Westeros Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Wow. Double wow, actually. We’ve been amazed and delighted with the casting, production, and writing team ... but this is the first time we’ve had our jaws drop.From a tweet by Miltos Yerolemou, we discover that the legendary fight choreographer (this is not an understatement), William Hobbs, has been training Miltos ahead of his role as the Braavosi waterdancer Syrio Forel, formerly First Sword for the Sealord of Braavos. Hobbs has been responsible for just about every memorable fencing duel on stage and screen for 30 years. Memorable examples? Richard Lester’s The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers, The Duellists, and especially Rob Roy, as well as the award-winning stage production of Hamlet from 1995 which won notice from the New York Times and led to a profile of the fight choreographer.What’s most noticeable is that Hobbs has no professional TV/Film credits these last 5 years, so his involvement in the background of Game of Thrones is a remarkable coup.Below, we leave you with a video featuring what I consider to be the very finest duel ever put to film, from the finale of Rob Roy:Visit the Site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daimonion Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Comforting to know. I really, really hope for a lot of kick-ass swordfighting scenes in the show. Theres just too many great swordsmen in the books to settle for some mediocre fighting with a bunch of clipping and slow motion stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Did anyone else think of the Gregor/Viper fight when watching that video? Little fast guy versus big slow guy, one-sided, but then bam. OHKO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pita Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Again, we get the best of the best for the TV series. If the show doesn't turn out to be amazing, I will be very very surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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