhood, so none of the other actors or directors know what we're talking about. It's very useful when you don't want others to know what you're saying.I'm a man's man. I go out climbing and live outdoors. I can't get on girls' wavelengths at all. I think we are completely different. I don't know, maybe that's the way it should be. If we could all get along occasionally though, that would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriele Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 That doesn't sound bad at all. The quiet sort who likes hiking and obviously doesn't go for the looks alone. And I would so live in a castle in Scotland, provided it got a modern heating. ;):D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartseverus Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 This line cracked me up--if any of his GoT female co-stars see this article, I don't think he'll have to worry about them hitting on him!In the business I meet some beautiful women, but to be honest, 80 per cent of them, are raving lunatics, and are to be avoided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brude Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 In the business I meet some beautiful women, but to be honest, 80 per cent of them, are raving lunatics, and are to be avoided.That's been my experience with most actresses I've known, as well. (I can't say the actors I've known have been any better.) I think those who are deep into Method Acting are the craziest of all (and I'm by no means alone in that assessment).The problem with actresses is that they tend to be so damn pretty and charismatic, too, and since I have no resistance and am an extremely gullible person by nature when it comes to interpersonal stuff, I have no defense against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartseverus Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I think those who are deep into Method Acting are the craziest of all (and I'm by no means alone in that assessment).Oh, do tell us why method actors are the craziest of all. Interesting stuff!ETA: Brude (or whomever) I'm curious about this, too: I'm rewatching the entire Cadfael series, I have the DVDs. For each episode, I've gone to IMDB to look at what's happened with the various players since Cadfael ended. Many have gone on to steady work through the years, others have done little or nothing since Cadfael. Anyway, for one actor, I see that she's worked steadily but that even though she appeared in half a dozen episodes of some series in 2006, each episode lists her as 'uncredited.' What does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O' Bones Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 What does that mean?It means when the credits roll, she isn't listed, but she did have a role in the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brude Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Oh, do tell us why method actors are the craziest of all. Interesting stuff!The basics of method acting started with Stanislavski but really came into it's modern form with Lee Strasberg's Actor's Studio (yes, the same Actors Studio from the show "Inside the Actors Studio"). Basically, the actor tries to get to the truth of the part by getting into the head and the especially emotions of the character. It's not just imagining how the character would act, it's sort of convincing yourself you are the character and in the moment you are doing the scene that these things are really happening to you. When you hear about actors staying in character during their off days, or even long after they are done with a part, that's when they are probably losing a bit of touch with reality, I'd say. At the end of his career, even Strasberg said he thinks the techniques he helped invent ultimately did a lot of emotional damage to the students he was teaching. (I never really did any acting, so I may be describing it badly, but from all the stuff I've learned and read about it from friends, that's what I can tell you.)The other thing I've noticed about a lot of professional actors, they didn't seem to have a discernible personality of their own. They seemed to be (or at least present to the world) and unending series of personas and characters that they could slip into and out of like a pair of comfy slacks, or slip on like masks. I've sat and had conversations with actor friends of mine and seen them 'become' five different people over the course just five or ten minutes. They seem to affect the personality that best suits their needs in that moment. At first it's kind of fascinating but after a while it mostly just becomes kind of disconcerting.Anyway, for one actor, I see that she's worked steadily but that even though she appeared in half a dozen episodes of some series in 2006, each episode lists her as 'uncredited.' What does that mean?Depends on the part. She might be doing some background player work to pay the bills (which is to say she's an extra), who has no lines but appears in multiple episodes. For instance, on the show Cheers there were some very lucky extra players who were "regulars" at the bar and worked nearly every episode for years. Sometimes they even gave them a line or two, but mostly they were just extras in the background. I'm not sure if they were even credited, but it was really steady work and all they had to do was sit in the background and act like bar patrons having their own conversations, living their own lives, etc. while we focused on what was going on in the foreground with Sam, Diane, Carla, etc. At $150 or $200 a day, it's not bad work if you can get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartseverus Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Very interesting. Thanks, Brude.ETA: Interesting, too, that Rory McCann mentions his sister is in the biz, she's in costuming and worked with him on 'Alexander.' It'd be fun to figure out what her name is and whether she'll be hired for GoT costuming work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O' Bones Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Very interesting. Thanks, Brude.This should be helpful. If not, at least it's a fun read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartseverus Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 This should be helpful. If not, at least it's a fun read!Yikes, for the top five. :stunned: :stunned: :stunned: :stunned: :stunned: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Rory McCann . He's the guy in the wheelchair and has a fair bit of dialogue. Seriously NSFW, with the C-bomb dropped multiple times.I'm thinking of linking this on the Lit forum since the clip has a discussion of the merits of reading Marquez in Spanish, which is strangely familiar ;)Depends on the part. She might be doing some background player work to pay the bills (which is to say she's an extra), who has no lines but appears in multiple episodes. For instance, on the show Cheers there were some very lucky extra players who were "regulars" at the bar and worked nearly every episode for years. Sometimes they even gave them a line or two, but mostly they were just extras in the background. I'm not sure if they were even credited, but it was really steady work and all they had to do was sit in the background and act like bar patrons having their own conversations, living their own lives, etc. while we focused on what was going on in the foreground with Sam, Diane, Carla, etc. At $150 or $200 a day, it's not bad work if you can get it.Yup, a lot of the background cast on Lost, playing the non-named survivors of the plane crash, have been on the show since Day 1 and reported it's a brilliant gig. The attention to continuity on Lost is so good that when a background extra is killed (some were shot dead in Season 4 and others were set on fire or killed with arrows in S5), that extra is removed from the pool of people playing the beach cast, although they sometimes turn up under other circumstances.Some of the extras playing Others, for example, also played members of the tail section before they were kidnapped in Season 2, which is a nice bit of continuity, although you wouldn't be able to tell unless you freeze-framed through half the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daimonion Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Rory McCann . He's the guy in the wheelchair and has a fair bit of dialogue. Seriously NSFW, with the C-bomb dropped multiple times.Not a really challenging role he does here, but its nice to see a bit of acting. I like his voice, and noticed he does look quite a bit like a young Sean Connery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriele Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 This should be helpful. If not, at least it's a fun read!I wonder that Viggo Mortensen isn't on the list. ;) The behind the screens DVDs of LOTR show an actor who never really gets out of Aragorn for two years. Though his performance was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartseverus Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I see that back in 2000, Rory McCann was in Monarch of the Glen, season 1, episode 6, as someone called 'Roger.' I'll have to rewatch that episode this evening on Netflix, see what his part was all about. One thing we know already, he wouldn't have had to disguise his natural accent for the part! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cronos619 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 The basics of method acting started with Stanislavski but really came into it's modern form with Lee Strasberg's Actor's Studio (yes, the same Actors Studio from the show "Inside the Actors Studio").Sadly many people skip over or forget the part in Actor Prepares where Stanislavski notes that the character should be put on and taken off like the costume. Strasberg takes it to the nth degree with living the character at all times. I hope the guess for Rory McCann as the hound turns out to be correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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