aidan Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Scottish Actor Rory McCann has been cast as Sandor Clegane, The Hound.Six foot six inches tall, with brown eyes and dark hair, Rory McCann from Glasgow began his working life at the top – as a painter on the Forth Bridge in Scotland. He came to notice in a television commercial for Scotts’ Porridge Oats, in which he appeared as a scantily-clad hunk in a vest and kilt and little else wandering snowbound streets but warmed by the inner glow of the porridge. He claims that as a consequence he was often approached by people demanding that he “lift his kilt.†In 2002 he was seen in the TV comedy-drama ‘The Book Group’ playing a wheelchair-bound lifeguard, a part for which he won a Scottish BAFTA award for the best television performance of 2002. Since then he has taken television roles as Peter the Great and a priest in ‘Shameless’. He made his Hollywood debut in Oliver Stone’s ‘Alexander’. He divides his time between homes in London and Glencoe, Scotland, where he aims to have his own castle. He is an accomplished singer, pianist and harmonica-player as well as an all-round sportsman.Certainly has the size and the look for the role. Anyone familiar with his other roles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukayn Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Yarp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 It's been confirmed, although we've known this for weeks now as GRRM pretty much gave it away right off the bat with some rather easy hints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidan Posted September 24, 2009 Author Share Posted September 24, 2009 Wow, how did I miss that! Either way, looks like a solid casting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxhunt Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Would have prefered Vinnie Jones. He always pops into my mind when I think of the Hound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukayn Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Vinnie Jones can't act though, he just plays himself - a crazed loon. He does it very well though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
About Yea High Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Mmm ... I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're not going to "tear up" (as GRRM claimed to have done during Rory's casting) at any reading Vinnie Jones has done.Unless he has his hand on your balls, that is.Then again ... (MNBSFW) ... it could be said Vinnie Jones makes every movie he's in .Vinnie Jones: "I'm the HOUND, bitch!"Thank God for Rory McCann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brude Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Would have prefered Vinnie Jones. He always pops into my mind when I think of the Hound.Rory is a MUCH better actor than Vinnie Jones (Rory comes in at 1:40). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elundin Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Yeah but Vinnie Jones could play Gregor. With some right angles, he could look like a Mountain compared to Sandor, plus playing a cold hearted bastard is not that challenging, especially if you have played nothing else before. How's that movie called, the Meat Train? He looked pretty solid there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
About Yea High Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Yeah but Vinnie Jones could play Gregor. With some right angles, he could look like a Mountain compared to Sandor, plus playing a cold hearted bastard is not that challenging, especially if you have played nothing else before. How's that movie called, the Meat Train? He looked pretty solid there.No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukayn Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 No.+1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 I was pumped about McCann as The Hound when the board figured it out weeks ago, and I'm even more pumped now after Mr. Martin described the quality of McCann's reading. The Hound is my favorite character, and McCann will own the role.As for Gregor, there are two huge actors that can pull it off. Nathan Jones is 6'11 and Conan Stevens is 7+ feet. Either one of them will dwarf McCann. I'm hoping for Jones. He's thicker and has a better look for the part, imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf2375 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Yeah, looking at that 2nd picture from the OP's link, I can completely picture that sardonic smile with half his face burned away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogbebaba Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 A little more about Rory's reading from Parris over at Georges blog since George brought it up... Rory's reading truly affected us - I startled when he demanded that Sansa look at him - a scene I know deeply - a few moments later, for the first time in all the years of reading and re-reading the books, I actually felt compassion for Sandor. Now that's acting! I've never understood those who have some sort of attachment to Sandor being a 'wounded bad boy' who could find the good side of the force by the love a good woman (Sansa). But I think Rory could have that sort of attraction for viewers if D&D give him a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxhunt Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Yeah but Vinnie Jones could play Gregor. With some right angles, he could look like a Mountain compared to Sandor, plus playing a cold hearted bastard is not that challenging, especially if you have played nothing else before. How's that movie called, the Meat Train? He looked pretty solid there.+1.Now we are even. And I like McCann it is just that a felt Vinnie looks much more like a Clegane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurytus Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Not sure about McCann. Pretty much every role I have seen him in he plays, to some extent, a gentle giant. In the Book Group, in State of Play he was like this. Even in Hot Fuzz, where he was nominally a villain, he was still to an extent lovable.I can't really see him as the Hound although he is physically imposing enough for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pita Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Maybe Matthew Willig will be Gregor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Apple Fossoway Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Maybe Matthew Willig will be Gregor.He's who I'd be rooting for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
About Yea High Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 A little more about Rory's reading from Parris over at Georges blog since George brought it up... Rory's reading truly affected us - I startled when he demanded that Sansa look at him - a scene I know deeply - a few moments later, for the first time in all the years of reading and re-reading the books, I actually felt compassion for Sandor. Now that's acting! I've never understood those who have some sort of attachment to Sandor being a 'wounded bad boy' who could find the good side of the force by the love a good woman (Sansa). But I think Rory could have that sort of attraction for viewers if D&D give him a chance.Sounds like a ringing endorsement from Parris herself. Yea is chuffed.I'm curious who the unfortunate Sansa was during the reading. A 6' 6" dude screaming into your face can't be fun.Or can it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Headed Dragon Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 As for Gregor, there are two huge actors that can pull it off. Nathan Jones is 6'11 and Conan Stevens is 7+ feet. Either one of them will dwarf McCann. I'm hoping for Jones. He's thicker and has a better look for the part, imho.I'm pretty sure Conan Stevens has auditioned for the role of The Mountain, just take a look at this from his official site: http://www.conanstevens.com/acting-movies-...s-audition.htmloh and a pic of the two side by side: http://www.conanstevens.com/component/opti...359319a013e920e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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