Westeros Blog: Conan Stevens Blogs From Belfast

[Westeros]

There’s a terrific blog post from Conan Stevens (cast as Gregor Clegane, the Mountain that Rides) from Belfast, in which he recounts details such as his diet, his training regimen, and his run-ins with Jason Momoa (Khal Drogo) and Rory McCann (Sandor Clegane, the Hound) at the training center, as well as bumping into executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. He mentions that he’s started work on a short, brutal fight sequence he’ll be having, the choreography being handled by stunt coordinator Buster Reeves and his team.

On Monday, he’ll be taking part in “intensive horse riding lessons” from a famous horse riding stunt team, and feels that with all this intense training and this film footage, he’ll be able to apply to be an accredited stuntman in his native Australia.

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[Sekhmet]

I'd love to be teaching the riding boot camp! I would just love that <LOL>

Edited to say: Great blogging. I really enjoyed the info in Conan's blog!

[JungianQueen]

So much fun to read. Thanks for the link!

[Mme Erzulie]

And like in a good Pro-Wrestling match the fight styles will help the audience know the characters personalities.

I found this bit slightly worrying. What, are we gonna have special attacks or something?

[Arbor Gold]

omg this guy is adorable. :wub:

[Brude]

I found this bit slightly worrying. What, are we gonna have special attacks or something?

He just means the fight choreography, the way the different characters move in battle, will reflect their personalities as characters. It's like in dance, the way dancers move in a ballet is part of telling the story or describing the character. This is no different.

[The Imp's Advocate]

He just means the fight choreography, the way the different characters move in battle, will reflect their personalities as characters. It's like in dance, the way dancers move in a ballet is part of telling the story or describing the character. This is no different.

Or, if you need a slightly more manly analogy, look at the overused-but-awesome sword fight in Rob Roy. Cunningham dances around with his rapier, inflicts small cuts on Roy constantly, and generally shows off his sadistic personality through the choreography.

[Ran]

At bare minimum, if they follow the book, Sandor and Gregor really do fight differently. For example, at the Hand's tourney when they fight directly, we're told that Gregor holds nothing back, and is clearly trying to kill Sandor with blows towards the head ... while Sandor avoids attacking his helmetless brother's head and seems mostly to just be trying to hold him off.

Gregor clegane is a tank, barreling through, hammering away with huge cuts of his huge sword, mowing down men on the battlefield. There's no finesse. Sandor, as GRRM has noted, is a big and powerful man, but one who is also surprisingly light on his feet and quick. There'll definitely be a difference in how these two men fight, and that does reveal a little bit about the characters.

[AxB]

http://www.conanstevens.com/tall-actors-giant-life/conan-stevens-life/life-after-westeros.html

Conan's back in Thailand already, having finished filming his scenes. Although he doesn't say whether he's filmed everything for season one already, or if they just won't need him for a few weeks and let him go home for a break.

[Ran]

Reported on this. He's going back for more filming towards the end of the year. :)

[JungianQueen]

I just love all of his posts. How can I hate the Mountain now? :)

[corund]

I just love all of his posts. How can I hate the Mountain now? :)

Wait the flashback of him murdering Elia and Aegon. ;)